Pope Francis Arrives In Georgia
Pope Francis landed in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to begin a three-day visit to Georgia and neighboring Azerbaijan. He was greeted at Tbilisi airport on September 30 by Georgian President…
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Shimon Peres Remembered In Belarusian Hometown
As former President Shimon Peres was laid to rest in Israel, old school friends remembered him in the village where he grew up. Vishnieva was then part of Poland and…
continue readingAsian-American Voters Share Domestic, Asian Concerns
Asian Americans make up 6 percent of the U.S. population, with large concentrations in states like California. They are a diverse group that shares concerns about immigration, the economy and…
continue readingTaiwan Presses Forward With Secretive Construction After Downgrade of Its South China Sea Island
There are no islands in the Spratly Islands. Only rocks. At least, that’s according to an international tribunal’s ruling earlier this year that said, based on the United Nations Convention…
continue readingU.K. Ambassador To Ukraine Concerned About Mejlis Ban
British Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough has expressed concerns over a ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court that upheld a ban on the Mejlis, the self-governing body of Crimean Tatars in Ukraine’s…
continue readingDutch Government Rebukes Russian Ambassador Over MH17 Remarks
The Dutch Foreign Ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador in The Hague for a diplomatic rebuke after Moscow made remarks critical of the criminal investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines…
continue readingSouth China Sea, North Korea, IS on ASEAN Defense Agenda
As tensions have increased in the Asia-Pacific, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is in Hawaii to meet with 10 of his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
continue readingBelgrade Protesters Call For Prosecutions In Waterfront Demolitions
Thousands attended a rally in Belgrade to protest the demolition of buildings for a controversial waterfront development project. The event on September 29 was organized by the citizens’ group “Let’s…
continue readingActivists Attack Moscow Exhibition Showing Photos Of Ukraine Soldiers
A photo exhibition in Moscow showing soldiers involved in the separatist conflict in Ukraine has been attacked by pro-Kremlin activists. Organizers of the event said protesters sprayed paint on some…
continue readingWorld Leaders Pay Tribute To Israel’s Shimon Peres
World leaders gathered in Jerusalem to pay homage to former Israeli leader Shimon Peres, who was laid to rest at a state funeral. He died on September 28 at the…
continue readingVirginia, Especially Loudoun County, Could Decide Next President
Assuming the 2016 U.S. presidential election remains close, Virginia is one of a handful of states that could decide whether the next president is Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald…
continue readingVirginia One of a Handful of States That Could Decide US Presidential Election
Virginia is one of a handful of states that could decide the November presidential election between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Virginia and other so-called battleground states draw…
continue readingStolen Van Goghs Recovered in Italy
The Netherlands’ Van Gogh Museum says Italian police, investigating organized crime, have recovered two paintings by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh stolen from the museum in 2002. A statement on…
continue readingIn Peres Eulogy, Obama Notes ‘Unfinished Business of Peace’
U.S. President Barack Obama said both the U.S. and Israel were “built by stubborn idealists and struggling immigrants,” during a eulogy at the funeral of the late Israeli leader Shimon…
continue readingKazakh Prison Guard Convicted Of Raping Inmate
A court in Almaty has sentenced a former prison guard to nine years in jail in an inmate rape case. …
continue readingKidnappers Free Pakistani Media Group Executive
An executive at a leading Pakistani media group says that a director who was abducted earlier this week has been freed by his captors and has arrived safely in Islamabad.…
continue readingFour States Sue to Stop Obama Administration’s Internet ‘Giveaway’
Attorneys general from four U.S. states have filed a lawsuit to stop the Obama administration from handing over control of the internet to an international governing body. The White House…
continue readingWatchdog Says Russian Air Strikes Killed Almost 3,800 Civilians In Past Year
A Syrian opposition monitoring group that tracks Syria’s civil war says a year of Russian air strikes have killed more than 9,364 people, including more than 3,800 civilians, in the…
continue readingThe Undersea Soviets
Off the coast of Crimea, a collection of Soviet leaders lies submerged beneath the waves and the turbulent events above. By Amos Chapple …
continue readingSouth Korea Moves US Anti-Missile System to Golf Course
South Korea has announced a new location for an advanced U.S. missile defense unit. The Defense Ministry said Friday it intends to place the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)…
continue readingUN’s Afghan Mission Condemns Killing Of Civilians In U.S. Drone Strike
The UN mission in Afghanistan has condemned the killing of at least 15 civilians in what it says was an unmanned U.S. drone strike in the eastern province of Nangarhar.…
continue readingGroup Ransacks Moscow Exhibition Of Photos From Eastern Ukraine
Dozens of people, some of them in military and traditional Cossack uniforms, have destroyed photos taken from a conflict zone in eastern Ukraine at an exhibition in Moscow. …
continue readingArtist: Giant Air Purifier Aims to Raise Smog Awareness in China
A Dutch artist opened what he calls the world’s largest air purifier in Beijing on Thursday, beginning the first leg of a China tour to raise awareness of environmental problems.…
continue readingTokyo Olympics Plan Hits Roadblock Over Fish Market’s Relocation
Tokyo won the 2020 Olympics on its reputation for efficiency, but a string of blunders has now been compounded by the city’s new governor halting relocation of the world’s largest…
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