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The organization representing more than 15,000 striking nurses in Zimbabwe vowed a legal battle unless the government reverses its order to fire strikers from state-run hospitals. “We are forced to approach the courts to intervene,” Enoch Dongo, secretary general of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association, said Thursday. Nurses went on strike Monday to demand better pay, …
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Hundreds of lawmakers from Germany, France, and Britain have called on their counterparts in the U.S. Congress to support the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, calling it a “major diplomatic breakthrough.” …
The lower house of the Belarusian parliament has approved in its first reading draft amendments to the country’s media law that would tighten control over online news websites and social-media networks. …
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Wednesday carrying SpaceX’s first high-priority science mission for NASA, a planet-hunting space telescope whose launch had been delayed for two days by a rocket-guidance glitch. The Transit Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:51 p.m. EDT, starting the clock on a two-year quest to …
Macedonia is “back on track” toward European Union membership, the EU foreign policy chief says, urging Macedonia to keep carrying out recommended EU reforms. The EU’s Federica Mogherini congratulated Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during a visit to Skopje Wednesday. “You’ve gone a long way and, yes, the good news is … that you’re back,” …
As rogue states and terrorist organizations continue to exploit cyberspace, governments around the globe must do more to curb illicit online funding, U.S lawmakers say. “We really need to prioritize creating the cyber equivalent of the Geneva Conventions,” Jim Himes, a Democratic representative from Connecticut and a member of the House Financial Services Committee’s subcommittee …
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Two sources at Geo TV, Pakistan’s largest television network, say the station has been allowed back on the air in some areas after talks with the military on demands that it make changes in political coverage, Reuters reports. …
A team from the United Nations is discussing security arrangements with Syrian and Russian authorities in Syria to allow experts access to the town of Douma to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack, UN officials say. …
U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his claim that nobody has been tougher on Russia than him and that he will impose new sanctions on Moscow “as soon as they very much deserve it.” …
Starbucks announced Tuesday that it will close thousands of its U.S. stores May 29 for staff training, following accusations that Starbucks employees discriminated against black people. Last week, a Starbucks store manager in Philadelphia called the police to remove two black men from the cafe because they sat at a table without making a purchase. …
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The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, warned the Security Council that possible military operations around a major urban center and vital port could ruin hopes of ending that country’s civil war. In Washington, senior U.S. officials defended the Trump administration’s policy on Yemen, coming under fire from senators from both parties for …
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U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States has begun direct high level talks with North Korea. The statement comes weeks before a proposed summit between Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visiting Trump for bilateral talks, expressed a desire for Japan’s interests to also be on the …
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Iraq has sentenced two women from Russia to life in prison after convicting them of belonging to the extremist Islamic State group. …
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is pushing back against a suggestion by President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser that she was confused over possible new sanctions targeting Russia. …
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. …
Samuel Black tells the story of his father, who worked long hours in the boiler room of a school, but still had time to teach his children right from wrong, sometimes with just a look. …
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Europe against the temptations of “authoritarianism” inside the European Union and around the world. …
FIFA charged World Cup host Russia with fan racism on Tuesday, less than two months before the tournament begins. Monkey chants were aimed at black French players, including Paul Pogba, during France’s 3-1 friendly win over Russia in St. Petersburg last month. “Disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the Russian Football Union for this …
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet. The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses’ collection of sales tax on online purchases. Right now, under the decades-old Supreme Court rule, if a business …
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A self-styled Russian sex guru and a Belarusian model who claims to have evidence of Moscow’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election have appeared in public briefly ahead of a court hearing in Thailand. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the situation in Syria and a controversial Baltic gas pipeline project in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin says. …
The internal organs were removed from the body of a Georgian man who died while in the custody of separatist authorities in Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region, prosecutors have told the family. …
U.S. President Donald Trump and Pentagon officials are dismissing Russian claims that Syrian air defense systems took out most of the cruise missiles aimed at three of the country’s critical chemical weapons sites. Russian news outlets Monday quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying Syria’s Pantsir-S1 was nearly 100-percent effective in repelling the U.S.-led airstrikes …
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Tumult continues at Kenya’s independent electoral commission (IEBC) nearly seven months after elections ended. Three commissioners quit their jobs Monday, saying the commission is dysfunctional and too vulnerable to meddling The commissioners’ complaint echoes concerns raised during last October’s contentious polls. Speaking to journalists Monday in Nairobi, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission official Margaret …
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