Lech Walesa Calls For Global ‘Solidarity’ Movement In Response To Russia
Former Polish President Lech Walesa tells RFE/RL that global “solidarity” is the best way to deal with Russia. …
Hurricane Willa Moves Inland After Hitting Mexico Coast
Hurricane Willa began losing power overnight after roaring over a stretch of beach towns, fishing villages and farms on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Sinaloa state as a Category 3 storm. Damage assessments were scanty during the night because of darkness and poor communications, but federal officials said power had been knocked out in some …
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Russian Researcher Reportedly Stabs Colleague At Antarctic Research Station
The Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that a researcher at Russia’s Antarctic station has stabbed and injured a colleague in an apparent emotional breakdown. …
Nuñez Home Run Leads Red Sox to World Series Game One Win
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts played the percentages Tuesday night with his team down by one run to the Boston Red Sox in the seventh inning of the opening game of this year’s Major League Baseball World Series. He saw two runners on base, a right-handed pitcher on the mound and the Red Sox …
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Bolton Says He Told Kremlin: ‘Don’t Mess With American Elections’
White House national-security adviser John Bolton says he told top officials in Moscow that Russian meddling in U.S. elections had backfired and that should provide a lesson to the Kremlin: “Don’t mess with American elections.” …
US Security Advisor Signals Washington will Abandon Key Nuclear Pact with Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a senior White House envoy on Tuesday as the U.S. and Russia sought to minimize the fallout over Donald Trump’s intention to exit a landmark nuclear treaty amid charges of violating the agreement. US National Security Advisor John Bolton’s meeting with the Russian leader capped two days of talks with …
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Pence Says U.S. Aims To Create New Space Force By 2020
The White House says it is pushing ahead with plans to establish a new U.S. space force, but the first steps will stop short of creating a sixth branch of the military as touted earlier this year by President Donald Trump. …
Taiwan Court: Excessive Speed Caused Deadly Train Derailment
Excessive speed was the main cause of the derailment of a train in Taiwan that killed 18 people and injured scores of others, a district court said Tuesday. The train entered a curve in eastern Taiwan on Sunday afternoon at 140 kilometers (87 miles) per hour, almost twice the speed limit for that section …
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Vietnam Parliament Elects Communist Party Chief as President
Vietnam’s rubber stamp National Assembly elected Communist Party General-Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country’s president on Tuesday, consolidating his influence as the most powerful man in the Southeast Asian nation. The 74-year-old Trong is the first Vietnamese leader to hold the two positions since founding President Ho Chi Minh in the 1960s. He …
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Armenian Yelk Alliance Nominates Pashinian As Prime Minister
The Yelk political alliance in the Armenian parliament has nominated acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for the post of prime minister. …
French Media Calls on Macron Not to Close Palace Press Room
France’s Presidential Press Association has called on President Emmanuel Macron to reconsider his decision to close the press room inside the presidential palace, an action that comes as the French leader faces declining popularity. In a statement Tuesday, the association that represents French and foreign media accredited with the presidency said the press room’s …
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Seventeen Tajiks On Trial Over Killing Of Four Foreign Cyclists
Seventeen Tajiks have gone on trial on suspicion of involvement in the killing of four foreign cyclists on a southern mountain road in late July. …
Six Killed As Truck, Gasoline-Laden Van Collide In Southwestern Pakistan
Six people were killed when a truck and a van carrying gasoline collided in southwestern Pakistan and ignited the fuel, local officials say. …
Memorial Reaches Agreement With Moscow On Honoring Stalin’s Purge Victims
The head of the Russian human rights group Memorial says an agreement has been reached with municipal authorities in Moscow to go ahead with an annual remembrance ceremony near the former KGB headquarters for the victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s purges. …
October 22, 2018
A look at the best news photos from around the world. …
NATO Soldier Killed, Two Wounded By Afghan Insider Attack
A soldier in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission was killed and two others wounded on October 22 by an apparent insider attack in the western province of Herat. …
Coalition Targets Islamic State in 2nd Mosque in Less than a Week
The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group has targeted a second mosque in eastern Syria in less than a week, saying the normally protected religious building was used as an insurgent command and control center. Pentagon spokesman Navy Cmdr. Sean Robertson told VOA the strike Monday killed Islamic State fighters who “were actively firing …
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Pakistani Tribunal Upholds 10-Year Cricket Ban In Spot-Fixing Scandal
An independent Pakistani cricket tribunal has upheld a 10-year ban from the sport against Pakistani player Nasir Jamshed over his role in Pakistan Super League fixing scandals. …
Humble Pomegranate Seed Provides Clue to How Yemen’s War Fuels Hunger
The tiny, red pomegranate seed may not look like much but it helps explain why Yemen’s civil war has brought millions of people to the brink of famine. Pomegranate exports were a key source of income for people in Saada in northwest Yemen, a province under the control of the Houthi movement aligned with Iran. …
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AP Analysis: Saudi Prince Likely to Survive Worst Crisis Yet
The killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul is unlikely to halt Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s rise to power, but could cause irreparable harm to relations with Western governments and businesses, potentially endangering his ambitious reform plans. International outrage over Khashoggi’s Oct. 2 slaying at the hands of Saudi …
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Trump, Erdogan In Phone Call Demand Full Explanation In Saudi Journalist’s Killing
U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed in a phone call that the killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul must be fully explained, the Turkish presidency has said. …
Pentagon Acknowledges U.S. General Hurt In Kandahar Attack
The Pentagon has acknowledged for the first time that U.S. Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley was wounded in the attack in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province on October 18 that killed two senior Afghan officials. …
US Lawmakers Slam Saudi Explanation for Khashoggi’s Death
U.S. lawmakers of both political parties remain incredulous of Saudi Arabia’s explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared at the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey nearly three weeks ago. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports from Washington. …
Exit poll: Polish Populists Lead Local Votes, Support Down
The governing populist party, which has repeatedly clashed with European Union institutions, was the top vote winner in local elections Sunday, according to an exit poll, but it was headed to lower support than it got in Poland’s 2015 parliamentary elections. The Ispos survey said that in lower level elections for provincial assemblies, the ruling …
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