Meet Meenakshi Das, the woman who biked through 64 countries to break a world record
On December 17, 2023, Meenakshi Das commenced her journey towards becoming the first female solo rider to traverse more than ...
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Drugs, weapons in Syria borderland where Hezbollah held sway
In a desolate area of Syria where Lebanese militant group Hezbollah once held sway, security forces shot open the gates to an ...
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Trump’s De Facto Muslim Travel Ban
Signed by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025, the executive order titled 'Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats' lays ...
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Trump Should Refashion the Foreign Aid Agency, Not Dismantle It
ANDREW NATSIOS served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development during the George W. Bush ...
Ukraine’s Borders in Maps: Pre-2014 Invasion to Now
Ukraine’s government wants to restore the country’s frontier to where it was before Russia launched its first invasion more than a decade ago. The U.S. defense secretary said that was “unrealistic.” ...
Norwegian People's Aid NGO lays off half its staff due to Trump policy
Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), a humanitarian group that helps to demine war zones, will have to lay off more than half of its ...
Corruption report: Denmark tops list of 'cleanest' nations but graft on rise globally
Denmark topped the rankings of 180 countries globally with the lowest levels of public-sector corruption for the seventh year ...
‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...