Author: Worldman

At least 11 people were killed and 20 are missing after a landslide hit several neighborhoods in Manizales, Colombia, the government said on Wednesday, the second deadly landslide in the country this month. Recent heavy rains have endangered residents in dozens of provincial towns, where makeshift construction on the slopes of the Andes makes neighborhoods …

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In reaching an agreement to purchase gas from Azerbaijan, Georgia has both obviated the need to purchase any additional Russian gas in 2017 and temporarily deflected criticism of a recent deal with Gazprom. …

Aya Hijazi, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen who founded a charity in 2013 to help street children, has been released from an Egyptian prison after nearly three years in custody. …

The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump will host Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas for talks at the White House on May 3 about efforts to revive the Middle East peace process. …

The U.S. national security adviser during his first visit to Pakistan urged Islamabad to fight all terrorist groups equally and stop using some of them as proxies in Afghanistan. …

A pair of Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew near Alaska, coming as close as 100 miles from Kodiak Island — the first time since President Trump took office that Moscow has sent bombers so close to the United States. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for winning a referendum that will expand his powers, the Kremlin and Turkish state media said on April 18. …

The United States called a special U.N. Security Council session Tuesday on the importance of protecting human rights and that issue’s role in preventing conflict and fostering international security, but dropped an expected move to make human rights reviews a formal part of all council meetings. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley singled out North Korea and …

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Unknown assailants in Pakistan have stabbed to death a university professor who was an Ahmadi Muslim, a minority group often considered the country’s most persecuted religious sect. Police in the eastern city of Lahore said Tuesday that they had found the body of Tahira Abdullah, 61, in the residential colony of the University of Punjab. …

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Turkey’s prime minister hit back Tuesday at European monitors who said more than 2 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday’s closely contested referendum on expanding presidential powers. Binali Yildirim, responding to criticism from the Council of Europe’s observer mission, said debate over the outcome of the referendum was “over,” and that “the people’s …

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President Donald Trump is fast closing in on his first 100 days in office, and his public approval rating continues to hover around 40 percent, still a low mark for a new president. Trump’s rating on foreign policy has improved slightly in the wake of recent U.S. military strikes in Syria and Afghanistan, but the …

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During his visit to South Korea this week U.S. Vice President Mike Pence described the security alliance between the two countries as unwavering, unshakable and ironclad, but in an address to business leaders in Seoul Tuesday, he said the bilateral economic relationship is in trouble.   “Despite the strong economic ties between the United States …

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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has embarked on a tour of the Middle East and Africa for talks on the fight against Islamic extremism. …

Donald Trump is fast closing in on his first 100 days in office, and his public approval rating continues to hover at around 40 percent, still a low mark for a new U.S. president. Trump’s rating on foreign policy has improved slightly in the wake of recent U.S. military strikes in Syria and Afghanistan, but …

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U.S. President Donald Trump called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him on winning a referendum to expand his presidential powers, the White House said on April 17. …