Iran’s new president presented a Cabinet dominated by hard-liners on Wednesday, state TV reported, providing one of the first glimpses into the policies he might pursue over the next four years. The conservative cleric and former judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, nominated hard-line career diplomat Hossein Amirabollahian to the crucial post of foreign minister as Iran…
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world-regionsand world-regionstroops have engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China in a sign of growing military ties between Moscow and Beijing amid shared concerns over the instability in conflicts. The military exercises involving ground troops and combat aircraft are to continue through Friday in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The region is located in northwestern…
The Taliban on Monday continued its advance further into Afghanistan amid U.S. withdrawal, advancing in areas where the military” target=”_blank”>U.S. military<, the U.S. military is now forced to fly drones, B-52 bombers and AC-130 gunships from bases in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The eight-hour flights leave little time overhead in Afghanistan and require…
Firefighters and residents battled into the night Monday for a seventh day against a massive fire on Greece’s second-largest island as the nation endured what the prime minister described as “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions.” Smoke and ash from Evia, a rugged island of forests and coves close to the Greek mainland, blocked out…
LONDON – world-regions Tower Bridge was stuck with its roadway arms raised Monday afternoon, snarling traffic on both sides of the River Thames. BORIS JOHNSON’S WIFE PREGNANT WITH SECOND CHILD MONTHS AFTER MISCARRIAGEImages of the 127-year-old drawbridge, one of several spans that connect the northern and southern parts of the British capital, show the two…
GENEVA – The U.N.-appointed Intergovernmental Panel on environment published a new report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information about global warming. Here are five important takeaways. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS WORSENED HUNGER AROUND THE WORLD BLAMING HUMANS The report says almost all of the warming that has occurred since pre-industrial…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Some of the foreign contractors who powered the logistics of America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan now find themselves stranded on an unending layover in Dubai without a way to get home. After nearly two decades, the rapid U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has upended the lives of thousands of private security…
BEIJING – An elephant herd that fascinated locals and people around the world by making a yearlong journey into urbanized southwest China, raiding farms and even a retirement home for food, appears finally to be headed home. RUBIO’S CHILLING WARNING: CHINA HAS WEAPONIZED US ‘CORPORATE LUST FOR PROFITS’ Local authorities have deployed trucks, workers and…
MILAN – Law enforcement in Milan is investigating the source of an envelope containing three bullets addressed to the pope, Italian paramilitary police said Monday. POPE RESUMES PUBLIC AUDIENCES A MONTH AFTER MAJOR SURGERY The suspicious envelope was intercepted by postal employees overnight at a mail sorting facility in a Milan suburb, according to the…