Sixty-three years after Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s death, the impact of his World War II-era deportations of entire ethnic groups is still evident in the North Caucasus. (The views expressed…
continue readingThe Pentagon said it may target weapons seized by the Islamic State extremist group when it captured the Syrian city of Palmyra because they pose a danger to U.S. forces…
continue readingTurkmenistan’s dominant party has nominated incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov as its candidate in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation’s February 12 presidential election. …
continue readingTurkmenistan’s dominant party has nominated incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov as its candidate in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation’s February 12 presidential election. …
continue readingAzerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, says one oil worker has died and nine others are missing after part of an offshore platform fell into the Caspian Sea early on December…
continue readingIn a surprise move, U.S. President Barack Obama declined to sign a 10-year extension of legislation governing sanctions against Iran but allowed it to become law anyway. …
continue readingA group of 34 Afghan asylum seekers returned home Thursday after being deported from Germany the day before, an official said, a move that was made possible after a recent…
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continue readingA major South Korean opposition leader declared his intention to run for president on Thursday, if Park Geun-hye’s impeachment is upheld in court, and promised to modify some of her…
continue readingA major South Korean opposition leader declared his intention to run for president on Thursday, if Park Geun-hye’s impeachment is upheld in court, and promised to modify some of her…
continue readingThe UN Security Council dropped a reference to outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s work on promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights after Russia objected, diplomats said. …
continue readingThe UN Security Council dropped a reference to outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s work on promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights after Russia objected, diplomats said. …
continue readingPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte retained a “very good” opinion-poll rating after six months in office marked by surging deaths in his war on drugs, but many worry that his tirades…
continue readingFrench security officials, sobered by the destabilizing effect that computer hacking and email leaks had on the U.S. election, have taken the unprecedented step of allowing government cyber-snoops to share…
continue readingA suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a restaurant in the Somali capital Thursday, killing himself and injuring three others, a Somali police officer said. The attacker detonated…
continue readingA suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a restaurant in the Somali capital Thursday, killing himself and injuring three others, a Somali police officer said. The attacker detonated…
continue readingUnited Nations’ economists are calling on Asia Pacific economies to move ahead with reforms, especially targeting widening income and wealth inequalities despite decades of economic growth. Economists with the Economic…
continue readingUnited Nations’ economists are calling on Asia Pacific economies to move ahead with reforms, especially targeting widening income and wealth inequalities despite decades of economic growth. Economists with the Economic…
continue readingAustria’s lower house of parliament has approved the compulsory purchase of the building Hitler was born in, a step towards changing the site beyond recognition to reduce its appeal as…
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