December 4, 02:10 PM • 26440 viewsPete Hughes, a U. S. National Guard officer and Fox News host, has been appointed Secretary of Defense. He has military experience in Iraq and Afghanistan and has led veterans' organizations.
Taliban representatives will attend the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan as observers. Afghanistan, which has been severely affected by climate change, will be represented at an international climate forum for the first time since 2021.
An explosion occurred at a railway station in Quetta, killing 24 people and injuring more than 40. The separatist group BLA claimed responsibility for the attack.
Corey Navrotsky, a 41-year-old retired U. S. Marine sergeant, was killed on October 27 on the border with the bryansk region. The veteran with 20 years of service joined the Ukrainian forces in September of this year.
Afghanistan's Ministry of Virtue has banned women from reading the Quran aloud and talking in front of others. The authorities are also gradually banning the use of images of living beings in the media.
British shot put record holder Geoff Capes has passed away at the age of 75. He was twice the strongest man in the world, three times the strongest man in Europe, and consumed 12,000 calories a day.
Since the beginning of 2024, 63 Polish soldiers have suffered from the aggressive actions of illegal migrants on the border with Belarus. Almost 28 thousand attempts to illegally cross the border were recorded, which is more than in the whole of 2023.
The US government has backed Ukraine in a legal battle over $42 million frozen in the accounts of a russian bank in the US. The Justice Department filed a letter with the Court of Appeals in support of the Ukrainian side.
Ukraine defeated France 7-1 in the third-place match at the 2024 Futsal World Cup. This is the first medal for the Ukrainian national team at the World Cup in this sport.
António Guterres will attend the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 22-24 as an invited guest. This was announced by the head of the UN Information Center in Russia, noting that the UN Secretary-General will participate in the event.
The European Asylum Agency (EUAA) recently released data on asylum trends in the European Union for the first half of 2024.
A charter helicopter with russian pilots on board crashes in Pakistan. 6 people died and 8 were injured. There were about 14 passengers on board.
The Netherlands has officially said goodbye to the F-16 after 45 years of service. The last 14 fighters will be transferred to Ukraine, and 18 will be used to train Ukrainian pilots in Romania.
NATO is considering the use of hospital trains to evacuate the wounded in a possible war with Russia. This is due to the potential impossibility of air evacuation due to Russian air defense and jet aircraft.
Representatives of the Taliban have sent an application to Moscow to participate in the October BRICS summit in Kazan.
The Ukrainian national team defeated Afghanistan 4-1 in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup. Taking second place in the group, the Ukrainians advanced to the 1/8 finals, where they will meet the Netherlands on September 24.
The Ukrainian futsal team has won its first victory at the 2024 FIFA World Cup, beating Angola 7-2. The match took place in Tashkent as part of the second round of the group stage of the tournament.
Manijah Talash was disqualified from the breakdancing qualifying competition at the Olympics because of the inscription "Freedom for Afghan women". The refugee athlete from Afghanistan violated the rules of the Olympic Charter regarding political slogans.
Pope Francis called on the faithful to pray for Ukraine, Myanmar and Sudan. The pontiff also asked to prevent the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East and to eliminate discrimination in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Lloyd Austin has canceled the plea bargain for those accused of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He stated that the American public deserves military commissions and trials in this case.
Propagandists are spreading false claims about the intentions of the United States and Britain towards Ukraine. This is part of a campaign to demoralize Ukrainians and force them to surrender.
Some European countries are considering reopening their embassies in Afghanistan, which would mean diplomatic recognition of the Taliban almost three years after the fall of the previous government.
A Ukrainian driver was detained for transporting 8 illegal Afghan migrants across the Polish-German border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the Taliban Russia's ally in the fight against terrorism.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Kazakhstan to attend the 24th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, where Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is also expected to attend.
Trump blamed Biden for putin's invasion of Ukraine, citing the chaotic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, while Biden called putin a war criminal and criticized Trump's comments on NATO.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was sentenced to a term he had already served in prison and released as a free man after a U. S. judge approved his plea deal and closed the case against him for violating the Espionage Act.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski trolled Putin, advising him "not to worry" about the defeat in Ukraine, listing the reasons.
Russia's aggression against Ukraine and the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East contributed to the growth of extremists in Germany in 2023: the number of right-wing extremists reached 40,600 and left-wing extremists reached 37,000, according to the annual report of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).
NATO is developing several "land corridors" for the transfer of American troops and armored vehicles to the front line in the event of a major European ground war with russia.
