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Syrian state media and a Syrian watchdog say about 100 people in Aleppo have been hospitalized, complaining of breathing difficulties. The city of Aleppo is held by the government of Bashar al-Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say 94 people were treated and 31 remain hospitalized. SANA, Syria’s state new agency, said Sunday …
Ukraine says a Russian coast guard vessel has rammed one of its navy tugboats off the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula in “openly aggressive actions,” resulting in damage to the ship. …
Following 20 months of negotiations, European Union leaders have endorsed two key documents on Britain’s departure from the bloc next year. …
In a rare sign of cooperation between Pakistan and India, two Indian ministers were set to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Pakistani border crossing for Sikh pilgrims later this week. …
The Trump administration is downplaying the significance of a report issued Friday that included dire predictions about the impact of climate change in the U.S. The White House said the study was largely based on “the most extreme scenario” and doesn’t account for new technology and other innovations that could diminish carbon emissions and the …
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The U.S. embassy in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that it had received “credible and specific information of a possible terrorist threat against U.S. government facilities” in the capital Kinshasa. The e-mailed security alert sent to U.S. citizens also said the Kinshasa embassy would be closed to the public on Monday, Nov. 26. …
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So versatile were Leonardo da Vinci’s talents in art and science and so boundless his visionary imagination, he is known to the world as the universal genius. But not to Italy’s nationalist-tilting government, which is livid about plans by the Louvre museum in Paris for a blockbuster exhibit next year with as many as possible …
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A last-minute deal to meet Madrid’s demands on possible talks about the future of Gibraltar has been reached between the U.K. and Spanish governments, clearing the way for a European Union summit on a proposed Brexit deal to go forward on November 25. …
Pakistani police say they are investigating whether a Baluch separatist commander suspected of orchestrating a suicide attack against the Chinese Consulate in Karachi is sheltering in India. …
Islamic State (IS) extremists have claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that destroyed a market in Pakistan’s northwestern Orakzai tribal district, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 50. …
On Friday, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released the National Climate Assessment, a report that says the impacts of climate change, including powerful storms, droughts and wildfires, are worsening in the United States. The report also said these more powerful, longer-lasting weather disasters are triggered, at least in part, by global warming. It said …
Ecuador needs $550 million to provide aid to Venezuelan citizens fleeing their country’s economic crisis, and it hopes to raise the funds through donations from multilateral agencies and nearby countries, an Ecuadorian official said Friday. Delegations from a dozen Latin American countries met in Quito on Thursday and Friday to coordinate plans to deal with the …
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U.S. stocks closed lower after a shortened session Friday, bumping the benchmark S&P 500 index into a correction, or drop of 10 percent below its most recent all-time high in September. Energy companies led the market slide as the price of U.S. crude oil tumbled to its lowest level in more than a year, …
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Pakistani authorities have arrested a radical Islamic cleric whose followers held violent rallies against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case. …
Two Syrian journalists critical both of the regime and Islamist militants have been killed in the province of Idlib, their radio station and a monitor said. …
Fifteen years ago this week, journalist Natia Zambakhidze found herself at the center of one of the most compelling — and consequential — dramas in her nation’s history. …
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a campaign to distribute anti-malaria drugs to children in Nigeria’s Borno state seems to be making an impact, with fewer cases reported. Nigeria is still the world’s highest malaria-burdened country with 25 percent of all cases worldwide. As Timothy Obiezu reports from Maiduguri, there’s still far more that needs …
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The problem with plastics is a well-known refrain by now: It never goes away and far too little of it is being recycled. That means it is turning up in every corner of our planet, from our beaches to our bodies. But one British firm has figured out a new way to recycle plastics, and …
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As many as 3 million Malawians are expected to face food shortages this year because of drought and pests. To address the problem, Malawi and the United Nations are piloting a joint project to assess the health of crops using drones. Lameck Masina reports from Kasungu, central Malawi. …
Pakistani police have killed three suspected suicide bombers who attacked the Chinese Consulate in Karachi before they were able to enter the facility, an incident which Pakistan’s government has called a “conspiracy” against the strategic cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing. …
Police in Britain have released more video of the two suspects they believe poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March. …
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said changing the country’s constitution to state Kyiv’s aim of joining NATO and the European Union as strategic state goals will send a strong “message” to Moscow that “we are parting completely and irrevocably.” …
There wasn’t much for a lonely American sailor to do on leave in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1966. The land of fire and ice seemed like galaxies away from Red Rock, Oklahoma, home to the Otoe-Missouria tribe since the early 1880s. As fate would have it, he met a pretty Icelandic woman with the name of …
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A leading independent Russian pollster says the electoral rating of President Vladimir Putin has fallen under 60 percent for the first time in five years. …