Tajik authorities say nine people, including a police officer, have been killed in the volatile Gorno-Badakhshan region as the government tries to quell protests sparked by anger over the lack of an investigation into the 2021 death of an activist while in police custody. The Interior Ministry said on May …
Read More »Rebels in Central African Republic Kill 10 Civilians, Accuse Wagner Mercs of Massacre
The Central African Republic, the second least developed country in the world, has been the scene of a civil war since 2013.
Read More »Russian Troops Withdraw From Kharkiv
In what appears to be the latest setback for Moscow’s military offensive Ukraine, Russian troops are withdrawing from areas near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, according to Ukrainian military officials. The General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces announced the development early on May 14, saying that Russian troops appeared to …
Read More »Pentagon, Kremlin Defense Chiefs Talk for First Time Since Russia Invaded Ukraine
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used his first conversation with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu since the start of the Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine to call for an immediate cease-fire there, the Pentagon has said. “Secretary Austin urged an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine and emphasized the importance of maintaining …
Read More »Afghan Interpreter Who Was Trampled at Abbey Gate Arrives in America
The Taliban murdered his son and threatened his family. The former interpreter evaded 12 enemy checkpoints, and now has been reunited with the American soldiers whose lives he saved in Afghanistan. They started falling from the above and it took a second for Najeebullah to realize what they were: U.S. …
Read More »Third Man Charged With Plot to Kill Haitian President
A Haitian citizen was extradited from Jamaica to the United States to face criminal charges in Florida related to his alleged involvement in last year’s assassination of the former President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse. Joseph Joel John, 51, is charged with conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United …
Read More »Uganda Infantry Chief Set to Take Helm From Aging Father
Signs are emerging in Uganda that the East African nation is gearing up for hereditary leadership, with a military commander poised to take the helm from his own father. Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda’s leader are raising concern he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently …
Read More »Into the Taliban Stronghold: Marines in Now Zad, Afghanistan
No jokes, no talking, just business. The stern-faced Marines in the six-wheeled armored vehicle, known as the “Cougar,” listened intently to the chatter over the radio. “The Afghan army just got their first kill in combat,” said a Marine on the communication line. Stoicism turned into wide grins after hearing …
Read More »Moroccan Police Arrest Islamic State Terrorism Suspect
Moroccan police said they had arrested a suspected Islamic State group member, in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, who was implicated in plotting “acts of terrorism.” The announcement came ahead of the opening next Wednesday in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh of a conference of member countries …
Read More »The Curse of Snake Island: Ukrainian Military Says it Destroyed Russian Landing Craft in Black Sea
The Ukrainian military says it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea near Snake Island, declaring that a missile launched from a Bayraktar drone struck a Russian landing craft. “In the waters of the Black Sea, an enemy landing craft of the type Serna was destroyed,” military spokesman Serhiy Bratschuk …
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