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KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Azerbaijan has announced it is suspending its military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, after ethnic Armenian authorities in the disputed enclave agreed to lay down their arms in an apparent capitulation. Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenian-led government on Wednesday morning said they had agreed to a ceasefire after Azerbaijani forces made major advances […]
NASA (NEW YORK) — An asteroid NASA’s been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First discovered in 1999, Bennu, the near-Earth asteroid, could possibly drift into the planet’s orbit and could hit the planet by September 2182, according to the OSIRIS-REx science team. Bennu passes near […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — When she hopped on a taxi in Tehran this past summer, Raha was not wearing a headscarf. Her open challenge to the mandatory hijab rule in place in Iran for the last 40 years did not go unnoticed. She said her male taxi driver complimented her for the brave gesture, like […]
bgwalker/Getty Images (LONDON) — Climate change was one of the main factors that led to the catastrophic flooding in Libya, according to a new report. World Weather Attribution (WWA), a collaboration of scientists from all over the globe, released a new report on Tuesday saying that human-caused climate change played a role in the devastating […]
Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Nations has revised its death toll from disastrous floods in eastern Libya after conflicting information from different government officials and aid agencies — a sign of the chaotic response on the ground in a divided country. As of Monday evening, the U.N. Office for the […]
Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia appeared on Tuesday in Moscow City Court to appeal an August decision to extend his pre-trial detention, but was turned away without a ruling. Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow correspondent with the paper, has been detained on spying charges since March, […]
Handout (TEHRAN, Iran) — The plane carrying five American citizens freed as part of a deal between the U.S. and Iran has now landed back home in the United States. “They just landed on U.S. Soil early this morning, said National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on […]
Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canadian national security agencies are investigating “credible allegations” that “agents of the government of India” were involved in the death of a Canadian Sikh leader in June, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday. Trudeau said that steps are being taken to hold the people accountable […]
Handout (TEHRAN, Iran)– Five American citizens freed as part of a deal between the U.S. and Iran were flown out of the country and arrived in Doha, Qatar, Monday before boarding a flight to the U.S. later in the day. The Americans being repatriated include Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz, as well as […]
Handout (TEHRAN, Iran)– Five American citizens freed as part of a deal between the U.S. and Iran were flown out of the country and landed in Doha, Qatar, Monday. Later Monday, they will be flown back to the U.S. The Americans being repatriated include Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz, as well as two […]
