[ad_1] On a dusty side street on the outskirts of Dubai, Sohrab Fani is profiting from the Western response to the war in Ukraine: his shop installs seat heaters into cars that are re-exported to Russia. Twelve thousand heating pads…
[ad_1] Not far from the border between North and South Korea, the sound of gunfire was heard in the hills. Troops in combat gear shouted, heavy equipment rumbled. Today, this field is a training ground. But every US soldier here…
[ad_1] Russia’s two-year term as chairman of the Arctic Council ended Thursday, leaving the future of the council’s role as a forum for international collaboration in doubt. In a low-key virtual ceremony attended by senior bureaucrats, Russia handed over the…
[ad_1] Pakistani protesters are fighting the military A second day of demonstrations in Pakistan’s major cities yesterday escalated the unrest and prompted the army to send units to at least two provinces. Many officials fear that full-scale protests over the…
[ad_1] President Biden will welcome India’s prime minister to the White House for a state visit and lavish dinner next month, giving a valuable diplomatic perk to a critical economic ally but also to a leader who shows authoritarian tendencies.…
[ad_1] David Miranda, a child from the slums of Rio de Janeiro who was a leading voice for gay rights in Brazil’s Congress and who played a supporting role in the leak of confidential documents by Edward J. Snowden, died…
[ad_1] A Dutch man linked to the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of American teenager Natalee Holloway will be extradited temporarily to the United States from Peru to face extortion and wire fraud charges, Peruvian authorities said Wednesday. The man, Joran…
[ad_1] The Peruvian government issued an executive order Wednesday allowing the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on the island of Aruba to be temporarily extradited to the United States. The Peruvian Embassy in Washington…
[ad_1] Former US president Donald Trump said he would pardon “a large portion” of the people involved in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in a CNN town hall Wednesday night. Trump also refused to express remorse for…
[ad_1] Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Wednesday, as Israel pressed ahead with a series of airstrikes that killed 23 Palestinians, including three senior militants and at least 10 civilians. Egypt’s state-run TV…