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Islamists call halt to Pakistan protest after government allows vote on French envoy
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France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use
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Osaka seeks virus emergency after ongoing alert steps fail
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Military says that Chad’s president Idriss Deby Itno killed on battlefield
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Feds weighing how to respond after verdict in Derek Chauvin trial
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US takes steps to protect electric system from cyberattacks
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Killer in Indianapolis FedEx shooting browsed white supremacist websites: Police
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Alexei Navalny’s doctors prevented from seeing him at prison clinic
Several doctors were prevented Tuesday from seeing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike and prosecutors detailed
Japan says Chinese military likely behind cyberattacks
Tokyo police are investigating cyberattacks on about 200 Japanese companies and research organizations, including the country’s space agency, by a hacking group believed to
Spain extends ban on Brazil, South Africa arrivals
Spain on Tuesday extended its ban on arrivals from Brazil and South Africa until May 11 to curb the spread of new coronavirus strains.
Thailand government negotiating to buy Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, under intense criticism for failing to secure adequate supplies of coronavirus vaccines, said Tuesday his government is negotiating to
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Joe Biden says praying for ‘right verdict’ in Derek Chauvin trial
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EU agency links Johnson & Johnson shot to rare clots, says odds favor use
The European Union’s drug regulatory agency said Tuesday that it found a “possible link” between Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine and extremely rare blood
Afghanistan withdrawal draws concerns over abducted American
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Police: 1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at NY grocery store
An employee was killed and two people were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a Long Island grocery store, police said. Nassau County Police
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The 12 jurors who reached a verdict Tuesday in the case against Derek Chauvin had three counts to consider as they weighed whether he
Verdict reached in George Floyd murder trial
The jury reached a verdict on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white former police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for the
EU foreign ministers talk amid uproar over Ukraine, Navalny
European Union foreign ministers on Monday were assessing the bloc’s strategy toward Russia in the wake of the military buildup on Ukraine’s borders and
Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
An outlawed Pakistani Islamist political group freed 11 policemen almost a day after taking them hostage in the eastern city of Lahore amid violent
Austria will only use Sputnik V vaccine after EMA approval, Sebastian Kurz says
Austria will only use Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine once the European Medicines Agency has approved it, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Monday, amid
High-ranking Iranian general dies of heart disease at 65
A high-ranking general key to Iran’s security apparatus has died, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Sunday.
UN experts slam UK report for repackaging ‘racist tropes’
A body of experts that advises the United Nations on human rights concerns has slammed a widely criticized British government-backed report that concluded there
Elephants ‘trample’ rhino poacher to death in South African park
Breeding elephants trampled a suspected rhino poacher to death at the weekend in South Africa’s famed Kruger National Park, an official said Monday. Rangers
Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of Cairo
A passenger train derailed Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest of several rail accidents
Police: Ex-Texas deputy wanted in deaths of three is arrested
A former sheriff’s deputy in Texas has been taken into custody Monday following a manhunt that began after three people were fatally shot in
Veteran Syria opposition figure Michel Kilo dies of Covid-19
Michel Kilo, an exiled veteran Syrian opposition figure, died Monday of complications from Covid-19 in a hospital in Paris where he lived, family and
Progress in Iran nuclear talks but resolution still far away
High-level talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are moving ahead with experts working