Hurricane Matthew has forced evacuations, the cancellation of vacations, and left hundreds of thousands in the dark. But the storm won’t stop one Florida couple’s dream beach wedding. Jaime Gurnavage…
continue readingFollowing the influx of millions of migrants and refugees in recent years, the European Union has launched a task force charged with securing the bloc’s external frontiers. A ceremony at…
continue readingA damaged New Jersey Transit commuter train that crashed into Hoboken’s terminal last week, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 people, has been removed from…
continue readingA decade after one of Russia’s most courageous journalists was silenced, unanswered questions over who ordered the killing of Anna Politkovskaya draws parallels to the assassination of opposition politician Boris…
continue readingRussian President Vladimir Putin has relieved Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin of his duties. …
continue readingThe U.S. State Department has urged Russian authorities to find those who ordered the 2006 murder of prominent Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. …
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continue readingEvery day in a modest home in Queens, New York, more than 100 women of Afghan descent are crammed into makeshift classrooms. They are learning the basics of life in…
continue readingFarid Khanlou owns Jordan Market in an area of Los Angeles called Persian Square. It’s packed with Persian businesses, many of which fly the country’s flag from before the 1979…
continue readingThe largest community of Iranians outside of Iran is located in Los Angeles. According to the National Iranian American Council there are approximately one million Iranian Americans. Another poll shows…
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continue readingThe U.S. Embassy in Astana has expressed concerns over the conviction and imprisonment of the head of the Kazakh Journalists Union and his son. …
continue readingRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says a man suspected of founding a cell of a banned Islamic group in Siberia has been detained. …
continue readingFighting between rival armed groups and a string of attacks on humanitarians in northern Central African Republic has hindered the delivery of aid to about 120,000 people in need of…
continue readingColombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in ending a 52-year-long civil war in his country. …
continue readingColombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts in securing the end of a five-decade conflict with Marxist rebels. “I’m so honored…
continue readingOfficials in Pakistan say a powerful bomb blast on a train has killed at least four people and wounded 13 others. Authorities say the bomb went off Friday near the…
continue readingRussian security officials say a member of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group and five other militants have been killed in two counterterrorism operations in the North Caucasus region of…
continue readingNorth Korea’s relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons is forcing both its allies and adversaries to rethink their strategies for maintaining regional peace and security. On Thursday, North Korean state media…
continue readingPolice in Texas have arrested the CEO of online advertising website Backpage.com and raided the company’s offices on charges of prostitution and sex trafficking. CEO Carl Ferrer was arrested on…
continue readingA Russian Defense Ministry spokesman has made a veiled threat that its air-defense units could shoot down U.S. aircraft in Syria if they attack Syrian army positions. Igor Kamashenkov said…
continue readingOn every major public occasion in China, like the current National Day Golden Week holiday that began Oct. 1, the nation’s military is deployed to appear in endless parades and…
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