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08/23/2026

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Five years after the Taliban swept back into power, Afghanistan looks like a study in contradictions.Violence has fallen...
08/21/2026

Five years after the Taliban swept back into power, Afghanistan looks like a study in contradictions.

Violence has fallen sharply as the government has beaten back the Islamic State’s local affiliate, and bombings that once terrorized Kabul are rarer today. But that calm hasn’t brought prosperity: nearly half the population needs humanitarian assistance, about a quarter of young Afghans are unemployed, and a ban on poppy cultivation has devastated rural incomes.

The toll on women and girls has been especially severe, with 2.4 million girls shut out of secondary school and women barred from most jobs and public life.

Some governments are increasingly engaging with the Taliban for practical reasons, but analysts warn the government is more brittle than it looks, with armed resistance movements emerging in Afghanistan’s northeast.

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LATEST: Zambia’s disputed presidential election has escalated into a deeper political crisis, with the opposition allegi...
08/21/2026

LATEST: Zambia’s disputed presidential election has escalated into a deeper political crisis, with the opposition alleging fraud and a deadly security raid raising fresh questions about the vote’s aftermath.

Opposition leader Brian Mundubile said he will contest President Hakainde Hichilema’s victory in court, pointing to international observers’ reports of voter intimidation, assaults and abductions of opposition supporters, along with a six-hour disruption to vote counting.

Tensions deepened after a security raid on Mundubile’s residence the day after the election killed former Cabinet minister and lawmaker Mutotwe Kafwaya; authorities say the operation targeted a suspected militia, a claim Mundubile calls a fabrication.

The U.N.’s human rights chief has urged Zambian authorities to ensure any detentions meet international standards, as the legal fight threatens to delay Hichilema’s swearing-in.

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Nearly a million Syrians live in Germany, and calls for many of them to return home are intensifying.Chancellor Friedric...
08/20/2026

Nearly a million Syrians live in Germany, and calls for many of them to return home are intensifying.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he expects 80 percent of Syrians with German residency to return within three years, a figure he attributed to Syria’s president, who has since disputed it.

Critics say the numbers reflect reality on the ground. Syrian officials say the country isn’t ready to absorb mass returns, citing reconstruction costs estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars, while many Syrians in Germany say the country they once knew no longer exists.

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LATEST: South Korea says it had no advance warning before President Trump ordered a sharp cutback to this year’s joint m...
08/20/2026

LATEST: South Korea says it had no advance warning before President Trump ordered a sharp cutback to this year’s joint military exercises, catching Seoul and even Pentagon officials off guard.

Trump has framed the move as an overture to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing his ‘very good relationship’ with the dictator. But World Politics Review Editor-in-Chief Elliot Waldman argues that Trump’s real goal is restarting nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un.

The issue, Elliot writes, is that the strategic picture has shifted dramatically since Trump’s first term.

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LATEST: Diplomacy over Gaza hit another wall this week as Trump envoy Jared Kushner left the region without a deal.Kushn...
08/19/2026

LATEST: Diplomacy over Gaza hit another wall this week as Trump envoy Jared Kushner left the region without a deal.

Kushner met Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, a day after talks with Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt. The two sides remain split over sequencing: Hamas wants an Israeli withdrawal and a halt to attacks before it disarms, while Netanyahu insists Israeli forces will not pull back until Hamas has fully disarmed.

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Ukraine escalated its drone campaign against Russia this week, launching nearly 800 drones over two days in one of the l...
08/19/2026

Ukraine escalated its drone campaign against Russia this week, launching nearly 800 drones over two days in one of the largest attacks of the war.

Russian officials said more than 600 drones targeted the Moscow region, injuring three people and sparking a warehouse fire, and that air defenses intercepted 180. Ukraine has increasingly used long-range drones to hit oil facilities, weapons production and transport links in an effort to wear down Russia’s ability to sustain the war. Russia, meanwhile, struck a village in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, killing at least 10 people.

The exchange comes as diplomacy remains stalled: Putin rejected a proposal for direct talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in June, and Ukrainian media reported this week that intelligence assessments show he has no intention of negotiating peace this year.

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Iran’s parliament this week approved a bill that would criminalize contact with foreign media the government deems “host...
08/18/2026

Iran’s parliament this week approved a bill that would criminalize contact with foreign media the government deems “hostile,” a category that includes any outlet described as American, Israeli, or funded by either country.

Under the proposed law, Iranians would need Intelligence Ministry permission before giving interviews or sending photos, video, or audio to non-Iranian journalists, with violators facing six months to two years in prison. Academic ties abroad would face similar restrictions. The bill still needs approval from Iran’s constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council, before becoming law.

It’s the latest expansion of a media crackdown that has intensified amid Iran’s ongoing conflict with the US and Israel—and it comes as a US-Iran memorandum aimed at ending that conflict expired this week with no resolution in sight.

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Kazakhstan heads to the polls Aug. 23 under a constitution that promised a “New Kazakhstan.” So far, though, the shape o...
08/18/2026

Kazakhstan heads to the polls Aug. 23 under a constitution that promised a “New Kazakhstan.” So far, though, the shape of power looks strikingly familiar.

The reform replaced the country’s two-chamber parliament with a single 145-seat Kurultai, elected entirely by party list rather than individual candidates. Seven parties are running, yet critics say all of them are loyal to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and no independent has a path onto the ballot.

Supporters say the new system will make lawmakers more accountable to voters. Critics call it a rebrand of the same power structure that has governed Kazakhstan for decades.

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Melting Arctic ice is reshaping global shipping.Chinese shipper Sea Legend has dispatched the first vessel in a new regu...
08/17/2026

Melting Arctic ice is reshaping global shipping.

Chinese shipper Sea Legend has dispatched the first vessel in a new regular cargo service linking China to England via the Bering Strait and Russia’s northern coast. The route could cut costs by roughly a third compared with sailing around Africa, and the company plans eight voyages before Arctic conditions turn too icy this fall.

The shift carries risks and geopolitical weight. Insurance premiums on the route run 40 percent higher than the traditional path, environmental groups warn increased traffic could accelerate ice loss, and Russia’s control over permits deepens China’s dependence on Moscow as it pursues its own Arctic ambitions.

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