Within hours of a suicide blast in the restive Balochistan province that killed at least 52 people and left dozens injured, Pakistan was rocked by another blast at a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the Friday prayers...Police said they believed it to be a suicide blast. We're now on WhatsApp. Click to join ... ....
CNN —. The USState Department issued a striking warning in a report on Thursday accusing the Chinese government of expanding efforts to control information, disseminate propaganda and disinformation that promotes “digital authoritarianism” in China and around the world ... “A quick look at its summary is enough to know what it is about ... ....
When Vladimir Putin called for a partial mobilization in September 2022 it was a sign to ordinary Russians that – despite all the Kremlin’s denials – this was no longer a “special military operation” but a real war ... Yet there have been persistent rumors that a new mobilization is imminent ... It warned eligible draftees to flee Russia ... OR ... Latest stories.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general met with Ukraine’s president to discuss the status of the war and needs of troops on Thursday, the day after Russia accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in the annexed Crimean Peninsula...Register today! ... .
The conflict in Sudan has reached a grim new milestone, with the country now holding the highest number of internally displaced people on earth ...Millions of desperate families fleeing conflict are now sheltering wherever they can find safety, including in schools, in camps, with relatives, and in some cases out in the open ... ....
History and geopolitics begin with the tectonic forces of geography, economics, military power, and so forth, that Paul Kennedy’s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1987) conveys in a sweeping, brilliant manner. His reflection, 35 years after the book’s publication, is in its own way equally magisterial ... [See also ... China is another mystery.
BEIRUT (AP) — The swift fall of the Armenian-majority enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world. Traumatized by genocide a century ago, they now fear the erasure of what they consider a central and beloved part of their historic homeland ... On Sept ... .
UNITED NATIONS. The United Nations has revived efforts to persuade the international community to fulfill the pledges they made last year to help Pakistan rebuild as the UN chief called the 2022 floods a ‘litmus test’ for climate justice. Triggered by torrential monsoon rains, the 2022 floods submerged one third of Pakistan ... .
Misrata/Beirut — More than a month ago, Asmahan Balauon, a member of Libya’s eastern-based parliament, requested that it should establish a climate change committee ... “Unfortunately, our attention to ... laws and elections and these things was a hindrance,” said Balauon, who is based in the coastal city of Benghazi ... “Unfortunately ... “Countries ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to undergo hip replacement surgery Friday, a procedure likely to put a temporary halt to his frequent international trips but otherwise not disrupt his activities ...The Brazilian newspaper O Globo said Thursday that Lula would use a walker ... But in July, he said that U.S ... .
NIAMEY, Sept 28 (Reuters) - At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed following an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country's southwest on Thursday morning, the West African nation's defence ministry said in a statement ... Neither the sources nor the defence ministry say which group was responsible ... Our Standards.