Iran: Heavy Sandstorm Covers Baghdad, Flights Cancelled Due To Low Visibility
A powerful sandstorm has struck Baghdad, drastically reducing visibility and leading to the cancellation of several flights. The storm, originating from Iran, has caused significant disruptions in air ...
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Kennedy: Local Army Ranger to row from Hawaii to California
Spend perhaps 50 straight days in a rowboat in the Pacific Ocean. Row two-hours on and two-hours off around the clock for the ...
Iraq could allow marriage for girls as young as 9. A survivor says it would fuel rape and child abuse.
UNICEF reported in April 2023 that 28% of girls are married before the legal age of 18, although under Iraqi law, girls as ...
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The First New Foreign Policy Challenge for Trump Just Became Clear
Understanding the dynamics of instability in the Middle East. Explore the impact of Syria's collapse and its far-reaching ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on the strength of a diverse military
The nation's first African American Secretary of Defense talks about the responsibilities of the job, and the importance of a diverse fighting force.
Thomas Friedman: The first new foreign policy challenge for Trump just became clear
Other than China, it is weak states, not strong states, that will vex America and its allies …,” Friedman writes.
U.S. officials in direct contact with Syria’s new Islamist leaders
AQABA, Jordan - The Biden administration has been in direct contact with the new Islamist rulers of Syria, Secretary of State ...
Heavy sand storm covers the Iraqi capital of Baghdad
Visibility was reduced to only a few meters in some areas and most of those braving the streets wore surgical masks or ...
Blinken presses Iraq on Iran-backed groups, seeing Syria window
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Iraq to crack down on Iranian-backed militias, seeing an opening after the ...
Blinken makes unannounced Iraq visit as part of Syria diplomacy push
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia ...