Bob Silverman is a former senior U.S. diplomat and former president of the American Foreign Service Association

They were going home from the office on foot when they were shot,” Latifi said. Afghan and US officials have blamed the Taliban for the wave of violence, but the group has denied the Khalilzad’s arrival marks the first time he has returned to Afghanistan since US President Joe Biden took office

Erdoğan said on February 1, ‘‘Are you students or terrorists who are attempting to raid the rector’s office Turkish government officials and party leaders have supported Erdogan’s terrorism analogy and have also Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet has condemned the homophobic actions and speech of Turkish government officials

Asean’s foreign ministers said in a joint statement, delayed by internal wrangling, that they welcomed the appointment of Brunei second foreign minister, Erywan Yusof, as the bloc’s special envoy.

The Maldives had the highest per capita number of foreign fighters for ISIS of any nation.

The UK Minister for Africa, Andrew Mitchell, told the BBC this bore "all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing conflict, amid reports the United Arab Emirates has been giving weapons to the RSF, something Emirati officials

While an official death toll has yet to be confirmed, Sudanese aid groups reported that at least 54 people In February, the UN human rights office, OHCHR,  reported  that at least 275 people had been killed between

The strikes hit a military hospital, as well as residential and office buildings in Kharkiv [file image US President Donald Trump has been pushing for a speedy end to the fighting since taking office, but plan for a 30-day truce, and this week suggested that President Volodymyr Zelensky be removed from office emergency services said the "massive attack" on the northeastern city also destroyed residential and office

Egypt – Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Christian man inside his home in northern Sinai, officials and shot him to death in front of his wife and children in the town of el-Arish, said two security officials The officers spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters, as There are no official statistics on the number of Christians in cities or across the country. He said no government official or agency provided any support to the family after his father's death.

Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly for the first time in one of the most visible foreign policy speeches since he took office.

release a detained 14-year-old ethnic Ta’ang boy and urgently investigate allegations that military officials trumped-up charges demonstrates a new low for rule of law in Myanmar,” said Matthew Smith, Chief Executive Officer According to Mai Cho Min Htwe’s lawyer, military officers reportedly interrogated Mai Cho Min Htwe overnight ,david.baulk@fortifyrights.org; Twitter: @davidbaulk, @FortifyRights Matthew Smith, Chief Executive Officer

He cited a leaked memo from a December meeting of senior junta officials, who concluded that the resistance According to the memo, officials said the resistance forces’ capabilities had grown so dramatically that Officials also complained they were having trouble gathering intelligence, and that money budgeted to Paddock has worked as a foreign correspondent in 50 countries on five continents with postings in Moscow