Month: April 2018

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that airstrikes on Syria, conducted by the U.S., Britain, and France on April 14, were a violation of international law and indicated that the Western powers were trying to destroy the peace process. Lavrov, speaking after meeting in Moscow with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts, said such “attempts to … …

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U.S. President Donald Trump called for the resignation Saturday of Democratic Senator Jon Tester for raising concerns about Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson, who withdrew his name from consideration on Thursday. Jackson, who is the White House physician and a Navy Rear Admiral, dropped his bid Thursday to head …

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President Donald Trump was betting on a big crowd and a friendly reception at a Saturday evening rally in Michigan – one of the states in the Upper Midwest that Hillary Clinton counted on in 2016 but saw slip away. In fact, Trump was the first Republican presidential nominee to capture Michigan since George H.W. …

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that demands by U.S. President Donald Trump to alter Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers are unacceptable. …

Tajik women can wear whatever outfit they want, as long as it doesn’t include a miniskirt, a hijab, flat shoes, short sleeves, plunging necklines, synthetic materials…. …

A fire broke out at an unfinished skyscraper, formerly known as Trump Tower, in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, burning for three hours before firefighters extinguished the blaze. …

Archaeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world’s largest single case of child sacrifice. The pre-Columbian burial site, known as Las Llamas, contains the skeletons of 140 children who were between the ages of five and 14 when they were ritually sacrificed during a ceremony about 550 years …

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European Council President Donald Tusk praised Macedonia’s efforts to reconcile with its neighbors as it accelerates its bid to join the European Union, and said such efforts are needed across the Western Balkans and are “important” for Europe. …

Molotov cocktails were hurled at armored vehicles and NATO troops wore riot gear as part of an training exercise near Kosovo’s capital, Pristina. …

As representatives from more than 70 countries met this week to strengthen efforts to fight terror financing, experts told U.S. lawmakers that resolving a crisis among the Arab Gulf states could be an effective tool to reduce such funding. The event Wednesday and Thursday in Paris included Gulf states that have accused each other of funding …

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Authorities in China said a man with a knife killed seven middle school children Friday at a school in the country’s north. Officials said the 28-year-old attacker, who was a former student at the school, attacked the children as they were leaving the Mizhi County No. 3 Middle School in Shaanxi province. They said 12 …

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Sitara Wafadar is female, but has spent her life disguised as a boy — forced by her parents to be the son they never had. …

Accusers and supporters of popular U.S. comic actor Bill Cosby reacted emotionally Thursday after a jury in Pennsylvania found him guilty of sexual assault. His supporters cheered him on arrival to the court. His victims shed tears of relief and celebrated victory for all the women who have been sexually abused. His chief accuser, Andrea …

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The leaders of India and China meet Friday amid tensions along their contested border and a rivalry for influence among their smaller neighbors that could determine dominance in Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping is to sit down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the central city of Wuhan at the start of two days …

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Kim Jong Un has become the first North Korean leader to set foot on South Korean territory since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Kim crossed the heavily fortified demarcation line on April 27 to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is hosting him at a summit to discuss denuclearization of …

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