A bomb blast on a minibus killed at least seven people in an area inhabited by the minority Shia community in the western Afghan city of Herat on Saturday, officials said. The sticky bomb was attached to the fuel tank of the bus, and left nine other people wounded.“ Four women were among the seven killed, ” the head of Herat's provincial hospital, Arif Jalali told AFP. The blast was confirmed by Herat's intelligence office.“ Initial reports indicate it was a sticky bomb attached to the fuel tank

U.S., U.K. and European Union officials plan to jointly press the United Arab Emirates this week to halt shipments of goods to Russia that could help Moscow in its war against Ukraine, according to U.S. and European officials. Officials from Washington and European capitals are visiting the U.A.E. from Monday as part of a collective global push to keep computer chips, electronic components and other so-called dual-use products, which have both civilian and military applications, out of Russian h

Powell County Sheriff Gavin Roselles said the bear wandered into the victim’s camping area a couple of times beforeTuesday’s fatal mauling.... Authorities say a grizzly bear attacked and killed a person who was camping in the Ovando area early Tuesday, July 6, 2021.... Officials said their priority was to find and kill the bear to prevent another dangerous encounter.A video camera from an Ovando business caught footage of a grizzly bear Monday night, wildlife officials said....

How do the values of democracy affect the sovereignty of states and what are the limits of sovereignty in the context of a global value policy? Can non-Western (and actively criticised by the West) countries conduct a discourse on democracy? Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Club, wri

If the replacement of the G7 by the G20 as the major forum for discussion of international economic governance in 2008 had marked the acknowledgement of multipolarity in an economic sense, recent events have forced upon the US and the West a long overdue acknowledgement of geopolitical multipolarity

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela( Reuters)-Electricity cuts are worsening in the Venezuelan border state of Tachira, residents said, complicating daily life and hitting attempts to revive the economy amid loosened currency controls. The South American country's public utility infrastructure has been deteriorating for more than a decade, but worsened in 2019 when there were three major national black-outs. Border states like western Tachira-which are on the end of national transmission lines-tend to suff

Criminal charges brought by federal prosecutors in New York's Southern District, Miami and Washington, DC, allege that the leaders of the Venezuelan regime manage a drug cartel to coordinate with the Colombian rebel group FARC to traffic cocaine to the United States.... CNN has asked the Venezuelan government for comment on the Trump administration's actions.... CNN originally reported that the State Department would also be designating Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism, according to five

U.S. President Joe Biden has said he will stick by his Tuesday deadline to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan." We want to ensure that every foreign civilian and those who are at risk are evacuated today.... The U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 overthrew the then-ruling Taliban as punishment for harbouring the al Qaeda militants behind the Sept.... 11 attacks that year. The Taliban, facing the loss of billions of dollars of aid for the country, appealed to the United States and

" In the current geopolitical situation, the mass media has become an instrument of influence on the informational state of society," the lawmakers said in an official explanatory note on the bill.... Other Western organisations, including Reuters, have stayed in the country and continue to report.... Russian officials do not use the word" invasion" and say Western media have provided an excessively partial narrative of what they call Russia's" special operation" in Ukraine that ignores Russia

KRAKOW, Poland/ ISACCEA, Romania( Reuters)-People fleeing what until recently had been the relative safety of western Ukraine joined thousands crossing into eastern Europe on Monday after Russia stepped up attacks, prompting fears of an even larger exodus.... However, millions of people have also been displaced inside Ukraine, with many evacuated only as far as the western regions, including to cities like Lviv.... Myroslava, 52, fled her home in the Ternopil region, in western Ukraine, and wa