Serbs Protest Against Pension Cuts
Several hundred pensioners have rallied in the center of the Serbian capital to protest against pension cuts and low living standards. …
Uzbek Vice Premier Fired After RFE/RL Report Revealed He Humiliated Farmers
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has fired the country’s vice premier, Zoyyir Mirzayev, after an RFE/RL report revealed he had humiliated farmers on a recent agricultural inspection trip. …
Behind The Story of the Synagogue Massacre
A tap on the shoulder was the sign. Just hours after the massacre inside The Tree of Life Synagogue, an impromptu Victim’s Assistance Center was set up at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh. Family of synagogue members who hadn’t been located entered the center and waited for news of their loved ones. “They …
Brazil Shifts Right After Years of Leftist Rule
Brazilian voters have elected a former army officer and far-right congressman as the country’s next president. Jair Bolsonaro’s victory brings to an end more than a decade of leftist rule in Brazil. The president-elect has promised a harsh crackdown on crime and corruption, but his rhetoric targeting women, homosexuals and racial minorities has been criticized …
African Filmmaker Tells Tales of South African Migrants
The film Vaya from Nigerian-born director Akin Omotoso, tells the story of three people who journey from their rural homes in South Africa to Johannesburg. As Mike O’Sullivan reports, it’s a story of migration that deals with universal themes. …
Russia Edged Out By China For World Championship In Men’s Gymnastics
China claimed the first gold medal of the world gymnastics championships in Doha on October 29, edging out Russia in the men’s team final by a razor-thin margin. …
Millions Of Shi’ite Pilgrims Stream Toward Karbala For Arbaeen Festival
Millions of Shi’ite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to their sect’s holy shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala in an annual holy festival known as Arbaeen or Ziara. …
Germany’s Merkel To Step Down As Chancellor At End Of Current Term
Angela Merkel has told her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that she will step down as Germany’s chancellor at the end of her current term in 2021 and will not seek reelection as a CDU lawmaker. …
Police in Barcelona Crack Down on Heroin Dens
At least 30 people were arrested Monday in downtown Barcelona during a massive crackdown on squatted apartments used for trafficking and consuming heroin and other drugs, according to police in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region. More than 700 regional investigating agents and 150 local police officers were taking part in Monday’s anti-drug trafficking operation, the Mossos …
EU Agency: Air Pollution Still Exceeds Limits, Must Improve
The European Union’s environmental agency says air pollution is slowly improving across the continent but still exceeds the bloc’s limits and guidelines from the U.N. health agency. The European Environment Agency on Monday issued its 2018 report on air quality and said emissions from road traffic, agriculture, energy production, industry and households are churning out …
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21 Dead in East China Mining Accident
The death toll from a mining accident in east China rose to 21 on Monday after rescuers pulled two more bodies from the mine following a nine-day search, state media said. The tunnel where 22 miners were working was blocked at both ends by coal after pressure caused rocks to fracture and break on October …
Saudi Prosecutor Meets Istanbul Counterpart In Khashoggi Case
Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor, Saud al-Mojeb, is discussing the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Istanbul’s chief prosecutor, the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency says. …
Muscovites Read Out Names Of Stalin’s Victims
Hundreds of people have gathered in Moscow to read out the names of people killed in Josef Stalin’s 1930’s repressions. This year city authorities withdrew permission for the annual event, but later relented after a public outcry. …
Shoppers May Face Hard Choices Again on Health Marketplaces
Insurance shoppers likely will have several choices for individual health coverage this fall. The bad news? There’s no guarantee they will cover certain doctors or prescriptions. Health insurers have stopped fleeing the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces and they’ve toned down premium hikes that gouged consumers in recent years. Some are even dropping prices for 2019. …
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U.S. Defense Secretary Attends Czech Centenary Celebrations
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attended an October 28 military parade in the Czech capital, Prague, to commemorate the 1918 declaration of Czechoslovak independence. Czechoslovakia was established at the end of World War I thanks in no small part to support from the United States and other powers, which advocated the right to self-determination for …
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October 28, 2018
A look at the best news photos from around the world. …
British Soccer Club Owner’s Helicopter Crashes
The helicopter of a British soccer club owner has crashed outside a stadium moments after taking off. Police have not confirmed if Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of Leicester City of Britain’s Premier League, was on board when the aircraft went down in the parking lot near King Power Stadium after a Saturday night match. Video footage …
Prague Marks Centenary Of Czechoslovakia’s Independence With Large Military Parade
The Czech Republic has marked 100 years since Czechoslovakia gained independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the biggest military parade in its post-communist history. …
Uzbeks Angry After Homes Demolished To Build Mirziyoev’s Presidential Palace, Highway
Dozens of Uzbek villagers have been left homeless after their homes were bulldozed to make way for Shavkat Mirziyoev’s presidential palace and a bigger road leading to it. …
Major Attacks Against Synagogues Around the Globe
A synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday, which left 11 people dead, is “likely the deadliest” such attack in US history, an American civil rights group said. Here is a list of major attacks on synagogues around the world over recent years, and of attacks on other places of Jewish community life. Tunisia On April …
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Trump Faces Complaints That New Iran Sanctions Are Too Weak
A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be reimposed on Iran early next month won’t be tough enough. As President Donald Trump prepares to reimpose a second batch of Iran sanctions that had been eased under the 2015 nuclear deal, conservative …
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Istanbul Summit Ends With Call For UN-Backed Process To End Syrian War
The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France, and Germany have reiterated calls for a UN-backed political process to end the war in Syria that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. …
DRC Ebola Death Toll Rises to 164
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to 164 deaths, health authorities said. In mid-October, Congolese authorities said they were facing a “second wave” of the outbreak centered on Beni, a town in North Kivu near the border with Uganda. The epicenter had earlier been focused on Mangina, a town about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Beni. In …
Trump Says He Will Travel To Pennsylvania City After 11 Killed In Synagogue Massacre
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will travel to Pittsburgh after a shooter opened fire during a baby-naming ceremony at a synagogue in the Pennsylvania city, killing 11 people. …