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Afghans can fight famine — with our help

Wednesday 30-11-2022 02:22 PM

As dawn breaks over Kabul, thin spirals of smoke lift into the thin air as the city’s bakeries fire up. Yet even in this busy capital, there are many who can only dream of tasting fresh bread today. ...

An Egyptian treasure..On this day 100 years ago

Wednesday 30-11-2022 01:41 PM

Valley of the Kings (by runner to Luxor), Nov 29: This afternoon Lord Carnarvon and Mr Howard Carter revealed to a large company what promises to be the most sensational Egyptological discovery of ...

Tutankhamun’s tomb: how The Times unearthed the world’s biggest story

Wednesday 30-11-2022 01:31 PM

On November 30, 1922, The Times broke the news: the British archaeologist Howard Carter and his financial backer Lord Carnarvon had discovered an intact royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Arthur ...

Tutankhamun: how the boy king became Egypt’s most famous pharaoh

Wednesday 30-11-2022 01:10 PM

Ancient Egyptians did cancel culture in a very big way. When the pharaoh Horemheb came to power around 1319BC, he immediately set about eradicating the names of his predecessors, destroying temples, ...

Ukraine Warns of More Strikes on Power Plants, as Russians Dig In

Tuesday 29-11-2022 03:45 PM

Amid Ukrainian warnings that Moscow is preparing a new wave of strikes on energy plants, Russian forces are fortifying their defensive lines in southern Ukraine after retreating from the city of ...

Iranian general acknowledges over 300 dead in unrest

Tuesday 29-11-2022 02:20 PM

An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That ...

Iran Arrests Supreme Leader’s Niece Amid Crackdown on Critics

Tuesday 29-11-2022 01:49 PM

Iran arrested a human-rights activist who is also the niece of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to her family, part of a growing effort by the country’s regime to crack down on those ...

Ukraine nuclear boss says he sees signs Russia may leave occupied plant

Tuesday 29-11-2022 01:29 PM

The head of Ukraine’s nuclear energy company has said there are signs that Russian forces may be preparing to leave the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Moscow seized the vast power plant in southern ...

Somali forces free hotel from al-Shabaab militants, with at least nine dead

Tuesday 29-11-2022 01:04 PM

Somali security forces have stormed a hotel in Mogadishu, ending an occupation by al-Shabaab militants after a nearly daylong battle in which at least nine people were killed. Gunfire crackled from ...

Yemeni remittances: Houthis benefit, central bank colludes

Tuesday 29-11-2022 12:49 PM

The remittances of Yemeni expatriates are the first source of foreign exchange in the Yemeni economy, and in wartime it has become one of the most important sources of income for the Houthi ...

Iranian directives: Hezbollah obstructs election of Lebanese president

Tuesday 29-11-2022 12:35 PM

On October 30, Lebanese President Michel Aoun left the presidential palace in Baabda after six years in power since October 2016, entering the country again into a state of “presidential vacancy”. ...

Lockerbie case popping up again in Libya

Monday 28-11-2022 08:16 PM

The file of the downing of a passenger plane over Lockerbie in Scotland continues to haunt Libyan authorities. This is especially true with the expired Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh government planning to ...

Turkey punishing, Syria, Iraq after Istanbul attack

Monday 28-11-2022 05:25 PM

Although no group has claimed responsibility for the explosion that occurred on a street specified for pedestrians in Istanbul, the Turkish government has accused Kurdish militants of involvement in ...

Iranian Weapons Built With Western Semiconductors Despite Sanctions

Monday 28-11-2022 05:13 PM

The Iranian drones that Russia has used to attack military targets and civilians in Ukraine are built with parts almost exclusively made by companies with headquarters in the United States, Europe ...

Iranian artists call for boycott of cultural institutions with links to regime

Monday 28-11-2022 04:59 PM

Dozens of Iranian artists have called for an international boycott of cultural institutions run by or affiliated with the Islamic Republic in protest against the regime’s worsening human rights ...