TASHKENT -- Sergei grew up in Namangan, the eastern Uzbek city where Islamic traditions persisted despite decades of atheist Soviet rule ... "I never thought they'd be back." ... SEE ALSO. Uzbekistan Holds Talks With Taliban On Trade, Energy, RailwayProjects ....
The Lebanese judge leading investigations into last year's Beirut port blast was forced to stop work Thursday over a lawsuit filed by an ex-minister he had summoned for interrogation ... .
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa could fall within "months if not weeks", an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels told AFP Wednesday, as the fighters advanced southwards ... Earlier on Wednesday OLA spokesman Odaa Tarbii said his group intended to topple Abiy's government, calling his removal "a foregone conclusion" ... Image. Section ... Right .
China is sharply increasing its nuclear arsenal and could have up to 700 deliverable warheads by 2027 and at least 1,000 by 2030, as the Communist giant aims to surpass US global power by the middle of the 21st century, the Pentagon has warned in a new report. Advertisement ... "The US is using this report to hype up the "China nuclear threat" theory ... .
BUDAPEST -- A top official in Hungary's governing party has confirmed for the first time that the government had bought spyware that was allegedly used to monitor journalists, lawyers, businesspeople, and opposition figures in dozens of countries around the world ...Opposition lawmakers are demanding a probe into the use of Pegasus ... ....
In this photo released by the TaiwanPresidentialOffice, Taiwan's PresidentTsai Ing-wen, right presents a gift to Raphael Glucksmann, the chair of the EU's foreign interference committee during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday. AP-Yonhap ...China's defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday ... (Reuters). .
RABAT--Political analysts in Rabat rejected Algerian accusations that Moroccan armed forces mounted a raid that that killed three Algerian nationals on the border with Mauritania as “fake news” aimed at further escalating tensions between the two neighbouring countries ...Algeria was threatening in its tone ... .
Police forces in England and Wales have recorded the highest number of rapes and the second highest number of sexual offences in a 12-month period, figures show ... They included 17,285 between April and June – the highest quarterly figure ... He added ... Most Read ... .