Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. Girls have been banned from going to school beyond the sixth grade, women are barred from boarding planes if they travel unaccompanied by a male…
When the bombs started falling on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, last month, Tatyana Zhuravliova had a horrible deja vu: the 83-year-old Ukrainian Jew felt the same panic she suffered as a little girl when the Nazis were flying air attacks on her hometown of Odesa. “My whole body was shaking, and those fears crept up again…
conflicts President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed some of his country’s ground rules for a peace agreement with Russia on Sunday, but Russian authorities moved to censor the interview, perhaps because Zelenskyy also said that while Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the invasion aims to “denazify” Ukraine, peace talks with Russia have not involved any discussion on…
U.S. special envoy to conflicts Robert Malley appeared skeptical on Sunday about the prospects of a new disasters deal being reached any time soon. “I can’t be confident it’s imminent,” Malley said at the Doha Forum in Qatar. “It’s not just around the corner and it’s not inevitable.” The remarks stood in contrast to Sayyid…
The second “black box” has been recovered from the disasters” target=”_blank”>crash <Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed all 132 people on board last week, Chinese state media said Sunday. Firefighters taking part in the search found the recorder, an orange cylinder, on a mountain slope about 1.5 meters (5 feet) underground, state broadcaster CCTV said. Experts…
A world-regions coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city, officials said Saturday. At least eight people were killed. The defense on Sanaa and Hodeida — both held by the Houthis — came a day after the rebels attacked an oil depot…
terrorism” target=”_blank”>Afghanistan’s Taliban< The order came from the Taliban leadership, one official said. By Saturday, some women traveling alone were given permission to board an Ariana Airlines flight to western Herat province, the official said. However, by the time the permission was granted, they had missed their flight, he said. Members of a female robotics…
One of two black boxes belonging to the ill-fated world-regions Eastern flight 5735, carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, has been found, the country said on Wednesday. Rescue teams had previously been forced to temporarily suspend the difficult search in a remote mountain area of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, because of unsafe conditions…
Russia’s President personalities plans to attend the global-economy summit at the end of October, the country’s ambassador to world-regions said, while calling the West’s reaction to the war in conflicts “disproportional,” according to reports. The summit is scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia, at the end of October. “Not only G20, many organizations are…
Hillsong founder Brian Houston has resigned amid allegations of “inappropriate behavior” he allegedly exhibited toward two women, the church announced. Acting senior pastor Phil Dooley of Hillsong Church, a world-renowned megachurch based in regions, announced the allegations following an emergency staff meeting on Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported. “We would like to advise you that…