Gunfire and an explosion were heard near the interior ministry building in Kabul Wednesday, days after the Taliban vowed to target military and intelligence centers in the Afghan capital. It was not clear if there had been any casualties and no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. “We can ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States was counting on a total confrontation with Iran by leaving the nuclear deal. “I remember the apocalyptic predictions of the 1980s about a ‘nuclear winter,'” he said at the Primakov Readings. “Fortunately, it did not come to pass, although the ‘Arab ...