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Lawyers defending Brazilian President Michel Temer against corruption allegations asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove the prosecutor general from the investigation, arguing he was no longer fit to lead it. In a filing to the top court, Temer’s lawyers said Brazil’s top federal prosecutor, Rodrigo Janot, who has charged the president with taking …
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North Korea said on August 9 that it is “carefully examining” plans to launch a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam hours after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang that any threats would be met with “fire and fury.” …
The Taliban released 235 hostages from a remote village in northern Afghanistan where it allegedly massacred as many as 50 mostly Shi’ite civilians in a rare joint assault with Islamic State insurgents, officials said on August 8. …
Tajikistan on August 8 accused Iran of backing high-profile killings during the Central Asian nation’s civil war in the 1990s, including the assassination of the former chairman of the Tajik parliament Safarali Kenjaev in 1999. …
A group of volunteers are dedicating their time and sewing skills to preserve old garments. As Faiza Elmasry reports, the Textile Project in Harford County in Maryland, makes connections between the past and the present. Faith Lapidus narrates. …
It’s not just people who like playing computer games. Animals of different species also seem to be fascinated with video games and touch screens, as researchers and zoos try this technology on animals. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee reports from the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. …
A judge in Detroit has halted the deportation of 1,400 Iraqis nationwide until their cases can be reviewed. Most of these Iraqi nationals were convicted of non-violent crimes, making them subject to deportation. But as VOA’s Sama Dizayee reports, they face persecution if they are sent back. …
China stands to lose the most from new United Nations sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic ties with the country, but is prepared to pay the price, Beijing’s foreign minister has said. …
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that a UN commission investigating war crimes in Syria should continue its work despite the resignation of a prominent member of the panel in protest. …
Russia will speed up efforts to reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar and credit card system in the wake of tough new sanctions imposed by Washington, a top diplomat says. …
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and his wife of 10 years, Daria Zhukova, have separated, reports say. …
Maria Alyokhina says she and another member of the Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot have been detained after staging a protest near the remote prison where Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov is incarcerated. …
In one of the most closely watched electoral races on the African continent, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta will face off Tuesday against longtime rival Raila Odinga. The killing of a key election official a week before the vote has elevated concerns after a contentious campaign period. The race between Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga …
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Iran has mocked the U.S. push for inspections of the country’s military sites, calling it a “ridiculous dream that will never come true.” This comes after U.S. officials said last month that the Trump administration is pushing for inspections of suspicious Iranian military sites in a bid to test the strength of the nuclear deal …
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China pressed North Korea on Sunday to halt its missile and nuclear tests, saying Pyongyang should not “provoke international society’s goodwill.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a blunt show of support for new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, delivered Beijing’s warning to his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho on the sidelines of …
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Days after Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly impaneled a grand jury in the probe into Russian election interference , the White House on Sunday brushed off questions about whether President Donald Trump intends to fire Mueller. “The president has not even discussed that. The president is not discussing firing Bob Mueller,” presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway …
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U.S. lawmakers as well as President Donald Trump have left Washington for several weeks, but the probe into Russian interference in the U.S. election grinds on. Before the Senate adjourned last week, a bipartisan bill was introduced to protect the special counsel in the Russia probe, Robert Mueller, in the event the president moves to …
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“We felt the readiness of our U.S. colleagues,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russian journalists on August 6 following bilateral talks with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) forum in the Philippine capital, Manila. “After all, the dialogue continues. I think an alternative …
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have reportedly clashed with a group of militants in the country’s northwest, killing two of them. …
A look at the best news photos from around the world. …
Tajikistan has pardoned dozens of its nationals who voluntarily returned from Syria and Iraq. The returnees are now to trying to rebuild their lives under the watchful eyes of the government in a society wary of their intentions. …
Cuban authorities have ordered the closure of one of the island’s fastest-growing cooperatives, days after announcing that they would stop issuing new permits for some private enterprise. Scenius, which provides accounting and business consulting services, will have until December 31 to liquidate, the cooperative’s founder and director, Luis Duenas, told The Associated Press on Saturday. …
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The White House may appoint a senior policy adviser with hard-line views on immigration, who recently sparred with reporters in a televised briefing, as its new communications director, a senior administration official said Saturday. Stephen Miller, a top aide and speechwriter for President Donald Trump, is a candidate to lead the White House’s communications team …
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The head of Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) has said in an interview that Germany may need to accept the 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region as a “permanent provisional arrangement.” …