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Biden and Congress Still Haven’t Made Inflation Central in Budget Matters

Thursday 22-12-2022 04:20 PM

Inflation is the economy’s number one problem. The Federal Reserve understands this and has adapted accordingly. Congress and President Biden still haven’t. To be sure, the massive omnibus spending ...

Satan II missile soon ready for deployment, says Putin

Thursday 22-12-2022 04:07 PM

Russia plans to boost its army to 1.5 million troops and is preparing to deploy a new intercontinental ballistic missile, President Putin has said. In a speech to defence chiefs in Moscow, Putin ...

Zelensky echoes Churchill as he tells Congress: We will never surrender

Thursday 22-12-2022 02:38 PM

President Zelensky drew comparisons to Winston Churchill last night when he gave a powerful speech to Congress in Washington, saying that American support was crucial to the defence of his country. ...

Explosion in northern Iraq kills two soldiers, injures three

Thursday 22-12-2022 01:46 PM

Two soldiers were killed and three were injured in an explosion in northern Iraq, Iraqi state news said Thursday. The soldiers were traveling in an army vehicle a day earlier in the Makhmour ...

U.S. Commandos Capture Six ISIS Officials in Raids in Syria

Wednesday 21-12-2022 06:25 PM

For the second time in just over a week, U.S. Special Operations forces carried out helicopter raids against the Islamic State in eastern Syria, capturing six operatives including a senior official ...

Motives behind increased Turkish presence in Libya

Wednesday 21-12-2022 06:00 PM

There has been intensified Turkish action in Libya in recent days. Four Turkish Air Force aircraft landed at al-Watiya Air Base in western Tripoli a few days ago. The arrival of the four aircraft ...

Drones of death: International fears of terrorists possessing drones

Wednesday 21-12-2022 05:35 PM

Drones are relatively cheap compared to conventional aircraft, in addition to the ease of access to the technology used in their manufacture, which raises international concerns about the ...

‘Chilling contempt for lives’: Families left to suffer in uncertainty over Syria deaths

Wednesday 21-12-2022 05:05 PM

Ahmad Hassan al-Dghiem was a 39-year-old day labourer from the Syrian town of Jarjanaz, a rural agricultural hamlet of around 10,000 or so people in the country’s hilly northwest. He was on his way ...

‘It is a worrying time in Afghanistan, but weavers are still weaving’

Wednesday 21-12-2022 04:48 PM

When he first travelled to Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, James Wilthew was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. The work involved providing security for reconstruction projects. “We got to ...

Zelensky to meet Biden in US in first foreign trip since Ukraine war began

Wednesday 21-12-2022 04:13 PM

President Zelensky will arrive in Washington this afternoon for a summit with President Biden in what will be his first foreign visit since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president ...

Russia plans to boost military links with Iran, says UK defence secretary

Wednesday 21-12-2022 03:58 PM

Russia plans to deepen its military cooperation with Iran in return for Shahed drones that have been used to bomb Ukraine’s cities and energy network since September, according to Britain’s defence ...

Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan

Wednesday 21-12-2022 03:33 PM

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms. Despite initially ...

Iranian authorities say 2 killed, 2 arrested after attack

Wednesday 21-12-2022 02:49 PM

Iranian authorities said Wednesday that two suspects were killed and two more were arrested in connection with a shooting that left seven people dead at a bazaar last month in the country’s ...

Kirkuk attack: ISIS returns to Iraq on anniversary of organization's defeat

Wednesday 21-12-2022 02:28 PM

In an attempt by ISIS to revive itself and announce its return to Iraq through qualitative operations carried out by the terrorist organization’s remnants, one of the largest terrorist operations ...

Sabrata becoming victim of Libya's outgoing gov't

Wednesday 21-12-2022 02:12 PM

The extradition of Libyan national, Abu Ajila Massoud al-Marimi, to the US has caused great controversy in Libyan circles. The same issue has stirred up official and popular anger, especially at the ...