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Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu
Middle East
February 18, 2019
Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — An off-hand comment by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Warsaw about Poland and the Holocaust looks…
Women recall the ‘hell’ of Soviet war in Afghanistan
Middle East
February 15, 2019
Women recall the ‘hell’ of Soviet war in Afghanistan
MOSCOW (AP) — Sitting in her living room, 65-year-old Tatyana Rybalchenko goes through a stack of black-and-white photos from more…
Former anti-communist Afghan President Mojaddedi dies
Middle East
February 12, 2019
Former anti-communist Afghan President Mojaddedi dies
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s first president following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the country and the collapse in…
Unease over US exit in Afghan valley where Soviets retreated
Middle East
February 12, 2019
Unease over US exit in Afghan valley where Soviets retreated
The last time Abdul Karim saw Soviet forces he was a teenage mujahideen fighter shivering on an Afghan mountainside, clutching…
Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis
Middle East
January 17, 2019
Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the height of his power in 1971, Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi drew…
Armenian PM’s bloc wins by landslide in snap vote
World
December 10, 2018
Armenian PM’s bloc wins by landslide in snap vote
Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections, results showed Monday, cementing his…
Armenia election tests revolution’s power shift
World
December 9, 2018
Armenia election tests revolution’s power shift
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Citizens in Armenia began voting in an early parliamentary election as acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sought…
Row over ‘traitor’ philosopher Kant roils Russian hometown
World
December 5, 2018
Row over ‘traitor’ philosopher Kant roils Russian hometown
German philosopher Immanuel Kant has sparked an unexpected controversy in his Russian hometown over the prospect of naming the airport…
Alexievich, chronicler of Soviet life, wins Literature Nobel
Books
October 8, 2015
Alexievich, chronicler of Soviet life, wins Literature Nobel
Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of life in the former Soviet…