Taliban name familiar faces to hardline caretaker government
No women or members from Afghanistan’s ousted leadership were selected for acting cabinet positions or…
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Demise of a kingpin, rise of an empire: How the fall of a US-based heroin syndicate in the 1990s laid the foundation for a multibillion-dollar Asian methamphetamine cartel
With his black hair parted down the middle and modest fashion sense, Tse Chi Lop…
From Nobel laureate to global pariah: How the world got Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia so wrong
It was July 2018, just three months after Abiy Ahmed had been appointed leader of…
This summer was Europe’s hottest on record as Mediterranean heat soared
Like much of the Northern Hemisphere, Europe was battered by extreme weather events over recent…
Former South African President Zuma released from prison on medical parole
Zuma, 79, has been serving a Deadly violence erupted in South Africa in July after…
From Nobel laureate to global pariah: How the world got Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia so wrong
It was July 2018, just three months after Abiy Ahmed had been appointed leader of…
China’s trade hit record levels last month despite the global shipping crisis
Exports spiked 25.6% in August from a year ago to $294.3 billion, according to customs…
Saudi Arabia to host maiden F1 Grand Prix, but human rights abuses overshadow country’s global sporting ambitions
In its latest venture, the country will stage the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at…
Belarus opposition figure and protest leader sentenced to 11 years in jail
Kolesnikova and another opposition activist, Maxim Znak, were charged with extremism and conspiring to “seize…
Demise of a kingpin, rise of an empire: How the fall of a US-based heroin syndicate in the 1990s laid the foundation for a multibillion-dollar Asian methamphetamine cartel
With his black hair parted down the middle and modest fashion sense, Tse Chi Lop…
El Salvador’s top court paves way for president’s re-election
The decision was delivered late Friday night by judges appointed in May by the country’s…
Palestinian prisoners escape from Israeli prison, apparently through a tunnel
The men escaped from Gilboa prison, which lies between the Sea of Galilee in Israel…
Guinean military officer says President arrested, as apparent coup unfolds
“We will no longer entrust politics to a man. We will entrust it to the…
Suicide attack targets soldiers in Pakistani city of Quetta
Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province near the Afghan border. The province has seen…
As China woos the Taliban, Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear for their lives
Now, as the Taliban exerts control over the country, she fears she and other ethnic…
Nearly 30% of 138,000 assessed species are facing extinction, group warns
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported during its annual Red List…
Kabul airport could receive flights in the coming days, Qatari envoy says
Two domestic flights flew from the capital’s airport to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar,…
Thailand’s Prime Minister has survived another no-confidence vote
Prayut received 264 votes in favor and 208 against. Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and four…
Women stage protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul
In spite of the risk, a group called the Women’s Political Participation Network marched on…
ISIS supporter shot dead after New Zealand shopping mall ‘terrorist attack’
“This afternoon at approximately 2:40 p.m., a violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack,” said Prime…
