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Military confrontation: Islamabad's last option to stop advance of Pakistani Taliban

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:56 PM

Military confrontation has become Islamabads last option to confront the threat of violence from the Pakistani Taliban movement, at a time when the Pakistani government is considering negotiating ...

On Libya's Independence Day: Haftar sends message to the people and threatens terrorists

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:46 PM

The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, delivered a speech on December 24 in downtown Benghazi on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Libyas independence, with ...

UN suspends some Afghanistan programs after ban on female aid workers

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:31 PM

The United Nations said that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the ...

US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising China threat

Thursday 29-12-2022 03:02 PM

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China. The department on Wednesday said the Volcano system and all ...

Turkish, Syrian, Russian defense chiefs hold surprise talks

Thursday 29-12-2022 02:41 PM

The Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers have held previously unannounced talks in Moscow, the Turkish and Russian defense ministries said on Wednesday. It was the first ministerial level ...

Italy demands Iran halt its deadly crackdown on protesters

Thursday 29-12-2022 02:18 PM

Italy’s foreign minister on Wednesday summoned Iran’s new ambassador to Rome to express his country’s concerns over the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on anti-government protests that have been ...

Iranian woman ‘competes at chess tournament without hijab’

Wednesday 28-12-2022 12:07 PM

An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports. She is the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without ...

Iranian Government Relies on Loyal Supporters as Bulwark Against Protests

Wednesday 28-12-2022 11:49 AM

When Revolutionary Guard member Mohammed Zareh Mowaydi was killed fighting Iranian protesters last month, the military broadcast footage of his body, with a cleric holding up the dead man’s right ...

Why Putin can count on Africa for now

Wednesday 28-12-2022 11:05 AM

The unconvincing United Nations Assembly vote this year to condemn President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine confirmed a view long held by experts: that a new scramble for Africa was under way. ...

Isis assault on Syrian prison kills six Kurdish fighters backed by West

Wednesday 28-12-2022 10:51 AM

Six Kurdish fighters who were part of the forces running eastern Syria with American and British backing were killed fending off an Islamic State assault on a prison. Isis jihadists attacked the ...

Russia Bans Sales of Oil to Countries Imposing Price Cap

Wednesday 28-12-2022 10:46 AM

Russia on Tuesday banned the sale of its oil and petroleum products to countries that put a cap on their sales price, in a move that threatened more uncertainty ahead for global energy markets. The ...

Russian City Mourns Its Lost Soldiers, but Doesn’t Resent Putin’s War

Wednesday 28-12-2022 10:31 AM

Even under a thick coating of snow, the graveyard for Russian soldiers killed in the Ukraine war is awash in color. Graves are heaped with wreaths of plastic flowers and, at each mound, flags ...

French open suicide investigation after Iranian found dead in river

Wednesday 28-12-2022 10:02 AM

French authorities are investigating as suicide the drowning of an Iranian man in the south-eastern city of Lyon who had said on social media he was going to kill himself to draw attention to the ...

Protesters march in Paris over killings at Kurdish Institute

Tuesday 27-12-2022 09:37 PM

Hundreds of protesters marched through Paris yesterday following the murders of three people at a Kurdish cultural centre. A French pensioner was charged yesterday with carrying out the killings. ...

MP urges Britons to leave Iran after arrest of ‘British linked’ suspects

Tuesday 27-12-2022 09:11 PM

All British people still in Iran should leave immediately because of the “industrialised” level of people being taken state hostage, the chair of the foreign affairs select committee has said. ...