Earlier this month, a U.S. soldier lost his life in an explosion in a small strip of desert in Afghanistan. This strip was used as a patrol route and was home to multiple observation posts for soldiers and allies, but with the U.S. constantly using this route, the Taliban were prompted to hide and bury multiple explosives throughout, hoping to… Read more »
He was somewhere on the streets of Istanbul, until he wasn’t. He was dead in a fistfight, until he wasn’t. From the moment the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul this month, Saudi officials have offered a dizzying variety of public accounts about his fate. Here’s how the Saudi government has changed its… Read more »
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The image of the Saudi crown prince shaking the hand of a son of the slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi stoked outrage on social media on Wednesday as suspicions continue that the crown prince had a role in the killing. Many Turkish and American officials believe that the operation that ended up killing Mr. Khashoggi could not have… Read more »
TOKYO — Jumpei Yasuda, a Japanese freelance journalist who went missing in Syria in 2015, was freed from his captors on Tuesday, according to Japanese government officials. Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said Qatari officials reported that Mr. Yasuda had been released and was in a Turkish immigration facility in Antakya. Japanese officials confirmed his safety on Wednesday. “We… Read more »
WASHINGTON — The death of an Army soldier after a blast in southern Afghanistan this month was the result of a series of oversights by a military unit that frequently used a small strip of desert as a patrol route and observation post, prompting Taliban militants to bury explosives nearby, military officials familiar with the matter said. The death of… Read more »