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The Bulgarian parliament has approved a plan to revive the Belene nuclear power plant five years after the Russian project was suspended due to financing problems and concerns about relying too heavily on Russian energy. …
The United States and China have reached a deal that allows the Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines for having violated U.S. sanctions against Iran and North Korea. …
Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, who is serving 10-year prison term in Russia on extremism charges that he and his supporters consider politically motivated, has stopped his hunger strike, his lawyer says. …
Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of three opposition politicians in a high-profile case but reduced their prison sentences. …
Montenegrin journalists and civil rights activists have gathered in the capital, Podgorica, to protest against the proposed dismissal of the national public broadcaster’s director and editorial team. …
Afghanistan’s President, Ashraf Ghani has announced his forces will halt offensive operations next Tuesday until June 20 to encourage the Taliban to seek a peaceful resolution to the war. In a nationally televised speech Thursday, Ghani explained he has taken the unilateral move in response to an Islamic decree, or fatwa, top Afghan clerics issued earlier …
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U.S. President Donald Trump “will be sticking to his guns” at the upcoming Group of Seven summit despite criticism of his trade policies from allies, one of his key economic advisers told reporters on Wednesday. “The president is at ease with all these tough issues,” said Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council. “There’s …
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting the White House on Thursday to impress upon President Donald Trump Japan’s interests ahead of Trump’s historic summit next week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The U.S. and Japanese leaders are scheduled to hold about two hours of talks and a joint press conference. Before departing …
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A look at the best news photos from around the world. …
The U.S. military is likely to reduce the number of special operations commandos deployed in Africa, but no cuts have been finalized, VOA has confirmed. Most U.S. elite forces in Africa fight terror groups and train soldiers from partner nations. The proposed reduction, first reported by the New York Times, could reduce the number of …
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President Donald Trump will be hosting his first iftar dinner Wednesday in observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the White House announced. Trump did not host an iftar dinner last year, breaking a tradition started by the Clinton administration and maintained through the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. During the 2016 …
Iran’s Judiciary reportedly has denied all but a small number of attorneys the right to represent political detainees in the capital — barring human rights specialists and thousands of others from defending such cases. …
Authorities in a Pakistani tribal region have expanded a 24-hour curfew to avert further deadly clashes between local militants and Pashtun rights activists. …
Putin’s annual Direct Line show is on June 7. We found out what people would ask him if they had the chance. …
A security breach at family networking and genealogy website MyHeritage leaked the data of over 92 million users, the company said in a blog posted on Monday. The breach took place on Oct. 26 last year, and consisted of the email addresses and hashed passwords of users who signed up to the website up to …
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The three generals North Korean leader Kim Jong Un moved into key positions before the Singapore summit with the United States are “fanatically devoted to the North Korean system and the Kim family’s leadership.” Filling the top posts of the three main bodies of the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) with loyalists signals Kim’s effort …
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A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticized the military and its alleged meddling in politics was freed early Wednesday, several hours after being abducted, her family and colleagues said. The journalist, Gul Bukhari, who is a dual Pakistani-British national, has been an unusually vocal critic of Pakistan’s powerful military on social media in …
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Over more than 22 years as head of chess’s world governing body, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has offered contradictory assertions as to the game’s origins. On a visit to the Uzbek capital this week, he offered his latest conclusion. …
U.S. allies and partners should work harder to ensure Iran does not deceive them into funding Tehran’s “nefarious activities,” the U.S. Treasury Department said on June 5. …
The United States has highlighted the importance of establishing an independent anticorruption court in Ukraine as it called on Kyiv to implement comprehensive reforms and put an end to systematic corruption in the country. …
Survivors of Guatemala’s erupting Fuego volcano began mourning the few dead who could be identified Tuesday after a cascade of lava, gas and rock fragments killed at least 69 people and covered nearby villages in thick layers of ash and mud. Local television footage showed mourners walking through the streets, caskets hoisted on their shoulders. …
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The Czech Republic opposed on Monday German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s idea of a flexible European Union approach to migration and an independent border police, saying protecting frontiers should be up to individual member states. Prague, along with other central European governments, has rejected a quota system drawn up by the European Commission to redistribute asylum …
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The U.S. Justice Department late on Monday said it would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitter users from his account on the social media platform based on their political views, according to a court filing. A lawyer for seven plaintiffs who sued, Jameel Jaffer, said that the …
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The U.S. Treasury Department has granted investors in the sanctioned Russian firm En+ Group and its subsidiary EuroSibEnergo a reprieve from an impending June 5 deadline, saying they have until October 23 to divest their holdings. …