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Canadian Police Declare Dissident Pakistan Activist’s Death ‘Non-Criminal’ Matter 

Canadian Police Declare Dissident Pakistan Activist’s Death ‘Non-Criminal’ Matter 

Police in Canada have declared the death of a dissident Pakistani human rights activist a “non-criminal” incident.     Thirty-seven-year-old Karima...

Twitter Followers of US Government Accounts Won’t Transfer to Biden

Twitter Followers of US Government Accounts Won’t Transfer to Biden

Twitter said Tuesday it would not automatically transfer the millions of followers of official Trump administration accounts to the incoming...

Russia Sends 300 Military Instructors to Central Africa Republic

Russia Sends 300 Military Instructors to Central Africa Republic

Russia has sent 300 military instructors to the Central African Republic at the request of the country’s leadership to help...

China Expands Influence in Mediterranean as European Investment Weakens

China Expands Influence in Mediterranean as European Investment Weakens

Top European Union officials say the bloc must invest more heavily in Mediterranean countries to be able to compete with...

EU Recommends Member Nations Lift Travel Bans to and from Britain

EU Recommends Member Nations Lift Travel Bans to and from Britain

The European Commission — the European Union’s executive body — recommended Tuesday that EU countries lift travel bans imposed on...

Thousands Rally in Armenia Demanding PM’s Resignation

Thousands Rally in Armenia Demanding PM’s Resignation

Thousands of people have poured into the Armenian capital’s main square as the opposition continues its campaign to pressure Prime...

Britain Blockaded: Dozens of Countries Impose Travel Ban

Britain Blockaded: Dozens of Countries Impose Travel Ban

Over 40 countries have imposed travel bans on people arriving from Britain, after the government announced last week it had...

In Turkey, JIN News Fights for Women’s and Journalists’ Rights

In Turkey, JIN News Fights for Women’s and Journalists’ Rights

In Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, a news network staffed entirely by women is taking the lead in reporting on women’s...

German Health Official Suggests New Coronavirus Strain Already in the Country

German Health Official Suggests New Coronavirus Strain Already in the Country

The head of Germany’s Robert Koch Institute, the country’s national public health organization, says it is likely the variant of...

FIFA Files Criminal Complaint Against Blatter Over Museum 

FIFA Files Criminal Complaint Against Blatter Over Museum 

FIFA has filed a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of its loss-making soccer museum in...

US Considers Requiring Travelers from Britain to Prove They Tested Negative for COVID-19

US Considers Requiring Travelers from Britain to Prove They Tested Negative for COVID-19

U.S. officials are considering a requirement for all travelers from Britain to offer proof they have tested negative for COVID-19.News...

Brexit Talks Flirt With Failure as Latest Deadline Blown

Brexit Talks Flirt With Failure as Latest Deadline Blown

EU and British trade talks inched onward under renewed pressure Monday as transport chaos triggered by the emergence of a...

Turkey Poised for Reset in Relations With Israel

Turkey Poised for Reset in Relations With Israel

Relations between Israel and Turkey could be on the verge of a breakthrough, with a Turkish presidential adviser confirming bilateral...

Britain Holds Urgent Talks With France to Lift Coronavirus Blockade

Britain Holds Urgent Talks With France to Lift Coronavirus Blockade

Britain became more isolated Monday as additional countries imposed bans on British commercial airline flights, automobile journeys and cross-Channel trains and...

Britain Blockaded: Dozens of Countries Impose Travel Ban Over Coronavirus Mutation

Britain Blockaded: Dozens of Countries Impose Travel Ban Over Coronavirus Mutation

Over 40 countries have imposed travel bans on people arriving from Britain, after the government announced last week it had...

Two Found Guilty in Suffocation Deaths of 39 Vietnamese Migrants

Two Found Guilty in Suffocation Deaths of 39 Vietnamese Migrants

In a story that shocked Britain and Vietnam, two human traffickers were found guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of...

British Airways to Limit Travel to New York Over Mutant Virus Concern

British Airways to Limit Travel to New York Over Mutant Virus Concern

British Airways announced Monday it will only allow travelers who test negative for the coronavirus to fly to New York...

Navalny’s Underpants Smeared With Poison, Would-Be Assassin Reveals

Navalny’s Underpants Smeared With Poison, Would-Be Assassin Reveals

A Russian agent involved in the cleanup of the near-fatal nerve-agent poisoning of Alexei Navalny in August has revealed in...

Former Kurdish MP Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison 

Former Kurdish MP Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison 

A Turkish court in the southeastern Kurdish city of Diyarbakir sentenced a former member of parliament Monday to more than...

Iran Nuclear Deal Parties Ready to Address Potential US Return

Iran Nuclear Deal Parties Ready to Address Potential US Return

The remaining signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal Monday expressed “their readiness to positively address” the potential return of...

German Court Hands Life Sentence to Extremist Over Synagogue Attack

German Court Hands Life Sentence to Extremist Over Synagogue Attack

A German court has handed a life sentence to a convicted right-wing extremist for an attack on a synagogue last...

Vietnam, UK See Positives in Free Trade Deal

Vietnam, UK See Positives in Free Trade Deal

A free trade agreement reached this month would help Vietnam revamp its massive manufacturing sector after the coronavirus pandemic and...