Stymied in their effort to reschedule a qualifier match for soccer’s 2018 World Cup, Iranian officials are guaranteeing to uphold “religious norms” in connection with a major Shi’ite mourning festival…
continue readingCanadian rapper Drake dominated nominations for the American Music Awards, earning a leading 13 nominations and beating the record set by Michael Jackson more than 30 years ago, the organizers…
continue readingWhich city is more important for the Islamic State, Syria’s Raqqa, the capital of the terror group’s self-styled caliphate, or Iraq’s Mosul, the much bigger city where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…
continue readingU.S. athletes have been taking to Twitter to challenge the notion that Donald Trump’s comments about groping women were “locker room talk.” In the presidential debate Sunday night, Republican candidate…
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continue readingAmericans get a day off work on October 10 to celebrate Columbus Day. It’s an annual holiday that commemorates the day on October 12, 1492, when the Italian explorer Christopher…
continue readingPoland’s Andrzej Wajda was more than an internationally acclaimed filmmaker. He was also a dissident Soviet-era director whose movies offered rare criticism of the communist system. …
continue readingThe Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has condemned the recent detention and physical attack on Uzbek photojournalist Timur Karpov. …
continue readingPoland has raised concerns over Russia’s deployment of nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad exclave bordering Poland and Lithuania. …
continue readingPro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have protested against the possibility of an international, armed monitoring mission in the area. Several thousand people in the separatist-controlled city of Luhansk gathered on…
continue readingBelarus and Russia have reached a deal resolving their differences on several natural gas and oil issues. …
continue readingThe fourth Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, which honors outstanding work in defense of human rights, has been awarded to Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad. …
continue readingTens of thousands of Afghans have fled the northern city of Kunduz as clashes continue between government forces and the Taliban, while militants have launched a large-scale attack in the…
continue readingFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says President Francois Hollande will evaluate the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo before deciding whether to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when…
continue readingDonald Trump opened his Trump Taj Mahal casino 26 years ago, calling it “the eighth wonder of the world.” But his friend and fellow billionaire Carl Icahn closed it Monday…
continue readingRussian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin was considered to be one of President Vladimir Putin’s closest associates when he was abruptly dismissed. But some observers suspected his departure was linked to…
continue readingEthiopia accused elements in Eritrea, Egypt and other states on Monday of arming, training and funding groups that it blames for a wave of protests and violence in regions around…
continue readingSenior members of Australia’s federal and state parliaments have pledged their support to an asylum claim being filed on behalf of the wife of slain Cambodian political activist Kem Ley.…
continue readingThe World Health Organization (WHO) warns that 92 percent of the world’s population lives in areas of high air pollution. Many cities in Europe have pledged to phase out diesel…
continue readingThe World Health Organization warns that 92 percent of the world’s population lives in areas of high air pollution. Many cities in Europe have pledged to phase out diesel cars …
continue readingAfghan police officials says at least 10 police officers have been killed in an apparent suicide car bombing in Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand Province. …
continue readingThe World Health Organization reports psychological first aid can provide a mental health life-line to people affected by crises, including war, natural disasters or an individual trauma like a car…
continue readingThe Russian Defense Ministry says it is working to make its Syrian naval station at the port of Tartus a permanent base. …
continue readingOliver Hart of Harvard University and Bengt Holmstrom of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. The announcement Monday by the Royal…
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