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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday defended a deal to stop migrants from entering the European Union until their chances of getting asylum have been reviewed, arguing that the bloc’s existing arrangement is “completely dysfunctional.” Speaking to lawmakers in Berlin, he...
Israeli troops on Thursday demolished the home of a Palestinian who is suspected of killing an Israeli soldier last year, in the latest military operation in the increasingly volatile occupied West Bank, which has been gripped by surging violence.The demolition came during a week of rising tensions ...
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned Israeli aggression in the city of Jenin the previous day that led to the death of six Palestinians and injured dozens of others.Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement denouncing and condemning the Israeli escalation of actions in the O...
An independent expert working with the United Nations on the issue of human rights in Myanmar urged the international community on Wednesday to find a different approach to resolve the crisis in the Southeast Asian country, saying the current course of action is not working.Tom Andrews, a special ra...
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Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren't sharply reduced, according to a report.The report Tuesday from Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated ...
French President Emmanuel Macron called on European nations Monday to seek more independence on airspace defense and advocated against relying too much on the U.S., a long-divisive issue that takes on new urgency because of Russia’s war in Ukraine.Macron made his case for Europeans building th...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that countries must tackle the “underlying conditions that can lead to terrorism,” such as poverty, to prevent such violence from spreading.“While we have made some significant gains over the years, terrorism and violent extremism c...
A US judge in Florida on Monday ordered defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump not to release evidence in the classified documents case to the media or the public, according to a court filing.The order from US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart also put strict conditions on Trump’s acc...
A spate of weekend mass shootings and violence across the U.S. killed at least six people, including a Pennsylvania state trooper, and left dozens injured. The shootings follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronaviru...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet US President Joe Biden and, for a second time, address a joint session of the US Congress, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, ahead of next week’s visit.Modi will arrive in the US on June 21 to lead the celebrations of Inter...
Washington on Friday announced it is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” in Uganda after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country.A statement from the State Department did not name any targeted individuals.It said...
From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order. Now, in an unusual move, the top official in one — the secretary-general of the United Nations — is pressing for major changes in the other two.Antonio Guterres says the International Mone...
China’s Foreign Ministry condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament concerning Hong Kong’s shrinking rights to free speech, even as Beijing seeks to restore economic links with the EU.The EU body overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Thursday citing the deterioration of the c...
The European Union (EU) on Thursday pledged 560 million euros to help countries neighboring Syria cope with the costs of hosting Syrians displaced by the years of conflict in their country.“Unfortunately, over the last year there has been little progress, very little progress, toward a resolut...
Rival ethnic groups fired at each other in fresh violence in India's remote northeast that left at least nine people dead and some injured, officials said Wednesday.Security forces rushed to Khamenlok village in Manipur state's Kangpokpi district after clashes broke out Tuesday night between...
The greatest grift in U.S. history was brazen, even simple. Criminals and gangs grabbed the money. So did an U.S. soldier in Georgia, the pastors of a defunct church in Texas, a former state lawmaker in Missouri and a roofing contractor in Montana.Over the last three years, thieves plundered billion...
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a memorial service in northeast Afghanistan that killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 others.In a statement late Friday, the IS regional affiliate — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province — said the atta...
In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe Biden and demanding deeper spending cuts ahead...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the expansion of Israeli settlements and ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank are taking Israel further away from peace with the Palestinians.Yet, he stressed that the U.S.-Israel relationship remains “iron-clad,&...
Militants attacked a Pakistani security post near the country's border with Iran on Thursday, triggering a shootout that killed two soldiers, the military said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the area of Singwan in restive southwestern Baluchistan province. The m...
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