Category: World

Israel says it will remove the metal detectors from the entrances of a Jerusalem holy site that have angered Muslims and led to deadly violence that killed at least eight people. …

U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser is scheduled to meet with the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 24 as part of an investigation into contacts between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. …

China on Monday warned India not to “push your luck” by underestimating Beijing’s determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign Chinese territory, amid an ongoing standoff between the two neighbors over a contested region high in the Himalayas. Defense ministry spokesman Col. Wu Qian reiterated China’s demand that Indian troops pull back from the Doklam …

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Fisherman Wissam Francis paid little attention when Lebanon’s trash crisis drew tens of thousands of protesters, but two years later, he and his fellow fishermen have become a symbol for a problem continuing to blight the country. Francis, who fishes sardines from a port in Beirut’s Bourj Hammoud district, claims a state-backed plan to reclaim …

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Afghanistan’s interior ministry says a suicide car bombing in the capital has killed at least 24 people. Officials say 40 people were wounded in the blast Monday in western Kabul, the scene of several attacks and a neighborhood where several prominent political leaders live. Najib Danish, an interior ministry spokesman, told the French news agency, …

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The Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide car-bomb attack that the government says killed at least 24 people and wounded 42 others in the capital, Kabul. …

Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak says Nigeria and Libya should join an agreement brokered by OPEC, Russia, and others to cut oil output as soon as the two countries’ output stabilizes. …

Iran and Iraq signed an agreement on Sunday to step up military cooperation and the fight against “terrorism and extremism,” Iranian media reported, an accord which is likely to raise concerns in Washington. Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan and his Iraqi counterpart Erfan al-Hiyali signed a memorandum of understanding which also covered border security, logistics …

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Preliminary results from East Timor’s parliamentary election show the Fretilin party has won the most votes while its partner in the national unity government has suffered a slump in support. With more than 90 percent of votes counted on Sunday, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction party of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, or CNRT, had …

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Pope Francis has appealed for moderation after recent killings at a Jerusalem holy site. Francis told faithful Sunday in St. Peter’s Square that he was following “With trepidation the grave tensions and violence” unleashed at a contested shrine. Last week Arab gunmen, shooting from the shrine, killed two Israeli policemen, three Palestinians were killed in …

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The topic of this week’s Majlis session was the Tajik government’s recent moves to put pressure on the relatives of opposition leaders who have fled Tajikistan. …

Afghan officials say the Taliban have seized control of two districts in northern and central Afghanistan. …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has embarked on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and ally Qatar amid a regional crisis, saying no country had an interest in prolonging the situation. …

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will call the leaders of Russia, Germany, and Ukraine on July 24 in a stepped-up international effort to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine. …

A child died and 17 people were injured Saturday when a grenade went off among a group of people at an IDP camp in Somalia’s Sool region, a local official told VOA. “A child picked up an unexploded bomb somewhere near the camp and brought it among a group of IDPs resting under the shade …

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The Syrian army announced Saturday the end of fighting in parts of Eastern Ghouta after an agreement was struck between rebels and Russia, an ally of the Syrian regime. In a statement, the army said “a halt in fighting in some areas of Eastern Ghouta in Damascus province” would take effect at midday Saturday after …

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With so many dining choices in New York City, keeping up with the trendiest restaurants can seem next to impossible even for a dedicated gourmand.   But lately, it’s not any one restaurant that commands foodies’ attention, rather, the physical space where many eateries live. Food halls, communal dining spaces featuring a variety of food …

Read more “For NYC Foodies and Locals, Restaurants Are Out, Food Halls Are In”

In any Balkan country the names of war criminals are well-known. But the names of people who have moved humanity in a positive direction are often hidden from the public eye. That is the case with Diana Budisavlejvic, whose heroics in rescuing thousands of lives during World War II-era Croatia went unrecognized for more than half …

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The spokesman for Poland’s president says the leader sees flaws in the contentious legislation adopted by the Senate that would give politicians significant influence over the country’s top court. …

Officials in the U.S. state of California say a wildfire sweeping through the state’s foothills near Yosemite National Park has destroyed dozens of homes and burned through nearly 300 square kilometers. Authorities said Friday that the fire has destroyed 58 homes in the Sierra Nevada foothills. They say the blaze also grew slightly bigger Friday …

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U.S. President Donald Trump is warning Iran to release American citizens detained in the Islamic Republic, saying if it does not he is “prepared to impose new and serious consequences.” A White House statement Friday said Trump is willing to take new measures “unless all unjustly imprisoned American citizens are released and returned.” The comments …

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Qatar’s emir called Friday for dialogue to resolve a political crisis pitting his country against four Arab states, saying any talks must respect national sovereignty, but the call was unlikely to end the rift. In his first speech since four Arab countries severed ties with Doha, a defiant Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said life …

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The European Union on July 21 criticized the two latest death sentences handed down in Belarus, saying they “violate the right to life.” …

Russia on July 21 lambasted as “buffoonery” U.S. allegations that the Russian military might leave equipment behind in Belarus after holding large-scale military exercises there in September. …