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While the International Criminal Tribunal on Yugoslavia blazed a trail of firsts, shortcomings such as failing to prevent the early release of those found guilty of war crimes have planted lingering doubts over its success in bringing justice and reconciliation to a region where ethnic tensions continue to simmer. …
Lebanon is celebrating its Independence Day with a military parade attended by the president and the prime minister who resigned from Saudi Arabia earlier this month in a move that stunned the country. Wednesday’s parade comes hours after Prime Minster Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon after a three-week absence that was described by Lebanese officials …
The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia will complete its work on November 22 by handing down the verdict in the five-year war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic. …
The top U.S. prosecutor in a high-profile Iran sanctions case has denied charges from top Turkish officials that the case is “fabricated” and “politically motivated,” calling those allegations “ridiculous.” …
A North Korean soldier made a desperate dash to freedom in a jeep and then on foot, being shot at least five times as he limped across the border and was rescued by South Korean soldiers, according to dramatic video released by the U.S.-led U.N. Command Wednesday. Colonel Chad G. Carroll, a spokesman for the …
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A court in China’s southern Hunan province has sentenced prominent rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong to two years in prison on the charge of inciting state subversion. Jiang is the twelfth lawyer to be sentenced since China began a sweeping crackdown more than two years ago that has seen more than 300 lawyers targeted. Two …
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Belarus says President Alyaksandr Lukashenka will not attend the European Union’s Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels on November 24. …
Russian state oil company chief Igor Sechin, who was summoned twice last week to testify in a former economy minister’s extortion trial but failed to show up, says he will also skip a November 22 hearing, despite a third summons. …
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Many of Indonesia’s religious minorities celebrated last week when the government allowed citizens to list faiths outside the six state-sanctioned religions on their national ID cards. But the ruling changed little for Muslim Indonesians who identify with minority strains of Islam, like Ahmadiyya, and still face discrimination in the world’s largest Muslim country. The Ahmadiyya …
Read more “Bleak Outlook for Indonesia’s Long-Persecuted Ahmadiyya”
A suicide bombing early Tuesday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 50 people. The attack happened as people arrived for morning prayers at the mosque in the town of Mubi, located in Adamawa state. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the bombing resembled numerous prior suicide attacks carried out by …
Russia says Ukrainian authorities acting on its request have detained a man accused of involvement in the assassination of an American journalist in Russia 13 years ago. …
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would prefer a new election to ruling with a minority after talks on forming a three-way coalition failed overnight, but Germany’s president told parties they owed it to voters to try to form a government. The major obstacle to a three-way deal was immigration, according to Merkel, who was forced …
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The speech given before Germany’s parliament by a Russian high-school student fit perfectly with the theme of the event — an annual German remembrance for the military personnel and civilians killed in wars and from political oppression. …
Regulators in the U.S. state of Nebraska have voted to approve a route for TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline – the last major obstacle to complete the oil pipeline that President Donald Trump has supported. The regulatory body, which by state law could not consider the risk of leaks or potential environmental impacts, voted to …
Read more “US State of Nebraska OKs Keystone Oil Pipeline Route”
The Alabama woman who has accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually abusing her four decades ago when she was 14 and he was 32 said Monday it took her decades before she regained her sense of trust and confidence in herself. Leigh Corfman, now 53, told NBC’s “Today” show that she was …
Read more “Alabama Candidate’s Sexual Abuse Accuser Says She Took Decades to Recover”
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism amid heightened nuclear tensions on the Korean Peninsula. …
A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake near the French territory of New Caledonia in the South Pacific has triggered a tsunami warning. The United States Geological Survey said the undersea quake struck 82 kilometers east of the Loyalty Islands at 9.43 a.m. local time. Tsunami waves were observed in New Caledonia and Vanuatu after an earthquake …
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Zimbabwe’s longtime president Robert Mugabe is facing impeachment after making it clear in a televised speech he will not resign. Millions tuned in to radio and television Sunday expecting to celebrate the end of what has been 37 years of Mugabe’s autocratic rule. They were bitterly disappointed – some to the point of tears – …
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One-third of the newest crop of Rhodes Scholars from the United States are African-Americans, the most ever elected in a U.S. Rhodes class. Of the 100 Rhodes Scholars chosen worldwide for advanced study at Oxford in Britain each year, 32 come from the United States, and this time, 10 of those are African Americans. One …
Read more “One in 3 US Rhodes Scholars African-American, Highest Ratio Ever”
Iranian media have reported that a commander in the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been killed in fighting against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. …
Reports from Zimbabwe say the country’s ruling party has dismissed President Robert Mugabe as its leader. …
Journalists and activists in five Serbian cities launched a joint awareness-raising campaign called Noise Against Blackout on November 19. More than 200 media outlets and civil organizations have united in the For Media Freedom initiative to collect signatures in support of a list of 13 demands, including a call to investigate all attacks against journalists. …
Read more “Serbian Journalists Seek Public Support For Media Freedom”
Afghan and foreign special forces raided a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province Sunday and rescued at least 30 people, according to army and provincial officials. Those rescued in the raid in Helmand’s Nawzad district included four children under the age of 12 and two policemen, the officials said. Twenty of the people had been …
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