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Ukraine’s Power Shortages Force Millions of Refugees Into Lengthier Exile

Thursday 01-12-2022 01:59 PM

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure are forcing millions of Ukrainian refugees who intended to return home to stay put, prolonging their ordeal and straining Europe’s ability to ...

Pakistan Taliban Attacks Police After Calling Off Cease-Fire

Thursday 01-12-2022 01:45 PM

An attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least four people Wednesday, just two days after the group announced the end of a shaky cease-fire. An explosion hit a truck carrying policemen ...

Archbishop of Canterbury praises Ukraine on historic visit to Kyiv

Thursday 01-12-2022 01:36 PM

The Archbishop of Canterbury praised the “extraordinary courage” of the Ukrainian people as he arrived in the country’s capital for a landmark visit. Justin Welby arrived by sleeper train in Kyiv ...

U.N. Calls Ambassadors for Meeting With Taliban in Kandahar

Thursday 01-12-2022 01:22 PM

As the people of Afghanistan prepare for winter by drugging their children to stop them crying from hunger, the United Nations has invited ambassadors for a meet and greet with leaders of the ...

Biden urged to threaten Israel weapons halt over far-right concerns

Thursday 01-12-2022 01:07 PM

Two former senior US diplomats have made a highly unusual call for the Biden administration to cut weapons supplies to Israel if the incoming far-right government uses them to annex Palestinian ...

IS says leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi killed in battle

Thursday 01-12-2022 12:58 PM

The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in battle recently, the group’s spokesman said in audio released Wednesday. He gave no further details. ...

Yemeni government moves internally and externally to confront Houthi threats to navigation and oil ports

Wednesday 30-11-2022 06:33 PM

The terrorist Houthi militia continues its attacks on Yemeni oil facilities in an open attempt to blackmail the legitimate government and the international community with the aim of obtaining new ...

Elements supporting Iranian goals: Houthis begin second phase of sectarian project

Wednesday 30-11-2022 06:23 PM

The Houthi militia began the second phase of its sectarian project in Yemen by replacing the entities and cadres opposed to it with elements from the pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah and the ...

Iran reluctant to return to nuclear talks

Wednesday 30-11-2022 06:00 PM

Iran appears to be reluctant to return to negotiations over the 2015 nuclear agreement. It is turning to Russia and China; getting around sanctions through smuggling networks; putting pressure on ...

In protest-riven Iran, some celebrate U.S. World Cup victory

Wednesday 30-11-2022 05:49 PM

Soccer fans in Iran’s Kurdish region set off fireworks and honked car horns early Wednesday to celebrate the U.S. win over the Iranian national team in a politically charged World Cup match that ...

Syria receives cholera vaccines ahead of inoculation drive

Wednesday 30-11-2022 05:39 PM

Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the country during a months-long outbreak, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. The war-torn country has been ...

Turkish strikes harming counter-IS operations, US, Kurds say

Wednesday 30-11-2022 05:23 PM

U.S. and Kurdish military officials said Tuesday that Turkish airstrikes and a threatened ground invasion in northern Syria are impacting their joint operations against the Islamic State extremist ...

Syria-Turkey détente: Kurds between the hammer and the anvil

Wednesday 30-11-2022 04:36 PM

Kurds are having growing fears in the wake of the failure of Damascus to clarify its position on Turkeys airstrikes against their positions in northern Syria. These fears are also becoming more ...

Turkey Is NATO’s Pivot Point Over Ukraine

Wednesday 30-11-2022 04:01 PM

When Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated his 70th birthday in October, he didn’t get any well-wishes from leaders in the West, with one notable exception: Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

Don’t Release Foreign Reserves to the Taliban

Wednesday 30-11-2022 03:44 PM

Last week, the board of a Swiss-based trust fund, known as the Afghan Fund, met for the first time in Geneva to discuss the future of the $3.5 billion—part of Afghanistan’s $7.1 billion stockpile of ...