Fate of American Citizen Unknown After Four Years in Eritrean Prison
Ciham Ali Abdu of Eritrea was 15 years old when she was arrested as she tried to cross the border into Sudan. Born in Los Angeles, California, she is the…
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Crimea Residents Vote In Russian Elections
Residents of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula went to the polls on September 18 to vote in Russia’s parliamentary elections. It was the first time that Crimean voters have taken…
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continue readingSurvey Shows Muslims Integrated, But a Minority at Odds with Secular France
French Muslims are broadly comfortable with their nation’s secular crede, but a significant minority have deeply conservative and sometimes hostile views about the French state and society, with more than…
continue readingWhat Now for Syria?
The U.S.-Russia negotiated cease-fire in Syria that was negotiated over the heads of militias battling to oust President Bashar al-Assad appears Sunday to be all but dead. Insurgent leaders and…
continue readingCar Bomb Kills Senior Somali Military Official
A senior Somali military official was killed in a car bomb explosion in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday. General Mohamed Roble Jimale aka “Goobaale” and six of his bodyguards…
continue readingPutin’s Party Retains Power in Sunday’s Parliamentary Elections
Early election results show Russia’s ruling party has won Sunday’s parliamentary election, amid reports of election violations and visible voter apathy in the country’s two largest cities. With more…
continue readingIn Senegal, Young Women Challenge Boundaries Through Coding
Youma Fall used to set her school books aside for her younger siblings. Then she realized the books could be put to use in other ways in a country where…
continue readingMeasuring Occupy Wall Street’s Impact, 5 Years Later
For a time, Occupy Wall Street was everywhere, with its grass-roots encampments – first in New York City, then globally – and the refrain, “We are the 99 percent!” And…
continue reading20 Killed in Attack in Central African Republic
At least 20 people have been killed in the Central African Republic, an official said Sunday. Villagers in Ndomété, about 350 kilometers from the town of Kaga-Bandoro, were attacked by…
continue readingProtesters At Russian Embassy In Kyiv On Election Day
Dozens of right-wing protesters have gathered around the Russian Embassy in Ukraine’s capital where a polling station has been set up for Russian citizens who wish to vote in the…
continue readingRussia: Strikes On Syrian Troops Threaten Cease-Fire Plan
Russia says air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition on Syrian Army forces were “on the boundary between criminal negligence and direct connivance” with Islamic State (IS) militants. …
continue readingIranian Paralympic Cyclist Dies Day Before Closing Ceremony
A minute of silence will be held at the Sunday’s 2016 Paralympic closing ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in honor of an Iranian cyclist who died in a road…
continue reading8 People Stabbed at US Shopping Mall
Officials in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota say eight people were wounded in a stabbing attack in a shopping mall Saturday. Saint Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson said…
continue readingGunmen Kill 3 Soldiers in Northwestern Pakistan
Police in Pakistan say gunmen on motorcycles have killed three soldiers on the outskirts of the country’s northwestern city of Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The soldiers…
continue readingMoscow Residents Vote In Parliamentary Elections
Voters in Moscow went to the polls on September 18 to cast their ballots in the country’s parliamentary elections. The vote is expected to confirm the continued domination of the…
continue reading17 Indian Soldiers Killed in Militant Attack in Indian Kashmir
Seventeen Indian soldiers have been killed and nearly 20 wounded in the deadliest attack mounted by militants in two decades on an Indian army base in Kashmir, close to the…
continue readingDisplaced Fallujah Residents Begin Returning After Battle Against IS
Displaced Iraqi residents of Fallujah began returning to the city on September 17 — the first batch of returnees since the town was recaptured from Islamic State militants by Iraqi…
continue readingClinton, Ex-Pentagon Chief Call Trump Dangerous Presidential Candidate
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has implored black leaders to help protect the legacy of President Barack Obama, warning of a “dangerous and divisive vision” that could come if…
continue readingIndia Vows Punishment For Kashmir Base Attack
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to punish those responsible for what he called a “despicable” and “cowardly” attack on an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir. …
continue reading8 People Injured In Minnesota Stabbings
Eight people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following a stabbing attack at a shopping mall in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota. …
continue readingObama: ‘Hope Is On The Ballot and Fear Is On the Ballot, Too’
“You want to give me a good send off?,” outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday night. “Go vote.” Speaking at the annual dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation…
continue readingTurkmenistan Opens New $2.3 Billion Airport Terminal In Ashgabat
Turkmenistan has opened a new $2.3 billion air terminal at Ashgabat International Airport as the former Soviet republic’s tries to become an international transport hub in Central Asia and reduce…
continue readingMayor Says New York Explosion That Injured 29 Was ‘Intentional Act’
Twenty-nine people have been injured, one of them seriously, in New York City’s Chelsea area by the detonation late on September 17 of what authorities described as an explosive device.…
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