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• June 13, 2025

  Israel's Attack On Iran Stuns Military But Could Empower Tehran's Nuclear Drive

  Israel’s surprise strike on Iran, dubbed Operation Rising Lion, stunned Tehran’s military leadership but left key nuclear sites intact. As fears of regional war grow, analysts warn the attack may undermine diplomacy -- and give Iran justification to abandon nonproliferation commitments.

• June 13, 2025

  Unreliable Medical Tests Force Afghans To Seek Treatment Abroad

  Every day, the lack of reliable medical testing facilities forces hundreds of Afghans to seek treatment abroad for diseases that are easily detected in clinical laboratories in neighboring countries.

• June 12, 2025

  Pro-Kremlin Media Hail Los Angeles Unrest As 'Civil War'

  Kremlin-friendly pundits and programs have been savoring every shot of protesters in Los Angeles this week, some proclaiming that the United States must be in midst of a new "civil war."

• June 12, 2025

  The Diplomat, The Oligarch, The FBI Agent: Russian-American Faces Trial In Deripaska Sanctions Case

  Sergei Shestakov, a former Russian diplomat who became a naturalized US citizen, is set to go on trial for work he did – illegally, prosecutors charge -- for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. His alleged co-conspirator, the FBI’s former lead spy hunter, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2023.

• June 11, 2025

  Hundreds Of Russian Soldiers Treated In Belarusian Hospitals, Investigation Finds

  Hundreds of Russian soldiers wounded in the Ukraine war have been treated in Belarusian hospitals, including some from military units linked to alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

• June 11, 2025

  Nuclear Tensions Simmer As Iran, US Can't Even Agree On When To Argue

  The US and Iran can't agree on a date for key nuclear talks as tensions rise. Iran readies a counterproposal while the IAEA weighs a noncompliance ruling. Tehran's claim of seized Israeli nuclear files adds to fears of retaliation and conflict in the region.

• June 11, 2025

  Beatings, Shocks, Hunger: A Ukrainian Officer's 846 Days In Russian Captivity

  As the Russian siege of Mariupol dragged on, Ihor Titovskiy gave his family instructions for his burial. But he survived the siege, and then more than two years of beatings and abuse in Russian captivity, his weight dropping to 50 kilograms before he returned to Ukraine in a prisoner exchange.

• June 10, 2025

  How Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Turned War Into A Windfall

  Once a champion of reform, Dmitry Medvedev has morphed into a wildly belligerent critic of Ukraine and the West. In Russia, the change has saved him from oblivion. It may also be a source of riches: Foundations linked to Medvedev have amassed over $1 billion during the full-scale war, Systema found.

• June 09, 2025

  Central Asian Leaders Groom Their Offspring As Successors With Moscow Meetings

  When Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoev travel to Moscow for talks with senior officials, it's just another series of meetings between leaders with deep ties. But a series of recent meetings that involved their children told a new story: the succession process is on.

• June 08, 2025

  Fertile Land And Clean Air At Risk: Chinese Mining Alarms Villagers In Serbia And Tajikistan

  Living next to the Chinese-owned Zijin mines, villagers near Bor in eastern Serbia and Panjakent in western Tajikistan face the same threat: poisoned air, degraded farmland, and no recourse. At the same time their governments deepen ties with Beijing.

• June 07, 2025

  Promises Of High-Paid Work Lure Kyrgyz Into Russian Drug Trade

  For some Kyrgyz citizens, an offer of $4,000 per month for a job in Russia might seem too good to pass up. But those promises are used to recruit foreigners into Russia’s drug trade. Kyrgyz who take the gamble risk arrest in Russia and long prison sentences with few resources to defend themselves.

• June 06, 2025

  More War, Less Money: What A Cut In Signing Bonuses May Reveal About Russia's Fight In Ukraine

  Russia has kept up the flow of men to fight in Ukraine by paying extraordinarily high wages and bonuses. Now some regions are dropping their payments. Experts aren’t sure exactly why, but worsening economic conditions.

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