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In a sign of the Iranian government’s increasing openness over its involvement in Syria’s civil war, state television will air a documentary during the Iranian New Year known as “Nowruz” praising the thousands of pro-Iranian fighters who died in Syria over the years. The documentary is in 13 parts and will air for 13 days, …
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Monitors say a 24-year-old Tibetan man set himself on fire Saturday outside a monastery in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, a region heavily populated by ethnic Tibetans who protest China’s policies in their nearby homeland. A statement Sunday from the organization “Free Tibet” said the man self-immolated Saturday afternoon, drawing a large detachment of police and …
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Israel has warned Damascus not to use its air-defense systems against its warplanes after the Syrians fired at Israeli jets carrying out attacks against a convoy suspected of supplying weapons to the Hizballah militant group. …
An RFE/RL contributing correspondent is set to go on trial in Russia-annexed Crimea on separatism-related charges for an article he wrote criticizing Moscow’s seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula and expressing support for a blockade of the territory initiated by Ukrainian activists. …
Germany has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that it owes “vast sums of money” to NATO and the United States for defense. …
South Korea prepared Sunday to raise the Sewol ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children. It is testing a system to bring the ship to the surface in the hope of finding the last nine bodies. The Sewol, which was structurally unsound, overloaded and traveling too …
One person was in custody after a suspicious vehicle drove up to a White House checkpoint Saturday night, the Secret Service said, after CNN reported that the driver claimed to have a bomb. CNN, citing two law enforcement sources, said there was no confirmation of any device in the vehicle but that security at the …
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This small city in the state of Rio de Janeiro is on high alert after authorities confirmed the death of one man by yellow fever and said they were investigating several other possible cases. Health authorities this week confirmed that 38-year-old Watila Santos died from the illness March 11. A neighbor of Santos, Alessandro Valenca …
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Unbeaten Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin defeated Danny Jacobs in a unanimous decision to unify all major middleweight titles under one champion. …
Moscow city authorities have banned an anticorruption rally planned by opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. …
North Korean state media say the country has tested a powerful new rocket engine, with leader Kim Jong Un hailing a “new birth” of its rocket industry. …
Iraqi security forces have advanced into the Old City of Mosul, where they are locked in pitched street battles with Islamic State (IS) militants. …
For some medical students, getting a yes or no Friday was more important than finding the right life partner. Friday was “Match Day,” the annual day when medical students find out which U.S. medical institution has accepted them for a residency program. It is a competition, of sorts: 32,000 training slots are available for 42,000 …
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Mention New Orleans and most people will immediately associate it with jazz, a genre of music that originated among African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And that distinctly American music can be heard everywhere throughout the famed city – and in most other areas of the state of Louisiana. The ‘Big …
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says tensions on the Korean Peninsula have reached a “dangerous level” and pledged that Washington would work together with China to prevent conflict in the region. …
French authorities say a man has been shot dead after attempting to seize a gun from a soldier at Paris’s Orly airport on March 18. …
Buses began transporting Syrian rebels and their families Saturday from al-Waer, the last opposition-held neighborhood in the central city of Homs. Their departure is part of a Russia-backed deal signed earlier this month. The fighters and their families are being taken to the northern rebel-held town of Jarablus on the border with Turkey. Officials say …
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South Africa, long a haven for migrants from across Africa, is trying to update its immigration policy with a number of changes, which one official says aims to strike a balance between being welcoming of immigrants and keeping the nation safe. Among the policy changes being considered: the creation of processing centers for asylum-seekers along …
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Jennifer Garner has called on Congress to do more to support early childhood education. The actress testified Thursday on Capitol Hill in support of education programs for preschoolers in poverty. Garner recalled growing up in West Virginia around children in poverty. She told lawmakers that she “couldn’t stand up for them back then, but …
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A leading Russian bank says it was targeted by hackers who created a fake cyber trail to suggest extensive links with businesses owned by U.S. President Donald Trump. “These badly-intentioned attacks were carried out to create the false impression that Alfa Bank secretly maintains contacts with the Trump Organization, whereas in actual fact such contacts …
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A presidential campaign event organized by Russian anti-Kremlin activist Aleksei Navalny was abruptly halted, due to an alleged bomb threat. He blamed “idiotic authorities” for trying to stop him by evacuating the event. (RFE/RL’s Russian Service) …
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says it is ready to resume lending in Uzbekistan after a decade-long pause. …
U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Germany’s Angela Merkel at the White House on March 17 before heading into talks perceived as difficult as the two long-time allies now differ on issues such as NATO and immigration. …
Carmakers and suppliers gave widely differing timelines Thursday for the introduction of self-driving vehicles, showing the uncertainties surrounding the technology as well as a split between cautious established players and bullish new entrants. Chipmaker Nvidia, facing direct competition with the world’s top chipmaker after Intel’s $15 billion deal to buy Mobileye, an autonomous driving technology …
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