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Claudia Kolker gives reflections on the third anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and a dangerous journey

In the early 1980s, with their first child on the way, Zbigniew and Krystyna Holowatinc purchased as much US currency as they could, and fled from Poland. It was not an easy decision. They left behind family, friends, most of their belongings and “pr...

It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that the Middle East’s 2020 will be tumultuous. Libya’s civil war has taken a dangerous turn, with Russian mercenaries and Turkish forces joining the fray as General Khalifa Hifter’s forces push into the capital....

The nursery was filled with junk, unnecessary plastic toys that served no purpose. Forty children, all between the ages of 3 and 6, had the rule of the roost. They were having the time of their lives, running around and screaming; their teachers stru...