In the days following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians have crowded his regime’s notorious detention facilities in a desperate search for loved ones who were jailed or forcibly disappeared. Thousands of prisoners have…
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The bruised and battered bodies inside the morgue of Mujtahid Hospital are hard to look at — tangible evidence of the brutal regime of toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. But crowds of desperate people wait…
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NATO head Mark Rutte warned the US-led transatlantic alliance on Thursday that it was not ready for the threats it would face from Russia in the coming years and called for a shift to a…
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China sentences former Premier League soccer star to 20 years in prison for corruption
by adminA former Chinese soccer star and coach of the country’s national men’s team has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, state media reported on Friday. Li Tie, 47, who played for the…
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Russia launched a new widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. “The enemy continues its terror. Once again, the energy sector across…
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The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sarajuddin Haqqani, who leads…
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Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, becoming an increasingly familiar part of our everyday lives, and workplaces. A worldwide survey by consultancy McKinsey & Company found that 72 percent of businesses were using…
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Brazil’s Lula to undergo additional medical procedure after brain bleed emergency surgery
by adminBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to undergo an additional medical procedure on Thursday as part of his treatment following the emergency surgery he had Tuesday to drain a bleed on his…
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Russian forces are now just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepState. They have also destroyed or…
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Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
by adminSlender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al-Assad. It was 2007 and the insurgency against US troops was raging next door in Iraq.…