Category: World

Amnesty International has criticized the refusal of a court in Chechnya to release a leading activist on bail. …

The FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board has called on the soccer body to set a deadline for ending Iran’s ban on women attending male sporting events. …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is desperately trying to raise his approval ratings ahead of March vote and thinks the Kerch Strait can help him do it, Russian media and officials allege. …

Kenyan authorities have arrested seven officials with the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) for bribing investigators looking into corruption tied to the Standard Gauge Railway, the Daily Nation, one of Kenya’s largest newspapers, reported Sunday. The arrests mark the first time Chinese officials have faced charges linked to the SGR, which has garnered controversy …

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Monday marks the tenth anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. From November 26 to 29, 2008, ten individuals associated with the terrorist group Laskhar e-Tayyiba (LeT) attacked luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a busy train station in India’s financial capital, killing 166 people.  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Sunday …

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At least 20 Afghan police officers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in the western province of Farah, the Associated Press reports. …

U.S. authorities have reopened the San Ysidro border point of entry between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, after closing traffic in both directions in response to migrants trying to rush the border Sunday. About 500 men, women and children overwhelmed Mexican police blockades, prompting U.S. agents to fire tear gas as U.S. Border Patrol helicopters …

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Israel’s prime minister says the leader of the African nation of Chad is arriving for a historic visit. Benjamin Netanyahu says he will host President Idriss Deby on Sunday in Jerusalem. He says they’ll meet privately and then give a joint press statement before dining together. It’s the first ever visit of a president of …

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Tens of thousands of Romanians gathered Sunday for the blessing of a grandiose Orthodox cathedral consecrated to mark 100 years since modern-day Romania was created in the aftermath of World War I. Believers from all over the country and beyond stood outside the “Salvation of the People” cathedral to watch the service transmitted on giant …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …