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In an address to the United Nations, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas declared that Israel has one year to withdraw from all territories it acquired in 1967, including east Jerusalem,…Read more →

Around 9:15 am this morning, a rare 5.8 to 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, which is north-east of Melbourne. The earthquake was felt in Melbourne CBD and regional…Read more →

Two days ago, Australia, the UK and the USA announced a new naval pact, AUKUS, for the purpose of countering and containing China (ref. 1). The pact, essentially an agreement…Read more →

At the Met Gala 2021, American celebrity Kim Kardashian, famed for the reality TV show "Keeping up with the Kardashians", wore an all-black Balenciaga outfit, covering even her entire face,…Read more →

Peter Dutton, Australia's minister for defence since March 2021, has just likened China's rise to that of 1930's Nazi Germany (ref. 1). He claimed Beijing's rhetoric is "bellicose and coercive",…Read more →

Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, attacked Kabul airport with suicide bombers, as thousands of Afghans were there trying to claim asylum and flee. One bomb exploded at the Abbey Gate,…Read more →

A remnant of Afghanistan survives in the Panjshir Valley (ref. 1), a natural fortress north-east of Kabul. The Panjshir was once a bastion of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the ethnic Tajik…Read more →

The Taliban have taken Kabul, including the Afghan presidential palace (ref. 1). The government of Ashraf Ghani has collapsed. Ghani himself has fled the country together with the vice president…Read more →

The second and third largest cities of Afghanistan, Kandahar and Herat, have fallen. The Taliban now control seventeen of Afghanistan's thirty-four provincial capitals (ref. 1). Two days ago, it was…Read more →

The Taliban continue their rapid advance across Afghanistan. Nine out of thirty-four provincial capitals have fallen to them in recent weeks (ref. 1). Almost two-thirds of the nation is now…Read more →