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Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu
Middle East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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