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Elite Guinea Army declares curfew, claims gov’t dissolve
A nationwide curfew “until further notice” was announced by the elite troops who conducted an uprising in the capital of Guinea, as they also declared
What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban
Amira Jadoon, United States Military Academy West Point and Andrew Mines, George Washington University An attack on a crowd gathered outside Kabul’s airport on Aug.
60 Afghans, 13 US troops killed in recent bloodshed in Kabul airport
At least 60 Afghans and 13 United States troops were killed in an attack by a couple of suicide bombers and armed men in Kabul’s
Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender
Todd Lehmann, University of Michigan The swift collapse of the Afghan military in recent days caught many in the U.S. by surprise, including the chairman
More than 2,000 deaths reported from Haiti earthquake; US deploys addt’l forces
Another challenging day greeted Haiti on Wednesday as the death toll surpassed the 2,000 mark following the search and rescue efforts. Tropical Storm Grace has
Women were denied work as Taliban reached cities
Taliban fighters in early July were claiming territory from government forces around Afghanistan. Some of them stormed the Azizi Bank offices in Kandahar and directed
Olympic host Japan to further COVID emergency due to surge of cases
With the record-shattering increase in COVID-19 cases as Tokyo hosts the Olympics, Japan will further the coronavirus state of emergency in the capital city to nearby areas, including the western city of Osaka on Friday. The state of emergency plan was approved by a government panel for Sitama, Kanagawa and Chiba, as well as Osaka, until August 31. Tokyo and the southern island of Okinawa are currently placed in the same measures and will remain with the status also until
WHO replaces place-based tag for COVID virus variants to Greek letter names
Instead of using names after the places, the World Health Organization has put in place a new system to identify COVID-19 variants to avoid difficulties
Colombian city beset by crime declares ‘Black Lives Matter’
Shauna N Gillooly, University of California, Irvine Chaotic and deadly protests have for weeks rocked the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. In mid-May some demonstrators
As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead
Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle
Maha Nassar, University of Arizona The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of
Reused Nose Swab Scam in Indonesia Airport, Five Arrested
At least 9,000 passengers at an airport in Medan, Indonesia are possibly tested with reused swab sticks, according to the police. State-owned pharmaceutical company Kimia