Syrian regime attack kills 2 civilians in Idlib province A child looks at the hole left in the road as a result of the Syrian army's attack on Sarmin village of Idlib, Syria on April 01, 2024. After the attack, 2 civilians died and 9 civilians were ... 04/1/2024 - 6:22 am | View Link
Islamic State jihadists ‘execute’ eight Syrian soldiers after desert ambush Since the start of the year, more than 200 soldiers and affiliated fighters have been killed in IS attacks, ambushes and explosions in the Syrian desert including in Deir Ezzor, Homs and Raqqa ... 03/31/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
Israeli air strike ‘kills dozens of Syrian soldiers’ near Aleppo “At least 36 soldiers were killed and dozens wounded,” said the group ... Bashar al-Assad in a civil war that started in 2011. Fighters allied with Iran, including Hizbullah, now hold sway ... 03/28/2024 - 11:31 pm | View Link
The 14-year-old ISIS 'emir': Young boy rules Syrian camp detaining Islamists and jihadi brides including Shamima Begum, ordering punishment beatings for women and preaching ... Omar said. The children who were taken to Syria to live in the caliphate by their radicalised parents have grown up being taught the extremist ISIS doctrine and many are said to have turned into ... 03/27/2024 - 11:04 pm | View Link
‘A Ticking Time Bomb’: In Syrian Camps, Fears of an Islamic State Revival AL-HOL, Syria—A recent security sweep inside a sprawling fenced refugee camp holding 44,000 people turned up a raft of weapons, dozens of Islamic State militants and a Yazidi woman who had been ... 03/25/2024 - 9:33 am | View Link
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina formally requested on Thursday to join NATO as a global partner, a status that would clear the way for greater political and security cooperation at a time when the right-wing government of President Javier Milei aims to boost ties with Western powers and attract investment.
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The request came as NATO’s Deputy General Secretary Mircea Geoana held talks in Brussels on regional security challenges with visiting Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri.
Geoana said he welcomed Argentina’s bid to become an accredited partner in the alliance—a valued role short of “ally” for nations that are not in NATO’s geographical area and not required to take part in collective military actions.