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Iran War Live Updates: Drone Hits Kuwaiti Oil Refinery in New Attack on Gulf Energy Sites
The strike set several refinery units ablaze, its operator said. President Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s infrastructure but there was no sign of a deal to end the war.
Continue ReadingIn Syria, Kidnappings of Women and Girls Fuel a Minority Group’s Fears
A Times investigation found that abductions of women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority were more common, and more brutal, than the government has acknowledged.
Continue ReadingCosmopolitan Shanghai Is an Uneasy Fit in China’s Narrative of Western Sins
Shanghai’s many layers of architecture, culture and politics have made it a difficult fit for the Communist Party’s preferred narrative of Chinese victimhood and Western sins.
Continue ReadingMyanmar Junta Chief Ascends to President, Five Years After Coup
U Min Aung Hlaing’s elevation to the civilian post is the conclusion of elections in the country, which were stage managed by the military.
Continue ReadingIn a Muzzled Russia, He Still Speaks His Mind
While hundreds of other journalists fled into exile after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitri A. Muratov stayed. But he did not stay quiet.
Continue ReadingMan aangehouden na afsteken vuurwerk in Duitse trein, reizigers grijpen in
Een Duitse man heeft donderdagavond vuurwerk afgestoken in een Duitse hogesnelheidstrein. Medereizigers grepen in door de man op te sluiten in het toilet. De politie trof bij het fouilleren van de man twee messen aan en heeft de verdachte gearresteerd.
Continue ReadingNederlandse gasvoorraden worden voorzichtig aangevuld na koude winter
De Nederlandse gasvoorraden worden “voorzichtig” weer aangevuld, meldt Gasunie vrijdagochtend. Donderdag vond de eerste vulling plaats. Door de koude winter was de gasvoorraad gezakt tot het laagste niveau in zeker tien jaar.
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