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Crossing Afghanistan along the 'highway of death'

Highway 1, or the Ring Road, connects Afghanistan's major cities. After September 11, 2001, it became a hotspot for crim...

Turkey, Qatar sign mutual defence agreement, Turkish presidency says

ISTANBUL, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Turkey and Qatar signed a mutualdefence agreement on Friday, the office of President Tayyip...

Judges close part of ICC Afghanistan investigations that could look at US troops

THE HAGUE, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued a decision to formally close part o...

Turkey, Qatar sign mutual defence agreement, pledge unified stance against attack

ISTANBUL, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defence agreement on Friday aimed at strengthening collect...

Kallas says Russia’s calls for security talks 'a trap'

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said that allegedly "any kind of discussion about the...

The election that never happened, and why Washington needs a new strategy toward Nicaragua

Nicaragua's dictators called for no more elections, so Washington should call for no more business as usual. It should u...

Car bombings in Russia kill military officer, injure ex-Ukraine PM adviser

Moscow blames Kyiv for a series of car bombings that have targeted people linked to the war with Ukraine.

Judges close part of ICC Afghanistan investigations that could look at US troops

THE HAGUE, Nov 13 - Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued a decision to formally close part of the pros...

Myanmar: Junta carries out double-tap airstrikes targeting civilians

Numerous civilian casualties have been documented in Rakhine State amid a renewed military offensive by the junta to reg...

Rosenberg: Uncompromising Putin ups demands for peace with Ukraine

The fact the question of European security now features in discussions is viewed in Moscow as a victory, BBC Russia Edit...

Rosenberg: Uncompromising Putin ups demands for peace with Ukraine

The fact the question of European security now features in discussions is viewed in Moscow as a victory, BBC Russia Edit...

Rosenberg: Uncompromising Putin ups demands for peace with Ukraine

The fact the question of European security now features in discussions is viewed in Moscow as a victory, BBC Russia Edit...

Syria removes visa restrictions on U.S. travellers after backlash

The current Syrian government, in place since Islamist-led fighters overthrew Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, has allo...

Turkiye, Qatar sign defence agreement: Turkish presidency

Turkiye and Qatar signed a defence agreement on Friday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said would further strengthen...

Ecopetrol in Talks for 10-Year Venezuela Gas Supply Deal

Ecopetrol SA is negotiating a 10-year agreement to buy natural gas from Venezuela as Colombia’s state oil company explor...

El Niño fuels climate disasters: The high price of inaction

2026 is set to be one of the hottest years on record, with El Niño worsening the impact of extreme weather events. With ...

Same metric, still a mess: The geoeconomics of youth unemployment in China

China is aging too quickly to waste labor, yet it can't generate enough jobs to productively engage its young. The post ...

Jerusalem Daily: Baby dies from cold in Gaza

A baby dies from the cold in Gaza as 53 countries urge Israel to allow aid in.

White House sees 'encouraging progress' in Ukraine settlement efforts

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had worked extensively...

Eisenkot urges respect for Israel's Arab minority after Netanyahu attacks

Two Arab-majority parties, Raam and the Joint List, secured a combined 19 seats in last month's election, winning nearly...

US Army names officer held on ‘allegations of espionage’

Lt. Col. Brandon Carroll Tyner has been identified as the U.S. soldier arrested earlier this week in the UK for reported...

German parliament passes law giving spy agencies hacking, sabotage powers

In the biggest overhaul of the country’s spy laws of the postwar era, the Bundestag approved the bill by 308 votes to 19...

India's Road Fuel Demand Won't Peak Until 2034

India’s fuel demand for road transportation is nearly a decade away from peaking despite rising sales of electric two- a...

India's Road Fuel Demand Won't Peak Until 2034

India’s fuel demand for road transportation is nearly a decade away from peaking despite rising sales of electric two- a...

ASD SO/LIC Reorganized as Office of Strategic Services

In an unexpected and potentially highly consequential move, Derrick Anderson, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Spe...

US Treasury warns against rate hikes during US-Iran war energy ‘shock’

Despite Treasury's Scott Bessent's remarks, financial tracker CME Fed Watch forecasts rate hike in December likely.

Jaguar Land Rover reports £451m quarterly loss after cutting 4,000 jobs

JLR chief executive calls for EU and Britain to join forces amid competition from Chinese electric carmakersJaguar Land ...

Check Point gateways hacked via PHP2Shell to deploy VMware ESXi wiper

Vulnerable Check Point Security Gateway instances have been targeted in PHP2Shell attacks that deployed data-wiping malw...

Ex-aide to Ukraine's former PM Azarov hurt in Moscow car bombing; probe underway

Zelensky says Starlink limits continued in the middle of his talks with U.S., Russia

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said it had reached out to SpaceX and the U.S. Defense Department to seek an explanation and ...

North Korea’s Last Defectors

Fewer people are making it out of North Korea. That allows Kim Jong Un to exert more control over his country’s image ab...

West Bank: ‘Without international trade and financial support, large settlements would not exist’

France is considering legislation to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, na...

German coalition disagreements hold up ECB jobs deal

Chancellor and his finance minister have yet to agree on a candidate for one of three central bank executive board vacan...

Pakistan calls for 'immediate' end to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at UN

UN Security Council renewed targeted sanctions under its Yemen sanctions regime for another year

Germany Is Dismantling a Nord Stream Power Plant for Ukraine

A power plant built at the landfall of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in northeastern Germany was shut down after the pip...

Russian forces strike ship carrying military supplies, two locomotives in Odessa Region

The Russian army previously carried out strikes on energy sites, port facilities and rail infrastructure, along with shi...

Hermeus recruits Northrop Grumman to Quarterhorse drone program

The defense giant will supply mission systems for Hermeus’ Quarterhorse unmanned aircraft, adding a new partner among a ...

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho and China's Wang discuss Korean peninsula issues, Yonhap reports

Nov 13 - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday in Beijing and asked ...

Militants kill 37 civilians in Niger — media

Local residents, escorted by militias, were traveling from the village of Tillim to the city of Tera when they were atta...

Russian Ambassador Darchiev’s death is great loss for diplomatic world — senior diplomat

Alexander Alimov said that Alexander Darchiev was an expert in international relations