The three years following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan have been a deadly game of cat and mouse for employees and allies of U.S. and NATO forces left behind under Taliban rule. Among the de facto government’s targets are thousands of Afghan prosecutors trained by U.S. personnel to enforce the rule of law and prosecute...
Thailand’s parliament elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest prime minister on Friday, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country’s warring elites. The 37-year-old daughter of divisive political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra sailed through a house vote and now faces a baptism of fire,...
Indonesia marked 79 years of independence on Saturday with a ceremony in the unfinished future capital of Nusantara, which was planned to relieve pressure on Jakarta but whose construction has lagged behind schedule. Hundreds of officials and invited guests wearing the traditional clothes of Indonesian tribes gathered on a stretch of grass amid the ongoing...
The oldest ever first-time giant panda mom just welcomed twins into the world at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. Ying Ying, 19, gave birth to a male and female “following over five hours of labor,” according to Ocean Park. In a social media post, Ocean Park shared that it is “thrilled to welcome the birth...
Claims made this week by the head of Russia’s technology development for its Defense Ministry suggesting that Moscow is “ahead” when it comes to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) race that erupted amid the war in Ukraine are being shot down by one top expert. Speaking from a Military-Technical Forum held in Moscow this week, Gen....
Turkey’s parliament descended into chaos Friday after a member of an opposition party called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party a “terrorist organization.” A member of Erdoğan’s party approached Ahmet Sik, who is in the same Workers’ Party of Turkey as a delegate believed to have been jailed for political reasons, and attacked him after Sik...
The U.S. and its top allies have taken a significant step in removing defense trade restrictions to ensure that technology and equipment can be shared at rapid speed as the AUKUS partnership looks to counter growing Chinese threats in the Indo Pacific. The “historic breakthrough” means the U.K. and Australia will no longer be subject...
The Church of England is apparently dropping the word “church” in the hopes of drawing in more crowds, according to a recent study. The study, called “New Things: A theological investigation into the work of starting new churches across 11 dioceses in the Church of England,” was conducted by the Centre for Church Planting Theology...
A partnership between Russia and Iran is allegedly deepening, according to the Pentagon.In a press conference on Thursday, Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh responded to a journalist’s question regarding a recent meeting between leaders of the two nations.PENTAGON SAYS AN ATTACK BY IRAN IS ‘CERTAINLY POSSIBLE’ THIS WEEK: ‘WE NEED TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY’“So...
Holding candles, hundreds of thousands of women marched through the night in cities across India, to protest the brutal rape and murder of a young female doctor in a hospital that has fueled anger over a lack of safety for women despitetoughnewlaws. A 31-year old trainee doctor was raped and murdered inside the medical college...
