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Commentary Throughout history, “revenge” has been a motivating factor in geopolitical relations between countries. For example, in 2001, ...

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Search A woman, draped in a black-striped Lebanese flag, looks at the site of the massive explosion at Beiruts port area, during a demonstration to mark one month since the cataclysmic August 4 explosion that killed 191 people, in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 4, 2020. - The explosion piled on new misery for Lebanese already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and the countrys worst economic crisis in decades. As well as killing more than 190 people, the explosion injured at lea...

By Patrick Goodenough | April 19, 2021 | 4:25am EDT An Afghan schoolgirl reads a poem to her classmates at a school for girls in Kabul in 2010. During its brutal 1996-2001 rule the Taliban banned female education and most work outside of the home. (Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that the Taliban will have to respect the rights of women and girls in a future Afghanistan if it has an...

First Thing: officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright resigns Molly Blackall Good morning. The Minnesota police officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright dead during a traffic stop resigned yesterday, along with her police chief. Authorities said that officer Kim Potter had meant to discharge her Taser on Wright to stop him driving away, and accidentally discharged a handgun. The resignations came after two nights of protests in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, which ha...

Biden on Afghanistan withdrawal: Its time to end Americas longest war President Joe Biden announces withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan Replay Video UP NEXT President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks because "it is time to end America’s longest war." "We went to Afghanistan because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago," Biden said. "That cannot explain why we should remain t...

» I watched Egypts bloody struggle for democracy that began in Tahrir Square 10 years ago today. Heres my diary of 18 days that shook the world. I watched Egypts bloody struggle for democracy that began in Tahrir Square 10 years ago today. Heres my diary of 18 days that shook the world. Mia JankowiczJan 25, 2021, 19:23 IST A composite image showing crowds in Tahrir Square, February 2011; Inset shows Mia Jankowicz (R) during a sit-in in the square in July 2011.Pedro Ugarte/AFP via Getty Images/...

He was the party planner of Baghdad. Then armed men took him away. Liz Sly, Mustafa Salim © Patrick Baz/AFP via Getty Images Baghdads Fardoos Square and the Ishtar Hotel, right, seen from the rooftop of the capitals Hotel Palestine on Feb. 9, 2013. Arshad Haibti al-Fakhry was known for living on the edge even before he embarked on a mission to introduce Baghdad to the party lifestyle. He worked as a fixer and interpreter, escorting foreign journalists to the front lines of ...

Opinions | Biden’s foreign policy team is full of idealists who keep getting people killed Robert Wright © Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Libyan rebels gather at a site bombed by coalition air forces in the town of Ajdabiya on March 26, 2011. “In the debate about the future Biden foreign policy I’m seeing people self-identify as ‘progressive realists,’ ” Michael McFaul, ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, wrote recently. This unfamiliar label, brand...