#washingtonpost.com. × Taliban releases American woman detained in Afghanistan. Faye Hall is one of four Americans known to have been released by the Taliban this year. She called on President Trump to help other women jailed in Afghanistan.
#Mar.30.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Syria announces a new transitional government. Syrian’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa promised a “new phase” as he appointed the 22-member cabinet.
#Mar.29.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Turkish opposition stages rally, announces campaign to defeat Erdogan. Turkey’s leading opposition party is trying to channel anger over the arrest of a key Erdogan challenger into a sustained political movement.
#Mar.29.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × China offers ‘safe’ place for investment, Xi tells execs amid trade war. In a rare meeting with heads of 40 multinational companies, Chinese leader Xi Jinping sought to strike a contrast with protectionist President Donald Trump.
#Mar.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Trump’s war on universities puts U.S. in an autocratic club. Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest reflects a wider global trend of nationalist leaders targeting universities as hotbeds of radicalism, such as in Hungary, India and Turkey.
#Mar.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Netanyahu’s budget victory gives him room to pursue political agenda. The Israeli leader bought himself a form of insurance for up to 18 months as he navigates a constellation of conflicts at home and in Gaza.
#Mar.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Beyond the group chat fiasco, Trump’s Yemen strategy needs more scrutiny. Washington is abuzz with revelations top Trump officials shared plans to bomb targets in Yemen over a messaging app. Analysts doubt airstrikes can defeat the Houthis.
#Mar.26.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Turkish opposition leader visits jailed Istanbul mayor amid protests. The head of Turkey’s largest opposition party visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in prison on Tuesday, after his detention sparked a week of protests.
#Mar.25.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × In photos and videos: Turkey cracks down on protests after Erdogan rival is jailed. More than 1,000 people have been detained amid protests over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
#Mar.24.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × South Korea’s prime minister is reinstated, still no word on president. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is back as acting president, but the Constitutional Court has still not given a date for its ruling on the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
#Mar.24.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Greenland is hard to defend. As Trump threatens, the Danes are trying.. “One way or the other,” President Donald Trump told Congress, the United States needs to “get” Greenland, strategically located and rich in rare metals.
#Mar.23.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Netanyahu ousts intelligence chief as Israeli troops expand Gaza operations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar amid mass protests against the move and Israel’s resumption of hostilities in Gaza.
#Mar.21.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Under Trump, the authoritarian age comes into focus. Authoritarian politics are ascendant. Actions by Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump underscore the shift.
#Mar.21.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Canada condemns China for execution of four Canadians on drug charges. “Canada should respect the spirit of the rule of law and stop interfering in China’s judiciary sovereignty,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
#Mar.20.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × American prisoner released by Taliban after first high-level U.S. visit. U.S. citizen George Glezmann has been released by the Taliban after two and a half years in captivity, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.
#Mar.20.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Turkey orders detention of Istanbul mayor, a rival of President Erdogan. Prosecutors ordered that Ekrem Imamoglu and about 100 other people be detained, state-run media reported. Istanbul’s mayor is a high-profile member of the opposition.
#Mar.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Netanyahu returns to war amid mounting political pressure at home. With his government facing possible dissolution by the end of the month, the Israeli leader needs to lock in support from his far-right allies.
#Mar.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × China has a defense against Trump’s trade war. A great wall of pork.. Beijing’s tariffs on U.S. farm goods will have little short-term impact on Chinese consumers — making it ideal for inflicting political pain on Trump, analysts say.
#Mar.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Pentagon says operation targeting Yemen’s Houthis is open-ended. Yemen’s Houthis have proven resilient to a months-long military campaign, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, to halt the group’s attacks.
#Mar.17.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump orders large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Houthis. While warning Iran, Trump vowed to use “overwhelming lethal force” against Yemen’s Houthis for its attacks on commercial ships and U.S. forces in the region.
#Mar.15.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × G-7 overlooks Trump’s brash insults to find agreement on Russia, China. The Group of Seven’s show of unity in Quebec papered over Trump’s dismissiveness of Canada as a sovereign country and threats to impose tariffs on European wine and liquor.
#Mar.14.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Syrian refugees recount bloodletting as sectarian killings swept coast. Thousands have fled into Lebanon after tensions between Syria’s Alawite minority and forces backing the new government exploded last week.
#Mar.14.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × U.N. report accuses Israel of sexual violence, ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, quickly condemned the report’s findings as baseless.
#Mar.13.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte arrested under ICC warrant. Duterte is accused of thousands of extrajudicial killings during his war on drugs. He was arrested in Manila at the International Criminal Court’s request.
#Mar.11.2025 ×
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