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After taking control of Afghanistan, what lies ahead for Taliban?

Afghans celebrate the 102th Independence Day of Afghanistan with the national flag, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. /CFP Afghanistan is celebrating the 102nd anniversary of its independen

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America, 'world's No. 1 anti-pandemic failure', what leads to it?

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Broker Germany seeks EU unity, recovery amid division

00:39 Far from bringing Europe together in solidarity, the first face-to-face summit of the European Union in five months has turned out to be a game of haggling between the 27 members

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Will Scottish independence be the first challenge after Brexit?

In the singing of Auld Lang Syne, the UK left the European Union on January 31, ending its 47-year membership of the world's biggest trading bloc. The quit perhaps temporarily ends the bargain betwee

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Why is Soleimani's killing such a big deal?

While the world's attention is focused on the Ukrainian jet tragedy which took 176 innocent lives and Iran's acknowledgement of downing the plane "unintentionally," one should never forget the direct