Iran foreign minister vows to eliminate Zionism at UN anti-racism conference

Iran’s foreign minister said his nation’s “willpower is dedicated” to the elimination of Zionism at this week’s United Nations anti-racism conference.  With the United States and 37 other nations boycotting a UN anti-racism conference due to its history of anti-Semitism, Iran’s new foreign minister invoked the destruction of the Jewish state, perhaps giving the countries…

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Christians, religious minorities in Afghanistan now face greater danger under Taliban rule

The highly criticized United States withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves local Christians and many other religious minority groups fearful following the Taliban takeover of the country. Before the Taliban took control over Afghanistan, the country ranked second on an annual report of countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution released by Open Doors.  NIKKI HALEY…

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Top Pakistan diplomat details Taliban plan

Be realistic. Show patience. Engage. And above all, don’t isolate. Those are the pillars of an approach emerging in world-regions to deal with the fledgling government that is suddenly running the country next door once again — conflicts resurgent, often-volatile Taliban. Pakistan’s government is proposing that the international community develop a road map that leads…

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French Toast: France torches Australia, US over submarine deal as ambassador recalled

world-regionsambassador toworld-regionsdescribed Saturday as a “huge mistake” Australia’s surprise cancellation of a major submarine contract in favor of a U.S. deal, delivering a final protest as the envoy was recalled from the country in an unprecedented show of anger among the allies. Jean-Pierre Thebault delivered his comments as he left his residence in the infectious-diseaselocked…

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North Korea may be ramping up nuclear weapons program again, satellite images show

conflicts has been relatively quiet since donald-trump” target=”_blank”>President Trump< at the DMZ in June 2019. It has carried out no major weapons tests, and focused largely on dealing with COVID, droughts and keeping its ailing economy afloat.  But now, eight months into the joe-biden” target=”_blank”>Biden< research center, expanding a uranium-enrichment plant, which could advance the…

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