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A vintage Kabul cinema finally falls to Taliban bulldozers
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» KABUL — A movie theatre that bore witness to Afghanistan’s modern history — from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers — has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.
How a country’s economy was looted dry by politicians
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2024
» DHAKA - The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, Ahsan Mansur, calculates that about US$17 billion was looted from the country’s financial system by politicians in the 15 years before the government of Sheikh Hasina collapsed in August.
US warns Israel that aid to Gaza must increase
New York Times, Published on 16/10/2024
» WASHINGTON — The United States has warned Israel that it will face consequences within 30 days, including a potential cutoff of military aid, if it does not increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, US officials said Tuesday.
Reformist candidate wins Iran’s presidential election
New York Times, Published on 06/07/2024
» TEHRAN - In an election upset in Iran, the reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocated for moderate policies at home and improved relations with the West, won the presidential runoff election, beating his hard-line rival, the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday morning.
Promised aid to Gaza is stalled by wrangling, as conditions worsen
New York Times, Published on 21/10/2023
» CAIRO — Two days after United States President Joe Biden said he had secured Israel’s agreement to allow food, water and medicine into the besieged Gaza Strip, and a day after aid groups were told their trucks would cross the border on Friday, nothing budged, as the powers involved continued to haggle over the details, while conditions within Gaza grew more dire.
Top Iranian general killed in US strike
New York Times, Published on 03/01/2020
» BAGHDAD: President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the powerful commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maj Gen Qasem Soleimani, in a drone strike on the Baghdad International Airport early Friday, American officials said.
Stationed in Singapore, solving crimes in New York City
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2018
» "How did you get here so fast?"