Pakistan’s prime minister has sought to reassure at least 25,000 Afghans waiting in Pakistan for resettlement in the United States that they won’t be deported as part of his government’s widely …
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By MUNIR AHMED
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11/8/23
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Russian authorities are seeking an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after protesting the war in Ukraine. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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11/8/23
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Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are moving forward in their quests to join the European Union. But countries in the volatile Balkans that have waited years longer to become members appeared to slip back …
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By LORNE COOK
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11/8/23
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Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State have been spreading from the vast, arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert into wealthier nations on the coast of West Africa. In the past, experts …
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By SAM MEDNICK
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11/8/23
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From Western capitals to Muslim states, protest rallies over the Israel-Hamas war have made headlines. But one place known for its vocal pro-Palestinian stance has been conspicuously quiet: …
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By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ
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11/8/23
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The lower chamber of Mexico’s congress has once again turned to spectacle, giving hours of its time to a controversial character pressing the case for “non-human beings” he said were found in …
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11/7/23
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says 40 Filipinos have fled from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into Egypt through the Rafah crossing after Filipino diplomats negotiated for their safe passage …
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By JIM GOMEZ
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11/7/23
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Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifts his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia. Blinken is appealing for the Group of Seven …
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By MATTHEW LEE and MARI YAMAGUCHI
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11/7/23
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North Korea has criticized rival South Korea for removing a law that banned private activists from sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North, insisting that such activities amount to …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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11/7/23
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Mexico's government has laid out hurricane reconstruction plans for the resort of Acapulco that seem to give as much priority to building military barracks as re-opening hotels. President Andrés …
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11/7/23
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State media in Myanmar says the military-run Southeast Asian nation is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper says the two nations are …
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By GRANT PECK
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11/7/23
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The Lebanese militia Hezbollah has traded fire with Israeli troops along the border since the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack in southern Israel sparked war in the Gaza Strip. Both sides …
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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11/7/23
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An exiled Belarus activist has presented a second dossier of evidence to the International Criminal Court that he says proves the personal involvement of President Alexander Lukashenko in the illegal …
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By MIKE CORDER
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11/7/23
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An ethics council dismissed the chief justice of Indonesia’s top court from the post after finding him guilty of making last-minute changes to election candidacy requirements. The chief of the …
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By FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI
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11/7/23
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Three people have been arrested in a protest against negotiations between Spain’s acting government and Catalan separatist parties over a possible amnesty for thousands involved in Catalonia’s …
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By JOSEPH WILSON
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11/7/23
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Masks are back on the New Delhi streets as residents grapple with the annual surge in air pollution that has engulfed the Indian capital region. Primary schools have been ordered shut this week and …
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By SHONAL GANGULY and PIYUSH NAGPAL
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11/7/23
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany’s 16 state governors have agreed on new, stricter measures in an effort to curb the large number of migrants coming to the country. The compromise on the issue, …
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11/7/23
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Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shifting his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia. Blinken and his counterparts from the G7 …
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By MATTHEW LEE
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11/7/23
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An 8-month-old terminally ill British girl has been granted Italian citizenship after a court in Britain authorized the withdrawal of life-supporting invasive treatment. It's the latest case where …
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11/6/23
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The Zapatista rebel movement in southern Mexico says it is dissolving the “autonomous municipalities” it declared in the years following the group’s 1994 armed uprising. The Zapatistas led a …
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By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE
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11/6/23
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