Headlines- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
- Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
- Police and pritesters clashed during Saturday's large-scale protests across France over social injustice, exorbitant prices, and the condition of the educational system.
- Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
- On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.
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Afghan Woman Who Was a War...
Alina Jun Nawabi was born in Afghanistan but spent years in hospitals after being taken to the United States as an injured war victim. She now works for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), where she is assisting additional Afghans to leave the country
Hunger Strike by Afghan Women ...
British Afghan women have gone on hunger strike in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s treatment of women
Taliban Tells China No Sign of...
A shadowy Uyghur Islamic group that China has used as justification for increasingly harsh rule over the Muslim ethnic minority in its far-western Xinjiang region is not present in Afghanistan and won’t be allowed to return, a Taliban spokesman told Chinese state media
Returning Home is ‘Difficult’ for the...
On Monday, some of the final troops returned from Afghanistan. One of the most deployed divisions in the US Army was the 10th Mountain Division. This group of 140 soldiers arrived at Ft. Drum by plane after serving in Afghanistan for the previous nine months
An American Woman Stranded in Afghanistan...
By Aug. 30, the US had managed to evacuate more than 124,000 civilians from Afghanistan, including 6,000 Americans, in a chaotic operation. Nasria, on the other hand, is one of the 100 to 200 Americans who are still stranded there. For her own protection, she requested that on her first name only be used
Afghan Military Women Who Remain in...
Afghan Military Women: Afghan military women claim they are concerned about their safety and future under the Taliban regime
Turkey Beefs up Border Security to...
Turkey is strengthening its border security with Iran, purportedly to keep a big influx of refugees out of Afghanistan. Many migrants, though, see the wall, trenches, and barbed wire as just more hurdles they must conquer
Afghan Evacuees in Albania Say They...
Albania is temporarily housing 600 Afghan refugees fleeing the country’s turmoil and chaos. The final of four aircraft, carrying 150 individuals, landed in Albania on August 30
9/11 Anniversary & US Veterans in...
Kane Farabaugh of VOA, then a correspondent for the US military, visited Afghanistan in 2002, at the start of America’s 20-year commitment in the nation. As the US military mission comes to a close, Farabaugh reconnects with others he met in the early years to examine the US exit and the mission’s legacy
Afghanistan Animal Rescue in the United...
The attempted rescue of dozens of veterinary workers and hundreds of animals from a British animal rescue charity in Afghanistan caught the attention of the media as tens of thousands were evacuated from Kabul’s airport