UPDATES: Iran Protests Mark Their 50th Day
Iranian students speak about detentions and beatings of their classmates as security forces try to crush the nationwide protests entering their eighth week.
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Author: Scott Lucas
Ukraine War, Day 256: US to Zelenskiy — Say You’ll Negotiate With Putin
US privately asks Ukraine President Zelenskiy to show willingness to negotiate with Russia, even if Vladimir Putin remains in power, about Putin’s invasion.
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Ukraine War, Day 255: Russia Struggles to Train and Deploy Newly-Mobilized Men
Seeking to hold back Ukrainian counter-offensives in the east and south of Ukraine, Russia is struggling to train and deploy newly-mobilized men.
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Ukraine War, Day 254: IAEA Takes Apart Russia’s “Dirty Bomb” Disinformation
International Atomic Energy Agency knocks back Russia’s disinformation that Ukraine is preparing a “dirty bomb”: “No sign of undeclared nuclear activities.”
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Ukraine War, Day 253: Putin’s Humiliation Over Grain Deal Threat
Vladimir Putin has suffered a humiliating defeat over his threat to withdraw from the July deal lifting Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
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Assad Regime Tortures, Kills Returnees from Rukban Camp
Displaced youth sift through rubbish at the Rukban camp in southeast Syria, November 2019 (Amad...
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