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Kurds in northern Syria who woke to deadly Turkish air strikes overnight expressed fear and anger at the United States, accusing them of abandoning them after they spearheaded the fight against the Islamic State group. “We are scared because we have already been through this,” said Mohammed Rajab, who fled the northern city of Afrin…

At least six people were killed and 53 were injured in an explosion in the center of Istanbul on Sunday afternoon. The governor wished God’s mercy on the people who lost their lives and the people who were injured. Emergency services were at the scene of the explosion on Istiklal Street in Beyoglu Square, and…

At least 20 people have been injured, including the head of Iraq’s civil defense directorate, after a commercial building collapsed in Baghdad. The civil defense director in Iraq says that people must havethe right to life. Gen. Kadhim Bohan along with a number of firefighters was at the scene when the building they were in…

Diesel shortages have been building since the start of the epidemic, and fuel inventories have fallen below emergency levels.  Two weeks ago, the Energy Information Administration said that the US had 25 days left of diesel reserves. Since 2008, stockpiles have been hovering below marks. “How did we get here?” I asked Matt Smith, the…

State electricity operator Ukrenergo on Saturday announced blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of Ukraine after Russia’s devastating strikes on energy infrastructure. Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles and drones, inflicting damage to power plants, water supplies, and other civilian targets, in a grinding invasion that is nearing its…

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, 70, is in stable condition after being wounded during a protest march on Thursday. Khan’s protest march was peaceful until Thursday afternoon’s attack, which raised concerns about growing political instability in Pakistan, a country with a history of political violence and assassinations. One of Khan’s supporters was killed and…