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Qatar’s intelligence chief receives CIA award for security cooperation

Qatar’s intelligence chief receives CIA award for security cooperation

CIA director cites Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Khulaifi’s role in advancing intelligence work between the two countries. Qatar’s top intelligence official has been awarded a medal from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for his role in strengthening intelligence cooperation with the United States. State Security Agency chief Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Khulaifi received the George Tenet medal […]

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Thailand picks Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn as new PM

Thailand picks Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn as new PM

Thailand’s parliament has picked Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of billionaire tycoon and former leader Thaksin, as prime minister. At 37, she will be the country’s youngest PM and the second woman in the post, after her aunt Yingluck. Her selection comes just two days after former PM Srettha Thavisin was dismissed by a constitutional court.

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Is Thailand on the path to fresh political turmoil? | Politics

Is Thailand on the path to fresh political turmoil? | Politics

Constitutional Court removes prime minister and dissolves opposition party. Thailand’s democracy has entered another phase. In the past week, the Constitutional Court has dismissed the prime minister and ordered the dissolution of the main opposition party, which won last year’s election. Both decisions come at a time when the economy is sluggish and many Thais

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Russia-Ukraine war live news: Kyiv says military office set up in Kursk – Al Jazeera English

Russia-Ukraine war live news: Kyiv says military office set up in Kursk – Al Jazeera English

Russia-Ukraine war live news: Kyiv says military office set up in Kursk  Al Jazeera English Ukraine opens military office in occupied Kursk region, says it is still advancing  Reuters 🔴 Live: Ukraine controls 82 Russian settlements, opens administrative office in occupied Kursk  FRANCE 24 English Kursk Incursion: Ukraine’s Army Chief Says Offensive in Russia Is Continuing  Bloomberg Ukraine Army

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Russia sentences US dual citizen to 12 years for treason

Russia sentences US dual citizen to 12 years for treason

Supporters say she donated about $50 to charity, but investigators accuse her of helping Ukraine buy weapons. A court in Russia has sentenced US-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in prison after finding her guilty of treason for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine. The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in the Urals city

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Stonehenge Altar stone may have traveled from Scotland: experts

Stonehenge Altar stone may have traveled from Scotland: experts

This Wonder of the World isn’t done living up to its name. Roughly 5,000 years after making an initial appearance on a patch of English grassland, Stonehenge has plenty of secrets left to spill, surprising new research suggests. Experts on the prehistoric site are abuzz over a new report stating that the Altar Stone — one

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Can diplomacy defuse rising tension in the Middle East? | Gaza

Can diplomacy defuse rising tension in the Middle East? | Gaza

US approves major weapons sale to Israel while also calling for end to its war in Gaza. Mediators are hoping to kick-start ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas on Thursday. The two sides have been mulling a US-backed proposal for more than two months. Indirect talks have not advanced substantively during that time and sticking

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Live updates: Ukraine’s incursion into Russia

Live updates: Ukraine’s incursion into Russia

Ukrainian officials have been expanding on what they see as a “buffer zone” inside Russia, which they say will protect better communities in northern Ukraine. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said Wednesday that during “this summer alone, the Russians launched more than 2,000 strikes on the territory of Sumy region. They used missiles, artillery, UAVs, attack

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What’s the economic impact of immigrants? | Migration

What’s the economic impact of immigrants? | Migration

The West is seeing record immigration inflows, but far-right groups are blaming their economic grievances on refugees and asylum seekers. From Donald Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric to the wave of violence that has swept across England and Northern Ireland, the debate around the impact of immigration on local economies is heating up. Far-right politicians in the

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