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New York’s infamous Rikers prison complex will close by 2027, earlier than originally planned, under an agreement reached Wednesday between Mayor Bill de Blasio and city council leaders. The deal came just hours after the state Commission of Correction released a report that said New York state may have to intervene in the shutdown of …
The Haitian government could revoke British charity Oxfam’s right to operate in the disaster-stricken Caribbean island, a senior government official said, potentially deepening the crisis that has engulfed the troubled NGO. Oxfam is under threat of losing its British government funding over sexual misconduct accusations in Haiti and Chad. Senior staff have already left the charity, and the threat of losing …
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In a letter, the Taliban has urged the “American people” to press their government to withdraw from Afghanistan, reminding them that the Afghan war is the longest conflict in which they have been involved — and at a cost of “trillions of dollars.” …
A daring presidential proposal for a referendum to heal Iran’s divisions met with criticism from the right, and a counterproposal from activists for a vote to usher in a new system of government. …
Donors have pledged $30 billion to help rebuild war-torn Iraq during the final day of an international conference in Kuwait. …
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he has received no word that U.S. air strikes killed multiple Russian mercenary soldiers in Syria, although he has seen reports of such deaths in the news media. …
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea in his New Year’s speech, many North Korea watchers wondered what might have motivated the young leader to make the move that echoed his father’s basketball diplomacy more than 20 years ago. Regardless of Kim’s motivation …
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Fifteen of NATO’s 29 members have laid out plans to meet the alliance’s defense spending goal by 2024, overall increasing spending by $46 billion, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. …
A tip sheet on Russia’s March 18 presidential election. We’ll bring you our own news, videos, and analysis as well as links to what our Russia team is watching. Compiled by RFE/RL correspondents and editors, and Power Vertical blogger Brian Whitmore. …
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney said Tuesday he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a porn actress who allegedly had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006. Michael Cohen said in a statement to The New York Times that he was not reimbursed by the Trump Organization or the Trump campaign for the …
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As a student, Leah Wangari imagined a glamorous life as a globe-trotting flight attendant, not toiling in dirt and manure. Born and raised in Kenya’s skyscraper-filled capital, Nairobi, the 28-year-old said farming had been the last thing on her mind. The decision to drop agriculture classes haunted her later, when her efforts in agribusiness …
Read more “‘Can You Dig It?’ Africa Reality Show Draws Youth to Farming”
Mikheil Saakashvili has vowed to push ahead with his struggle against Ukraine’s leadership in defiant remarks in Warsaw, a day after he was seized in Kyiv and put on a plane to Poland in a dramatic expulsion he has blamed on President Petro Poroshenko. …
A nun whose recovery from decades of spinal problems was declared a miracle insists that she is “not a star” but just a “little sister” glad to be able to walk freely again. A French bishop declared Sunday that Bernadette Moriau’s recovery after she visited the Catholic shrine in Lourdes was a miracle. …
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Uzbekistan’s top tax and customs agencies are being searched, documents seized, and employees questioned in a large-scale operation in Tashkent, officials say. …
A Kyrgyz journalist has been charged with illegally obtaining commercial secrets and making them public as a result of an investigative report about a luxury housing compound, her lawyer has told RFE/RL. …
Japanese speedskater Kei Saito has been suspended from the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance. Saito arrived at the athletes village in the host South Korean city last Monday and was tested shortly after taking part in a training session. He was given a provisional suspension by the Court for Arbitration …
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Cameroonian authorities continue to search for a senior regional official kidnapped Sunday by suspected separatist militants in the country’s English-speaking northwest. The abduction followed the killing of three gendarmes that same day amid violence in other anglophone towns as officials tried to celebrate National Youth Day. Julienne Namata, wife of the most senior government official …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, about the situation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Russian news agencies reported. …
Plastic foam, plywood and some other plastic parts could make the difference between life and death. These are the materials that make up a delivery drone created by DASH Systems. The California company also describes its lightweight aircraft as an unmanned aerial vehicle or glider. It can be used to deliver up to 20 kilograms of …
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The United States wants detained foreign fighters being held by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to be turned over to face justice in their home countries. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to raise the issue during a meeting in Italy with other members of the coalition fighting IS in Iraq and Syria. Mattis arrived in …
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“We are always afraid of being bombed,” says 12-year-old Habib, perching on the edge of a park bench bearing the Turkish border town’s name, Reyhanli. “But our parents are even more scared.” His tone is joking, but his friends don’t laugh. “One rocket dropped next to my house two days ago,” adds another 10-year-old …
Read more “New Wave of International Conflict Complicates Syria War”
Opposition politician Mikheil Saakashvili has been deported from Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service said, after reports he had been detained by “kidnappers” in Kyiv and taken to an airport. …
The Supreme Court of Belarus says it has started the trial of a Ukrainian journalist charged with espionage. …
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday is set to unveil his long-awaited plan to tackle the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. The plan aims to turn $200 billion in federal funds into a $1.5 trillion investment for fixing America’s roads, bridges, railways and other infrastructure. The proposal relies heavily on state and local governments and the private …
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