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Belarusian journalist Dzmitry Halko was sentenced to four years of “limited freedom” by a Minsk court for assaulting a police officer. Certain of his innocence, he tells RFE/RL he feels “trapped” by a corrupt system. …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has complained to his U.S. counterpart, Mike Pompeo, about the U.S. detention of Russian national Maria Butina on charges of conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. …
A flashy parade of classic Soviet cars was held in Moscow on July 21. The fifth-annual parade, which was followed by an auto rally through the center of the Russian capital, featured some 133 crews driving classic Soviet-era cars. The most-popular car brands were GAZ, Moskvich, and Volga. …
There were nearly twice as many anti-Arab incidents in 2015 and 2016 as were reported by the FBI, underscoring the shortcomings of official statistics at a time of rising hate crime in the country, according to a comprehensive report on hate crime by the Arab American Institute in Washington. Using data collected by state law …
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Israeli airstrikes pummeled Hamas targets in Gaza, killing four Palestinians, mostly Hamas operatives, after Palestinian snipers killed an Israeli soldier near the border Friday, officials said. The military said a “terrorist squad” fired at troops, and one soldier was severely injured and later died of his wounds. He was the first Israeli military fatality in …
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The U.S. Defense Department says it will give $200 million to Ukraine to help bolster its military’s defensive capabilities. The Pentagon said in an announcement Friday the money will be used to help fund military training, equipment and advisory assistance. All the military aid is nonlethal in nature. A timeline for delivery of the aid …
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The United States will provide $200 million in additional security funding to Ukraine. …
An Iranian-born man with a knife injured 10 people in an attack aboard a bus in northern Germany before being overpowered by passengers and arrested by police, the local prosecutor said. …
Facebook says it has suspended an analytical firm with alleged ties to Russia as it investigates how the firm assembles and shares information it gets from the social network’s users. …
Vietnam’s suspension of a popular news website known for hard-hitting stories is the latest move in a burgeoning effort to limit expression that rattles the image-conscious Communist leadership, experts say. On Monday the head of media under the Ministry of Information and Communication shut down the Tuoi Tre website for three months. The news outlet …
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Russia’s stealth fighter program recently had its wings clipped, meanwhile China and the United States both have “fifth-generation” warplanes in active service. So who rules the skies in 2018? …
If there can be driverless cars on the road, why not driverless boats on the water? Faith Lapidus has details of a team building a robotic boat, and what they want it to do. …
As Tibetan exiles in India mark the 60th year since Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled his homeland, they are facing a stalemate in their six-decade-long struggle for more autonomy for Tibet. Anjana Pasricha reports, as they look at the road ahead for their cause, their concerns include an aging Dalai Lama. …
While Russian President Vladimir Putin has been seeking to mend relations with his U.S. counterpart, his government has been dumping U.S. debt in a way seldom seen in global markets, financial analysts say. …
Russia and China are blocking a U.S. effort at the United Nations to halt all deliveries of refined oil products to North Korea amid charges that Pyongyang is smuggling fuel into the country, diplomats said. …
A Spanish Supreme Court judge has dropped his extradition requests for six Catalan separatist politicians wanted on rebellion charges. They include Carles Puigdemont, Catalonia’s ex-regional president who fled to Belgium to avoid arrest and then went to Germany. The moves comes after a German court recently ruled Puigdemont couldn’t be sent back to Spain …
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The government of Montenegro has defended its contribution to peace in response to a comment from the U.S. President Donald Trump, who said earlier this week that the tiny Balkan state’s “aggressive” people were capable of triggering “World War III.” …
Montenegro says it “contributes to peace” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent claim that the “very aggressive people” of the the small Balkan country could start World War III. In a statement released Thursday, the Montenegrin government said it “contributes to peace and stability not only on the European continent, but worldwide, along …
Hundreds of opposition activists loudly protested in front of the Moldovan parliament building, demanding new mayoral elections in the capital, Chisinau. …
Radio Free Europe said Thursday that it will resume news services in Romania and Bulgaria in a bid to debunk fake news and combat poor-quality journalism. The U.S. Congress-funded station will return to the two southeastern European countries, both European Union and NATO members, starting in December. Radio Free Europe president Thomas Kent …
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A 29-year-old Russian woman is accused of carrying out an extensive and sordid campaign on behalf of a Russian government official to secretly cultivate ties with conservative political groups in the United States. …
Japan on Wednesday approved its first national legislation banning smoking inside public facilities, but the watered-down measure excludes many restaurants and bars and is seen by critics as toothless. The legislation aims to lower secondhand smoking risks ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics amid international calls for a smoke-free event. But ruling party lawmakers with …
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the remains of some American servicemen killed in the Korean War would be returned to the U.S. in the coming weeks. The date and the number of sets of remains to be returned were not disclosed. “We think in the next couple weeks we’ll have the first …
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