Women and Journalists Are Targets of Violence in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan, Report Says
Violence between the Taliban, the Islamic State, and other armed groups is also on the rise, according to the report from two NGOs.
World
Facebook's Ukraine-Russia Moderation Rules Prompt Cries of Double Standard
Critics point out that Facebook's human rights and free speech rules tend to match up with U.S. policy preferences.
House Democrats Will Urge Biden to "Rebalance" Saudi Relationship
Members of Congress drafted a letter demanding information on an unprecedented but little-known report reconsidering U.S.-Saudi relations.
Russian TV Is Filled With Images of Bucha's Dead, Stamped With the Word "Fake"
Instead of trying to suppress apparent evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Russian state television inundated viewers with video of the Bucha massacre it calls a hoax.
Voices
Zelenskyy Is Absolutely Right: The U.N. Must Be Reformed. But It Never Will Be.
The veto wielded by Russia — and the U.S. — in matters of war should be eliminated. But Russia and the U.S. will never permit that.
U.S. Didn't Expect Major Explosions When an ISIS Bomb Factory Was Bombed
Military documents reveal a flawed "collateral damage estimate" before an airstrike that killed scores of Iraqis in 2015.
Targeting Iran
Conscription Into Revolutionary Guards Haunts Iranian Dual Nationals Decades Later
The designation of Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terror group hangs over nuclear talks — and the lives of countless former draftees.
Ukraine War Sparks Fears of More Gas Extraction in Quake-Prone Region
Drilling in the Dutch province of Groningen has caused over 1,000 earthquakes since 1963.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Israel Charges Palestinian Journalists With Incitement — for Doing Their Jobs
In a spate of arrests, Israeli security forces interrogated Palestinian journalists about their work, then hit them with trumped-up charges.
Drone Wars
U.S. Airstrike Killed 11 Libyan Civilians and Allies, Human Rights Groups Say
A criminal complaint filed Friday accuses a former commander at a U.S. air base in Sicily of murder.