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“Stillwater” is a drama about an American father who travels to Marseilles, France, to assist in the exoneration of his daughter who has been accused of murder. Amanda Knox, who experienced the same fate in real life in Italy, has blasted filmmaker Tom McCarthy for “too closely and inaccurately” adapting the story of her wrongful murder conviction in Perugia, Italy, to the premise of the film
Afghan university students react to the Taliban’s takeover of their country in the United States and Afghanistan
The rush to evacuate tens of thousands of Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan is heating up as the possibilities for withdrawing any Afghan allies after August 31 become increasingly dubious
In terms of lives lost, personnel deployed, and monies spent, the war in Afghanistan has been costly to the United States
A view of a solemn ceremony held prior of the Security Council’s High-Level Open Debate on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Technology and Peacekeeping
Several Egyptian opposition television stations are based in Istanbul, where they air programmes critical of Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Turkey was a significant supporter of Egypt’s overthrown president, Mohammed Morsi, but with Turkish-Egyptian peace attempts in the works, the future of opposition television outlets is doubtful
In recent days, the Taliban completed their quick invasion of Afghanistan by capturing Mazar-e-Sharif in the north, 23 years after capturing it and massacring thousands of its residents
Following a closed meeting of the United Nations Security Council,James Kariuki, the UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, informs reporters on the situation in Myanmar
Thailand’s young protesters have been joined by veterans of the country’s pro-democracy movement known as “Red Shirts.” Thousands of people turned out over the weekend to demand that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha step down. Experts think Prayuth is unlikely to budge on the protesters’ demands anytime soon
Shock, terror, grief,rage and fear are among emotions that members of the Afghan community in the United States are experiencing as they watch the Afghan government come apart over the last few days