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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ridiculed the U.S. indictment of a Kremlin-connected billionaire for allegedly meddling in the 2016 presidential election, scoffing at the idea that someone described as his chef could sway U.S. voters. …
Robert Mueller, the U.S. special counsel investigating alleged Russian election interference, has levied new charges against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, saying he attempted to tamper with witnesses. …
A Russian court has sentenced Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko to 12 years in prison after convicting him of spying in a case that Kyiv and rights activists say is politically motivated. …
The German government is seeking clarification of a report in which the new U.S. ambassador was quoted as saying that he wants to “empower” conservative leaders throughout Europe. A spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry told reporters Monday that the U.S. has been asked for “clarification on whether the statements were actually made in …
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The UN nuclear watchdog has reiterated its call for Iran to provide “timely and proactive cooperation” on inspections that are part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. …
The situation remains tense in a Pakistani tribal region where at least two people died and 25 were wounded in clashes between local militants and Pashtun rights activists, officials and eyewitnesses say. …
German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer will discard the name Monsanto when it takes over the controversial US seeds and pesticides producer this week, it said Monday. But Bayer executives insisted Monsanto practices rejected by many environmentalists, including genetic modification of seeds and deployment of “crop protection” technologies like pesticides, were vital to help feed …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Russia to attend an upcoming global forum. Foreign Ministry spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Monday in Moscow that President Putin issued the invitation to Kim in a letter delivered by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during Lavrov’s trip to Pyongyang last week. Peskov …
Hundreds of people gathered outside the old Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi on June 3 on a fourth day of protests urging the government and the prosecutor-general to resign. Scuffles broke out between police and protesters on the adjacent Rustaveli Avenue, but no arrests were made. The demonstrations were launched on May 31 by people …
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German police shot at a “rampaging” man wielding a knife in a cathedral in Berlin on Sunday, according to city officers. “Shortly after 4 pm (1400 GMT) police shot at a rampaging man at Berlin Cathedral,” police said in a tweet. “He was wounded in the leg,” police said, later adding that an officer had …
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The U.S. ambassador to Russia says any meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “would be a ways off.” Jon Huntsman suggested Sunday on “Fox & Friends” that if a summit were to occur, “the president, at the right time, will say what needs to be said.” Huntsman’s statement comes after …
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India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed region of Kashmir, Indian officials say, days after the two neighbors agreed to uphold a 2003 cease-fire agreement. …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed a debate on legislation to recognize the mass killing of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide. …
Prominent euroskeptic Michael Gove should replace British Prime Minister Theresa May because she is incapable of delivering Brexit, a donor to her party was quoted as saying in an early edition of the Observer newspaper seen Saturday. May became prime minister in July 2016 after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and promised to bring about Britain’s departure from …
Jordan’s prime minister refused to scrap an IMF-backed tax reform bill Saturday that has sparked the largest protests in more than five years against steep price hikes, saying it was up to parliament to decide its fate. Several thousand demonstrators staged protests near the Cabinet office for the third consecutive night over the draft legislation, …
Several thousand supporters of Macedonia’s opposition VMRO-DPMNE party protested on Saturday against changing the name of the country and to demand an early election because of the poor state of the economy, which contracted last year. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has promised to boost the economy and accelerate the country’s accession to NATO and the European Union, moves that have …
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Thousands of opposition supporters have protested outside Macedonia’s main government building in the capital of Skopje to demand an early election. …
The organizer of antigovernment rallies in Tbilisi urged “all political parties” in Georgia to join the protest movement as demonstrations continued into the early morning hours of June 3 in the South Caucasus nation. …
Bargains trump politics in Mitrovica store that shows ethnic Serbs, Albanians can coexist. …
Birds and airplanes share the sky, so inevitably collisions occur. But airport authorities try to limit those encounters because bird strikes cause costly damage to jet engines and can lead to crashes. Some airports employ trained dogs, others use loud noises to frighten birds away. A company in the Netherlands says its robotic predator Robird …
For Muslims, the month of Ramadan is a time for self-reflection and prayer — and fasting from sunrise to sunset. After sunset, families and friends enjoy a meal called Iftar. At a mosque in Virginia, outside Washington, people of various faiths came to Iftar one evening and to join Muslims in prayer. VOA’s Deborah Block …
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The U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in May, sending the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent. The Labor Department says hourly wages also grew, bumping average worker pay up 2.7 percent from this time last year. And yet, despite the improving job picture, economists say there may be dark clouds forming on …
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A rally by thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Georgia’s government ended in the early hours of the morning on June 2, but organizers said the demonstration would resume later in the evening. …