A peace deal signed with a notorious Afghan warlord is opposed by some political figures and rights groups who worry about its impact on the country’s fledgling democracy. Thursday’s agreement…
continue readingThe governor of Nigeria’s northeast Borno state is making a symbolic relocation to a town recently occupied by Boko Haram extremists, declaring that “We cannot wait forever before we reclaim…
continue readingA series of recent government appointments in Kazakhstan have set in motion a post-Nazarbaev transition, putting into place a government team likely to manage the power transfer instigated by the…
continue readingChina this week established the first clearing center for the Chinese yuan, or RMB, in the United States. The move is seen by some as a signal China wants to…
continue readingEight Russian firefighters died when the roof of a plastics warehouse in Moscow collapsed while they were trying to extinguish a massive blaze, the Emergencies Minister said. Emergencies Minister…
continue readingPoland’s conservative prime minister said Friday she will make changes in her government next week because some ministers are “not coping” and things are not “fully working as they should.”…
continue readingThe United Nations has condemned airstrikes by an Arab coalition that killed 26 people in Western Yemen on Wednesday and said attacks on civilian facilities in the Arab World’s poorest…
continue readingBritish expat reporter and videographer Graham Phillips fancies himself a “truth speaker” out to redeem independent journalism in the fog of war in eastern Ukraine. His critics, however, describe him…
continue readingBritish expat reporter and videographer Graham Phillips fancies himself a “truth speaker” out to redeem independent journalism in the fog of war in eastern Ukraine. His critics, however, describe him…
continue readingA third night of demonstrations in Charlotte, North Carolina over the controversial police shooting of an African American man were largely peaceful. Hundreds of demonstrators defied a midnight curfew, marching…
continue readingRussian President Vladimir Putin has named his top political strategist to serve as the speaker of the newly elected parliament after elections that saw the main pro-Kremlin party strengthen its…
continue readingThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has urged Macedonia to stop a “systematic policy of expulsion and detention of migrants.” …
continue readingThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has urged Macedonia to stop a “systematic policy of expulsion and detention of migrants.” …
continue readingGermany’s defense minister says despite recent gains against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the fight is far from over. Germany has been supplying Kurdish Peshmerga fighters with weapons…
continue readingTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is accusing the United States of sending more weapons to a Syrian Kurdish militia in defiance of Ankara’s repeated insistence that it is a “terrorist”…
continue readingYahoo says information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen from its network in 2014 by a “state-sponsored actor.” …
continue readingYahoo says information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen from its network in 2014 by a “state-sponsored actor.” …
continue readingThe State Department says the United States is pledging nearly $133 million in additional humanitarian assistance to South Sudan’s refugees and internally displaced people. The aid comes amid discussions over…
continue readingFor days after police fatally shot a man in Charlotte, North Carolina, the community took to the streets in protest. Clashes turned violent with at least one person dead Wednesday,…
continue readingRussian President Vladimir Putin has proposed the deputy chief of the presidential administration Vyacheslav Volodin for the post of chairman of the parliament’s lower chamber — the State Duma. …
continue readingRussian President Vladimir Putin has proposed his deputy chief of staff, Vyacheslav Volodin, to be chairman of the new State Duma, a move that would further tighten Putin’s control over…
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