Rahmon is a Sunni Muslim and has performed the hajj when he went to Mecca on March 1997. He has called for closer ties with other Muslim nations in the region, notably the Persian speaking nations of Iran and A
Libya, Africa's most oil-rich nation, has been mired in chaos since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime leader Moamer Kadhafi.Since April 2019, the UN-recognized Government of National Accord has fought back against an offensive by military commander Khalifa Haftar, ...
Monday, November 14, 2022 – The Supreme Leader of Afghanistan has given the order for judges to fully enforce Islamic law, including public executions, stoning, flogging, and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the chief spokesperson of the Taliban said....
In June 2017, Astana, India and Pakistan were granted the full status of SCO members. SCO counts four observer states: the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Belarus, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Mongolia.Qs. Which of the following country granted the full status of SCO...
Authoritarian rule.Power concentrated in a leader with a devoted cult of personality, in whom people see a living embodiment of the nation Police state.A militarized society, including citizen militias and police suppression of protests, speech, and other forms of dissent ...
United States Never Reaped Bonus of Post-Cold War World President Obama still wrestles with more limited American foreign-policy responsibilities as a world leader, while struggling to move from what he has deplored as 'a permanent wartime footing' toward a post-Cold War peacetime normalcy Sinc...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, made a significant visit to North Korea, underlining the deepening ties between the two nations and Russia's interest in acquiring weapons from Pyongyang amid its conflict with Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warmly ...
Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea and threat to Ukraine are causing damage he perhaps did not anticipate: disorientation of the United States and profound division in Europe, especially in Germany, and in NATO. A real risk of war The Myth of the Strong Leader Archie Brown -- Oxford ...
Keralas Chief Minister Pinarayee Vijayan and Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala unanimously passed the resolution.Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 gives eligibility for Indian citizenship to illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh...
Eliot Ackerman, a former Marine and intelligence officer who served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan describes his re-connection with his Afghan interpreter, Ali. https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/619151/. And more interpreter evacuee information: ...