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U.S. lawmakers who back a program shielding young undocumented immigrants from deportation hailed a lower court’s order cementing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in place. “Beyond what the judges say, it’s what the [American] people say. People want the Dreamers to be able to live in this country,” Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota told …
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Prominent Russian lawyer Mark Feigin says he will appeal in court his disbarment for allegedly unethical behavior. …
Ten-year-old Maryam, the only member of her family to have survived an attack on the Islamic State group, has been welcomed back to Tajikistan with open arms. …
Leaders of Rio de Janeiro’s heavily armed drug gangs agree on at least one thing with the head of Brazil’s army: An ongoing military intervention cannot solve the soaring crime and violence that is roiling the seaside metropolis. “Will the army break this cycle of violence?” asked a leader of the Red Command, Rio’s most …
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The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy 50 years ago this June fractured the nation just two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and five years after his brother John F. Kennedy was killed. But RFK’s funeral, particularly the train that took his body from New York City, following a funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s …
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Deep inside mountains along the China-Myanmar border, a 26-year-old ethnic Lisu villager, surnamed Zhang, sharpens his crossbow arrows to prepare for a hunt. For Zhang and many other Lisu, a mostly Christian minority who inhabit the border region, the crossbow is an indispensable part of their culture dating back to 200 BC. In a country …
The owners of vehicles in Moldova’s separatist region of Transdniester will receive neutral registration plates and will be allowed to participate in international road traffic as of September this year, according to an agreement between Chisinau and Tiraspol. …
Yerevan’s usually somber commemoration of the deaths of Armenians under Ottoman rule during World War I has been tempered by the joyous aftermath of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation. …
The Moscow Chamber of Attorneys has disbarred prominent lawyer Mark Feygin for alleged unethical behavior. …
U.S. President Donald Trump officially welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron with an arrival ceremony Tuesday at the White House before the leaders hold official talks and attend a state dinner. The ceremony is set to include nearly 500 service members from all five branches of the U.S. military, while Trump’s first state dinner will feature …
A Taliban attack has killed four local police officers and wounded seven in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni Province, a local official said. …
Shops remain shut in Baneh, Iran on Monday, April 23, 2018 as workers continue a strike for a 9th day to protest Tehran’s closure of border foot. …
Shops closed as part of a workers’ protest in Marivan, Iran on April 20, 2018 …
Iran’s foreign minister has said that neither Iran nor Saudi Arabia can be the dominant power in the Middle East and called on countries in the Persian Gulf region to start talking to each other. …
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to become President Donald Trump’s second secretary of state. …
The United Nations’ cultural agency has ignored warnings from Egypt and awarded the World Press Freedom prize to an imprisoned Egyptian photographer. A jury on Monday awarded the honor to Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as Shawkan, who has been in jail since he was arrested in Cairo in August 2013 for covering a demonstration …
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On the scorching edge of the Sahara Desert, the U.S. Air Force is building a base for armed drones, the newest front in America’s battle against the growing extremist threat in Africa’s vast Sahel region. Three hangars and the first layers of a runway command a sandy, barren field. Niger Air Base 201 is expected …
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Iranian media say American movie director Oliver Stone is in Tehran to attend an international film festival. Monday’s report by the semi-official Tasnim news agency says Stone briefly visited the historical city of Isfahan the previous day. According to the report, Stone will host a workshop for filmmakers during the Fajr Film Festival …
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has not yet made a decision on whether to deliver advanced S-300 missile systems to Syria. …
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is visiting Tashkent, part of a surge in diplomatic activity in Central Asia since the death of longtime Uzbek leader Islam Karimov in 2016. …
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has called on supporters across Russia to stage a new protest against the government’s efforts to block the popular messaging app. …
Anticipation is building in Washington before an expected meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, the man Trump dispatched to North Korea for an initial meeting with Kim, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, faces a Senate confirmation vote this week for a new post, secretary of state. …
French President Emmanuel Macron is heading to the United States for a state visit with President Donald Trump, looking to convince him of the need to keep a U.S. presence in Syria even after the defeat of Islamic State terrorists. Ahead of his arrival in Washington Monday, Macron told Fox News during an interview at …
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, as the two neighbors work to ameliorate strained ties. The two leaders will meet in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Friday and Saturday, China’s and India’s foreign ministries announced Sunday. “Our common interests far outweigh our differences. …