The New York Times1 hour agoInside the Deal to Free 5 American Prisoners in Iranverified_publisherThe New York Times - Michael D. ShearThe prisoner swap was all arranged, or so the American negotiators thought. After years of painstaking negotiations with Iran, secretly mediated by Persian Gulf nations, top aides to President Biden had finally struck a deal on June 6 that would free four Americans held in one of Iran’s most …
The New York Times16 hours agoIn Washington Visit, Zelensky Tries to Shore Up Critical Supportverified_publisherThe New York Times - Erica L. GreenPresident Volodymyr Zelensky told lawmakers that Ukraine would lose the war to Russia if the United States curtailed the flow of aid and weapons. Reporting from Washington Sept. 21, 2023Updated 8:32 p.m. ET President Biden told President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Thursday that the United States …
The New York Times6 hours agoRising Separatism, and a Killing, at a Sikh Temple in Canadaverified_publisherThe New York Times - Norimitsu OnishiThe markers of separatism are everywhere at the temple. Dozens of yellow flags of Khalistan — a homeland that Sikh separatists want to create in the Punjab region of India — fly in and around the grounds of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple near Vancouver. In a ground-floor hall, where the …
The New York Times2 days agoWho Was the Man Whose Killing Canada Says India Instigated?verified_publisherThe New York Times - Suhasini RajThe Sikh separatist whose killing in British Columbia this summer has suddenly set off a major diplomatic dispute between Canada and India was a prominent advocate of the creation of an independent nation, Khalistan, that would include parts of India’s Punjab State. The separatist, Hardeep Singh …
The New York Times21 hours agoDarfur’s New Generation, Once Full of Promise, Now Suffers ‘Fire of War’verified_publisherThe New York Times - Abdi Latif DahirThe news he had dreaded arrived a few minutes before midnight. For weeks, Bahaadin Adam had heard nothing from family members stuck in the fighting that convulsed Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state and the second-largest city in Sudan. Mr. Adam, who had fled weeks before to neighboring South …
The New York Times3 hours agoState Dept. Contractor Is Accused of Stealing Satellite Imagery of Africaverified_publisherThe New York Times - Adam GoldmanA State Department contractor stole classified documents that included satellite imagery and other sensitive information about military activities in Africa, federal prosecutors said in a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday. Abraham T. Lemma, 50, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Ethiopian descent …
