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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Pregnant California woman beaten by Taliban has left Afghanistan, Rep. Issa says
A pregnant us-regions woman who was left behind in conflicts has safely fled from the country, a Republican congressman said Friday. The woman, identified only as Nasria in recent media reports, “braved beatings and harassment by the Taliban” while she remained there, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa said, according to FOX …
Read More »Third plane out of Afghanistan with Americans on board lands in Doha
A third chartered flight carrying an unspecified number of American citizens as well as other civilians from conflicts landed in Qatar on Friday, U.S. foreign-policy Zalmai Khalilzad confirmed. About 170 civilians boarded the flight after a Qatari convoy escorted them to the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Reuters reported, citing a …
Read More »Iranian artist defies regime by releasing new album, risking imprisonment
conflicts artist Mehdi Rajabian released another album on Friday, once again defying a prohibition that reportedly landed him in prison for two years. Rajabian captured the interests of American producer Harvey Mason Jr., who serves as president and CEO of the Grammys. Mason is releasing Rajabian’s album, “Coup of Gods,” …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Hezbollah supplies Iranian fuel to Lebanon — despite US sanctions
Dozens of trucks carrying conflicts diesel arrived in world-regions on Thursday, the first in a series of deliveries organized by the militant terrorism” target=”_blank”>Hezbollah< “This is a very big and great thing for us because we broke the siege of America and foreign countries. … We are working with the …
Read More »Firefighters stand in rain to honor US service member from Tennessee killed in Kabul
Firefighters stood atop their truck in heavy rain, dozens of people lined up on overpasses from us-regions to us-regions, and many others joined in escorting a motorcade—all to honor fallen U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, one of 13 service members that were killed in conflicts during an attack on …
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