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With the midterm primaries about to go into full swing, the Department of Homeland Security is playing catch-up in helping to ensure that state election systems are secure against cyber-tampering by the Russians or others bent on mischief. The department says it has completed on-site risk assessments of election systems in just nine of …
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Armenian-American rock star Serj Tankian joined an opposition rally in Yerevan’s Republic Square on the eve of a parliamentary vote to determined if protest leader Nikol Pashinian will become Armenia’s prime minister. Tankian is the lead singer of the alternative metal band System Of A Down. Thousands of people cheered when Tankian took the stage …
Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian and his supporters welcomed Armenian-American rock star Serj Tankian to Yerevan. The activist and lead singer of the alternative metal band System Of A Down said he was “elated” to be in the Armenian capital on May 7 ahead of a mass rally in support of Pashinian. Tankian was expected …
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A jailed Uzbek journalist whose trial has been watched closely by human rights groups was convicted of calling for the government’s overthrow but walked out of court a free man. …
President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Haspel, offered to withdraw her nomination last week because White House officials were worried about her role in the harsh interrogation of terror suspects, news reports say. As first reported by The Washington Post, Haspel was wary of a fierce Senate confirmation hearing that …
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At least 45 people died in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a police official told Reuters on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents underscoring insecurity in parts of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria’s 2015 elections partly on promises to bring security to Africa’s largest economy and most populous …
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Senior British and German officials have stepped up efforts to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to remain a participant in the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran. …
Vladimir Putin is set to be sworn in for his fourth term as Russia’s president, extending an 18-year reign that his supporters say has lifted the country “from its knees” and is denounced by his opponents as a corrupt, calcifying autocracy. …
America’s latest jobs report suggests the country’s longest-ever economic expansion is continuing at a moderate, but steady pace. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, President Donald Trump is trumpeting U.S. economic performance as Washington looks ahead to November midterm elections in which Republicans will be defending majorities in both houses of Congress. …
Some 13,000 Russian soldiers took part in a May 6 rehearsal for the upcoming Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square. Marching troops were followed by military vehicles. Russia marks the end of World War II on May 9. (Reuters) …
With just weeks to go before President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to hold their first summit, Pyongyang on Sunday criticized what it called “misleading” claims that Trump’s policy of maximum political pressure and sanctions are what drove the North to the negotiating table. The North’s official news …
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Afghan forces backed by air strikes have retaken a district in the northern province of Badakhshan that was seized last week by Taliban insurgents, officials said, as fighting continued across Afghanistan. Provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said Kohistan district, which fell to the insurgents Thursday, was retaken by army and police forces backed by air …
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Lebanese began voting Sunday in their first general election for nine years, one that is seen as unlikely to upend the country’s basic contours of power but is important for economic stability. The streets of Beirut were quiet early Sunday, but small crowds had gathered around the schools being used as polling stations, and walls …
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Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian said he is not ruling out cooperation with the ruling Republican Party (HHK) if he becomes the country’s next prime minister. …
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says he has been released from custody after he and thousands of other protesters were detained as part of nationwide protests ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fourth presidential term. …
The U.S. Navy is reinforcing its presence in the Atlantic Ocean with the resurrection of a naval command in response to increasing assertiveness by Russia’s military. The Pentagon announced Friday the Navy was re-establishing the 2nd Fleet, almost seven years after it was disbanded for cost-savings and organizational reasons. “This is a dynamic response …
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A number of protesters were detained by police at a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin on May 5 in Moscow, part of a nationwide protest action organized by Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. Navalny, who has previously organized large street protests and published a series of reports alleging corruption in Russia’s ruling elite, had called …
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A toughening of already draconian Kremlin policy on everything from gay rights to political activism is driving a record number of Russians to seek asylum in Europe and the United States, according to multiple Russia experts. Responding to a recent RFE investigation of data compiled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Russian political analyst …
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When a Pakistani celebrity singer used the hashtag #MeToo last month to accuse a male colleague of sexual harassment, it shook the country’s entertainment industry. “Sharing this because I believe that by speaking out about my own experience of sexual harassment, I will break the culture of silence that permeates through our society,” …
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The Taliban have captured another district in the northern province of Badakhshan, Afghan officials said. …
Announcements have appeared online in the Bashkortstan capital proclaiming a “homophobic game” named after the popular horror movie Saw, and LGBT activists cite “dozens” of cases of violence, intimidation, extortion, and other harassment. …
The Brazilian Air Force has begun flying Venezuelans from a remote border region to elsewhere in Brazil, trying to defuse a humanitarian crisis as tens of thousands of migrants flee an economic collapse in their country. On Friday, 233 Venezuelans boarded a Boeing 767 bound for Manaus and Sao Paulo, the third flight in a month aimed at …
Two 500-year-old skeletons discovered in Idaho’s high desert plains will be turned over to Native American tribes. U.S. officials in a series of notices starting Friday say the remains of the young adult and child will be given to the interrelated Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in eastern Idaho and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes in southern Idaho and northern …
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U.S. President Donald Trump says the time and place for his landmark meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been set, although he declined to reveal the details. …