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‘I will never rejoin’: Record casualties take toll on Afghan forces
Middle East

‘I will never rejoin’: Record casualties take toll on Afghan forces

  After losing countless comrades to better-equipped Taliban fighters and having his salary stolen by superiors, Afghan soldier Beg is…
Taliban control more territory in Afghanistan than at any point since 2001, US inspector says
Middle East

Taliban control more territory in Afghanistan than at any point since 2001, US inspector says

  (CNN) – The Taliban have strengthened their grip in Afghanistan over the past three years, according to a new…
Saudi-led coalition masses troops near Yemen’s Hodeidah as pressure mounts to end war
Middle East

Saudi-led coalition masses troops near Yemen’s Hodeidah as pressure mounts to end war

  ADEN (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition has massed thousands of troops near Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, local…
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
Middle East

Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft

Hunched and shriveled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and…
UN warns half Yemen’s people could soon be on brink of famine
Middle East

UN warns half Yemen’s people could soon be on brink of famine

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations aid chief sounded the alarm at the Security Council on Tuesday that…
Biopic tribute to slain war reporter Marie Colvin as journalism comes ‘under attack’
Culture

Biopic tribute to slain war reporter Marie Colvin as journalism comes ‘under attack’

  A biopic of war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, is a celebration of journalism as…
2011 revolution ‘was the wrong cure to the wrong diagnosis’: Sisi
Egypt

2011 revolution ‘was the wrong cure to the wrong diagnosis’: Sisi

  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reflected on several aspects of the country’s past on Thursday, in his speech at…
Israel kills 2 Palestinians in overnight airstrike
Middle East

Israel kills 2 Palestinians in overnight airstrike

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry said early Tuesday that paramedics recovered two bodies after an…
Syria and Jordan begin talks on opening vital border crossing
Middle East

Syria and Jordan begin talks on opening vital border crossing

  AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan and Syria held their first technical talks on opening a major border crossing in southern…
Uneasy truce may not last long in embattled Libyan capital
Middle East

Uneasy truce may not last long in embattled Libyan capital

  TRIPOLI/TUNIS (Reuters) – Residents of Tripoli emerging from their homes to take advantage of a ceasefire between armed groups…
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