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Egypt’s state-run media says a court has sentenced 75 people to death, including top figures of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in. Saturday’s decision in Cairo Criminal Court will now be referred to the Grand Mufti — the country’s top theological authority — for his non-binding opinion on the …
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The Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) says after meeting with Syrian government officials that it will work with the government to end seven years of violence in the country. The SDC said Saturday that both sides, after meeting in Damascus, had agreed to work together to plot a “roadmap leading to a democratic and decentralized …
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Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee have called on Tajikistan to lift “a politically motivated travel ban” and allow the critically ill son of an opposition member to receive medical treatment abroad. …
Zimbabwe is preparing for a historic election on Monday, the first in 38 years without former leader Robert Mugabe on the ballot. But voters and observers are cautious in their optimism, amid concerns over whether it will be a free and fair poll, and whether the victor will actually deliver on promises to bring change. …
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for a government to be formed as soon as possible to tackle corruption and poor services as further protests took place in the south of the country on Friday. In a sermon delivered by a representative, Sistani — who is revered by millions of Shiites in …
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How late is too late to become a mother? Actress Brigitte Nielsen has had her fifth child at 54, reopening debate on the growing number of women using IVF to have babies later in life. Fertility experts say the average age of mothers is steadily rising across the world, with women increasingly turning to fertility …
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Thousands of people in Ukraine took part on July 27 in a Moscow-backed religious march through central Kyiv to mark the 1,030th anniversary of country’s adoption of Christianity. …
The family of a 5-year-old girl who was murdered in Russia returned to Tajikistan this week for her funeral. The girl’s parents were labor migrants working abroad, and the case has caused outrage among Tajiks. …
Imran Khan’s victory marks a new political direction for Pakistan, but in sweeping out the old guard the anticorruption crusader faces daunting obstacles to realize his goal of a “new Pakistan.” …
Israel’s president has praised Serbia for passing a law providing restitution to the Jewish community for unclaimed Jewish property seized during the Holocaust. …
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation allowing the president to waive penalties against countries that purchase weapons from sanctioned Russian defense companies if they are seeking closer ties with Washington. …
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri says Russian hackers tried unsuccessfully to infiltrate her Senate computer network, raising questions about the extent to which Russia will try to interfere in the 2018 elections. McCaskill, who is up for re-election this year, confirmed the attempted hack after The Daily Beast website reported that Russia’s GRU intelligence …
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The Japanese city of Iga is fighting off would-be ninjas after a news report suggesting the city wanted to hire the traditional assassins went viral. The confusion began last week, when a reporter for National Public Radio in the United States said Japan was suffering from a shortage of workers because of declining birth rates. …
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 26, 2018 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE Northeast Iowa Community College Peosta, Iowa 11:52 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. And thank you very much, for being …
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Russia has already convicted a blogger for mocking Christianity with Pokemon Go. Now a Russian student is facing potential prison time for a meme likening Jesus Christ to a character in the massively popular television show Game Of Thrones. …
Leaders of five major emerging economies, known as the BRICS nations, have sounded the alarm over what South Africa’s president described as threats to multilateralism and sustainable global growth, a reference to a trade war between the U.S. and China. This year’s three-day summit between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which began Wednesday …
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Vote counting is underway in Pakistan after Wednesday’s general election, one of the most contentious in the country’s history. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s party is widely expected to form the next government, though most other parties in the country complain of rigging. Election day was also marred by violence, but there was also the first time …
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came under pressure from Republican and Democratic lawmakers to defend U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and disclose what happened during Trump’s one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, the White House announced the Trump-Putin summit would be next year, and Pompeo issued a Crimea Declaration, saying the …
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed during his testimony before a Senate committee on July 25 a formal U.S. policy rejecting Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Pompeo said there will be “no relief” for Moscow from sanctions imposed by the United States after the attempted annexation “until Russia returns control of the Crimean …
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The United States and international sports authorities should do more to address the Russian doping scandal, whistle-blowers and sports officials have testified. …
Saudi Arabia announced it was temporarily halting all oil shipments through a strategic Red Sea shipping lane after an attack on two big oil tankers by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels. …
American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey for nearly two years on terrorism and spying charges, has been transferred to house arrest as his trial continues. …
Iranian security forces have prevented devotees of fans of late poet Ahmad Shamlou, who pushed for greater freedoms and had some of his work banned under successive governments, from marking the 18th anniversary of his death. …
In North Korea, summer is not a good time to be a dog. With the sizzling heat upon the country, North Korea’s biggest brewery is pumping out twice as much beer as usual, Pyongyang residents are queuing up to get their “bingsu” — a syrupy treat made with shaved ice — and restaurants are serving …
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