Month: February 2019

Thousands of people have rallied in Belgrade and other cities across Serbia on February 2 for the ninth week in a row to demand the resignation of President Aleksandar Vucic. …

A suspect in an armed attack on the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul nearly four years ago has been arrested by Turkish security forces. …

In advance of World Cancer Day (February 4), the World Health Organization is issuing new cancer pain control guidelines aimed at ending the needless suffering experienced by millions of people afflicted with this illness.  Cancer is a leading cause of death globally.  The World Health Organization reports there are more than 18 million new cases …

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance will sign an accession protocol with Macedonia on February 6, an important milestone in the Balkan country’s path to become NATO’s 30th member state. …

Pakistan says a unilateral construction effort will have fenced off nearly half of its largely porous border with Afghanistan before the spring fighting season in the neighboring country. Military officials say the pace of the massive border security project has lately been accelerated to guard against a possible spill over of “terrorism” from Afghanistan in …

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The United States and Russia are making tit-for-tat moves with their participation in a nuclear treaty, something politicians and analysts see as a burgeoning arms race. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Saturday that Russia is suspending its participation in the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The Russian move follows a similar action Friday by …

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State media in Iran report that an attack on a paramilitary base in the country has left one dead and five injured. …

A strong earthquake jolted southern Mexico on Friday, rattling nerves and swaying tall buildings hundreds of miles away in the capital, but there were no reports of serious damage, injuries or deaths. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake had a magnitude of 6.6. It was centered about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the …

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A look at the best news photos from around the world. …

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is meeting Friday with Venezuelan exiles and community leaders in Miami, Florida.   The vice president is participating in a round table discussion with the exiles and community leaders at a Spanish-speaking worship center.   He also is expected to deliver remarks at a solidarity event held at the same …

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Friends Rysbek Jakypov and Nurbek Ismailov like to shower under an icy waterfall in Kyzyl-Bel, Kygyzstan, near the city of Naryn. Temperatures hit -20 degrees Celsius. They say the freezing mineral waters are good for stamina and that a diet of hot tea and horse meat helps protect against the cold. …

Sergei Amelchenko braves snow, ice, and cold to bring clean drinking water to remote villages in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region. …

A dozen Russian athletes have been found guilty of doping and have been suspended for terms ranging from two to eight years. …

Federal authorities said Thursday that they had charged 20 people with participating in an illegal operation to bring pregnant Chinese women to the United States to give birth. A baby born on U.S. soil gets automatic citizenship. Three travel agents operating in Southern California were arrested Thursday, charged with conspiracy, visa fraud and money laundering. …

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The United States is expected to announce it will suspend compliance with a key Cold War weapons treaty, most likely on February 1, over its accusations that Russia is not meeting its obligations. …

Rami Qaddor, an orphanage houseparent in a refugee camp near the Syrian-Turkish border, recalls the day in 2018 when a weak and frightened young boy named Hoger was dropped at the orphanage. At first, Hoger, 10, did not speak to anyone and was trying to establish trust with those around him, Qaddor said. But later, …

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Russia’s oldest woman has died at the age of 128 or 129 in the North Caucasian republic of Chechnya, her grandson has told state-run TASS news agency. …