WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department failed to do enough planning before the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan, according to a Biden administration review of the…
Read more State Department Failed To Plan Or Respond Fast Enough In Afghanistan Collapse, New US Report FindsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran summoned the French ambassador on Wednesday to condemn the publication of offensive caricatures of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in…
Read more Iran lashes out at France over new Charlie Hebdo cartoonsUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council warned Thursday that the threat of terrorism has increased and become more diffuse in various regions of the world aided by…
Read more UN warns terrorist threat has increased and is more diffuseCANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “probable” to “possible” for the first time since 2014, the head of the main domestic spy agency…
Read more Australia reduces national terrorism threat to ‘possible’UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday accusing the Taliban of violating the human rights of Afghan women and girls, failing to establish a…
Read more UN: Taliban has plunged Afghanistan into `dire’ conditionsMOGADISHU, Somalia — The death toll from twin car bombings in Somalia’s capital has reached 120 and could rise further because some people are still missing, the country’s…
Read more Somalia car bombs death toll up to 120, some still missingMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could…
Read more Somalia’s president says at least 100 killed in car bombingsMOGADISHU, Somalia — Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital near key government offices, leaving “scores of civilian casualties” including children, national police…
Read more Two explosions rock Somalia’s capital, leaving “scores” deadISLAMABAD — A 75-year-old from Pakistan who was the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was released and returned to Pakistan on Saturday, the foreign ministry…
Read more Pakistan: Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo, back home
