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South Asia

Taliban, Western officials meet for talks in Oslo

International aid came to a halt, worsening the plight of millions of people already suffering from hunger after several severe droughts

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World+Biz

UK says West will counter 'aggressors' as G7 ministers, allies meet

Taliban members in charge of security, patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan October 28, 2021. Photo :Reuters
South Asia

West hits out at Taliban over ‘summary killings’, enforced disappearances in Afghanistan

Armed servicemen wait near Russian army vehicles outside a Ukrainian border guard post in the Crimean town of Balaclava March 1, 2014. Photo: Reuters
Europe

Kremlin accuses West of artificially whipping up Ukraine tensions

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan heads a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, October 25, 2021. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Turkey and West climb down from brink of biggest diplomatic crisis

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attends a news conference during a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 7, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Middle East

IAEA chief in Iran for talks before showdown with West

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security advisor Jake Sullivan listen as President Joe Biden delivers remarks on evacuation efforts and the ongoing situation in Afghanistan during a speech in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, August 20, 2021. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

West struggles with Afghanistan chaos, Biden again defends withdrawal

Flag-wrapped coffins are seen outside the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario, during a funeral of the Afzaal family that was killed in what police describe as a hate-motivated attack, in London, Ontario, Canada June 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Panorama

How White supremacists replaced Jihadists as the biggest terrorist threat to the West

Abdullahi Alim, Impact Strategist and Movement Builder. Sketch/TBS
Thoughts

The West’s obsession with ‘good refugees’ is bad policy

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening ceremony of floating bridges and tunnel projects executed under the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
World+Biz

US joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses

A man mourns the death of seven members of a family, killed in a house hit in a reported airstrike by pro-regime forces in the town of Sarmin in the northern Syrian Idlib province on February 2, 2020. OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

Betrayed by their leaders, failed by the West, Arabs still want democracy

As the central bank of the US, the Federal Reserve sets financial policy and bank-industry regulations that ultimately affect every American. Photo: Getty Images via Foreign Policy
Global Economy

The West’s constitutional crises threaten the economy’s last best hope

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and China's President Xi Jinping attend a meeting in Shanghai on May 22, 2014. Photo: Kenzaburo Fukuhara/AFP via GETTY images/Foreign Policy
Analysis

Iran’s pact with China is bad news for the west