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The United States and three of its European allies have urged the United Nations to send “a clear message to Iran” in response to its recent launch of a satellite-carrying rocket that the Western powers called a “destabilizing effect in the region.” …
Life-size 3D models, used by Hollywood for creating amazing visual effects, can also serve as props for surgeons practicing complicated operations. Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Maryland, say even seasoned brain surgeons can benefit from the realistic training. …
Europe is experiencing extreme weather conditions, including heat waves and flooding. The heat has caused outbreaks of wildfires in southern countries such as Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Portugal and southern France, and drought has led to shortages of water in many areas. …
The Sistine Chapel choir is preparing for its first visit to the United States in 30 years. The world’s oldest choir, it began performing for the head of the Roman Catholic Church about 500 years ago. …
The U.S. Senate on August 1 overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was fired amid complaints from President Donald Trump over his handling of an investigation into alleged Russian election meddling. …
Amnesty International says Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged a vicious clampdown on human rights defenders, vilifying and imprisoning activists who dare to stand up for people’s rights. …
The U.S. Air Force said on August 1 that it is negotiating the purchase of two Boeing 747s that were abandoned by a bankrupt Russian airline with the goal of converting them into the next Air Force One. …
For many months, Simón Bolívar International Bridge has been a conduit for people surging into this border city, many of them fleeing Venezuela’s dire political and economic straits or just seeking to stock up on food and medicine that’s scarce back home. On Sunday evening, the bridge also served as backdrop to a plea for …
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Vietnam War Veteran Jim McCloughan was awarded the Medal of Honor on Monday for his heroic actions during battle of Nui ((NEW-ey)) Yon Hill in 1969. McCloughan is the first to be awarded the Medal of Honor by President Donald Trump. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb reports, the war hero is credited with saving 10 …
Two of Venezuela’s leading opposition figures were taken from their homes in the middle of the night by state security agents on Tuesday, in President Nicolas Maduro’s first moves against his enemies since a widely denounced vote giving his government nearly unlimited powers. The wife of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez posted what appeared to be …
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A Chechen official has rejected a report by a respected Russian newspaper that 27 Chechens had been executed without trial. …
The Russian Interior Ministry says three defendants were killed and at least two others wounded in a shooting inside the Moscow Regional Court building on August 1. …
Almost 500 people accused of involvement in last year’s failed coup in Turkey have gone on trial. …
Online searches about suicide and suicide methods spiked in the weeks following the release of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, a show that dramatizes the suicide of a teenage girl, according to a U.S. study released Monday. Google searches about suicide were 19 percent higher than average in the 19 days following the show’s release on …
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Police broke up protests in several towns in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo Monday, arresting at least 50 people in the city of Goma. The demonstrators were from the civil society group, La Lucha, which is demanding the government honor a Dec 31st deal to hold delayed elections by the end of this year. …
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from his job as communications director, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing three unidentified people close to the decision. News of Scaramucci’s removal came hours after Trump swore in a new chief of staff, retired General John Kelly. Politico reported the dismissal came …
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Tajik authorities have arrested a man after his new wife committed suicide last month amid the couple’s arguments over her virginity. …
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Georgia on July 31 for the second leg of his three-day trip aimed at reassuring allies in Eastern Europe in the face of what the United States calls Russia’s efforts to destabilize the region. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the United States to reduce the staff of its diplomatic missions by 755 people in the latest twist in souring relations between the two countries. The situation brings to mind late 1986, when the Soviet authorities suddenly barred Washington from hiring Soviet citizens to work at its missions. …
Nigeria has scaled up its military response to the Boko Haram insurgency and will secure the northeast, the acting president’s spokesman said on Sunday, adding that the search for oil workers abducted by suspected members of the jihadist group will go on. Members of an oil prospecting team were kidnapped in the northeast’s restive Lake …
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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was expected to make a stop Sunday in the hometown of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher accused of organizing an armed standoff three years ago that forced federal agents to end a roundup of his cattle. Zinke’s planned stop in Bunkerville, Nevada – about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of …
Read more “Interior Head to Stop in Nevada Hometown of Standoff Family”
Some 2,800 troops from host Georgia, the United States, and six other countries have begun a major military exercise in the South Caucasus nation. …
Republicans on Sunday urged President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff John Kelly to rein in the chaos within the White House on Monday but said the retired Marine Corps general will be challenged to assert control. In his first six months in office, Trump has upended White House convention with a loose decision-making style …
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Prominent Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has made a rare visit to Saudi Arabia, meeting with the crown prince and other officials, Saudi state media report. …