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The U.S. military is likely to reduce the number of special operations commandos deployed in Africa, but no cuts have been finalized, VOA has confirmed. Most U.S. elite forces in Africa fight terror groups and train soldiers from partner nations. The proposed reduction, first reported by the New York Times, could reduce the number of …
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President Donald Trump will be hosting his first iftar dinner Wednesday in observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the White House announced. Trump did not host an iftar dinner last year, breaking a tradition started by the Clinton administration and maintained through the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. During the 2016 …
Iran’s Judiciary reportedly has denied all but a small number of attorneys the right to represent political detainees in the capital — barring human rights specialists and thousands of others from defending such cases. …
Authorities in a Pakistani tribal region have expanded a 24-hour curfew to avert further deadly clashes between local militants and Pashtun rights activists. …
Putin’s annual Direct Line show is on June 7. We found out what people would ask him if they had the chance. …
A security breach at family networking and genealogy website MyHeritage leaked the data of over 92 million users, the company said in a blog posted on Monday. The breach took place on Oct. 26 last year, and consisted of the email addresses and hashed passwords of users who signed up to the website up to …
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The three generals North Korean leader Kim Jong Un moved into key positions before the Singapore summit with the United States are “fanatically devoted to the North Korean system and the Kim family’s leadership.” Filling the top posts of the three main bodies of the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) with loyalists signals Kim’s effort …
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A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticized the military and its alleged meddling in politics was freed early Wednesday, several hours after being abducted, her family and colleagues said. The journalist, Gul Bukhari, who is a dual Pakistani-British national, has been an unusually vocal critic of Pakistan’s powerful military on social media in …
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Over more than 22 years as head of chess’s world governing body, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has offered contradictory assertions as to the game’s origins. On a visit to the Uzbek capital this week, he offered his latest conclusion. …
U.S. allies and partners should work harder to ensure Iran does not deceive them into funding Tehran’s “nefarious activities,” the U.S. Treasury Department said on June 5. …
The United States has highlighted the importance of establishing an independent anticorruption court in Ukraine as it called on Kyiv to implement comprehensive reforms and put an end to systematic corruption in the country. …
Survivors of Guatemala’s erupting Fuego volcano began mourning the few dead who could be identified Tuesday after a cascade of lava, gas and rock fragments killed at least 69 people and covered nearby villages in thick layers of ash and mud. Local television footage showed mourners walking through the streets, caskets hoisted on their shoulders. …
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The Czech Republic opposed on Monday German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s idea of a flexible European Union approach to migration and an independent border police, saying protecting frontiers should be up to individual member states. Prague, along with other central European governments, has rejected a quota system drawn up by the European Commission to redistribute asylum …
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The U.S. Justice Department late on Monday said it would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitter users from his account on the social media platform based on their political views, according to a court filing. A lawyer for seven plaintiffs who sued, Jameel Jaffer, said that the …
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The U.S. Treasury Department has granted investors in the sanctioned Russian firm En+ Group and its subsidiary EuroSibEnergo a reprieve from an impending June 5 deadline, saying they have until October 23 to divest their holdings. …
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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