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First, our world, and football on the front line. They are the unlikely sporting heroes in a country ripped apart by conflict. Syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war, but the National Football team is trying to send a message it hopes can transcend political and religious differences. Im following the team as they compete for a place in footballs biggest tournament The World Cup. Some syrians refuse to support the team because its associated with the assad regime, but for others, even those...

A new study from Germany believes that Singapore is the best state in the world while the U.S. is only in 23rd place. Researchers from the Julius Maximilian University of Wurzburg (JMUW) in Bavaria have come up with a ranking system known as the Stateness Index, which measures the “stateness” and state quality of the world’s countries through […]

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Figures to give evidence, but they didnt come. 0ne filed a complaint which for now has stopped the case in its tracks. crowd chants. that has meant a fresh wave of anger from protesting families desperate to keep the momentum going. the scars are still all over this city, notjust physical ones, but emotional as well. the grief and trauma because that date is never far from the service, and people in pain need answers. lebanese politicians now have a choice to make. if they dont support accountab...

They didnt come. 0ne filed a complaint which for now has stopped the case in its tracks. that has meant a fresh wave of anger from that has meant a fresh wave of angerfrom protesting that has meant a fresh wave of anger from protesting families desperate to keep the momentum going. the scars are still all over this city, notjust over this city, not just physical ones, over this city, notjust physical ones, but emotional as well. the grief and trauma because that date is never far from the servic...

Protesting families desperate to keep the momentum going. the scars are still all over the city, not just physical ones, but emotional ones as well. the grief and trauma caused by that day is never far from the surface and people in pain that need answers. lebanon is politicians now have a choice to make. if they do not support accountability for one of the biggest explosions in history, can the country even call itself a functioning state? very important stories in lebanon. lets take a look at ...

It is as dark as a tomb. hassan has lived through wars and occupation, his currency has collapsed, his savings vanished, along with a functioning state. without fuel or money, everything is running short. translation: i take medication for a chronic disease. _ we were told we may find it in beirut, but for double the price and even then we still couldnt get it. we cant find cough medicine and panadol. but with a little improvisation, there is some escape in these hot summer nights. a solar power...

Talk with taliban and to help women that didnt go to work, go to school and want to be "the voice" of them. >> reporter: now, one key issue between the u.s. and the taliban is getting kabul international airport up and running again. very important to the biden administration to try to get those americans and that much larger group of afghans out of the country. and also very important to the taliban because they want to show that they are the rulers of a functioning state, and you cannot have a...

Larger number of afghan allies were left behind during the airlift out of the country. but it is also important to the taliban. they are looking to show that they are the leaders of a functioning state. and to have a functioning state, you need a functioning airport. the airport, not yet open to international civilian travel, but some government flights from the uae and from qatar have landed. we are hearing that domestic flights within afghanistan are taking off and landing at the airport, guys...

Fly into kabul unless they know that its safe to do so. now our understanding is that the qataris are pushing the taliban to accept an international presence at the airport to oversee security procedures, but the taliban are the new rulers of afghanistan. they are rejecting any international presence at the airport because they see it as a violation of their sovereignty, but whats interesting here is weve been talking over the last couple of weeks about the u.s. and the taliban, enemies of 20 ye...