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AA Photo  Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday agreed on the need to collaborate to create the conditions for a peace process in Libya, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement. The two parties also agreed that a new United Nations Libya envoy must be appointed swiftly, the statement […]

MThe accused, Harry H Rogers, is charged with assault and battery, attempted malicious wounding, and felony vandalism, a commonwealth attorney said [Lawrence Bryant/Reuters] A self-described Ku Klux Klan leader who drove a vehicle into a crowd of peaceful protesters demonstrating against the killing of George Floyd in the US state of Virginia is being investigated for […]

In an interview with Jack Blanchard, the editor of POLITICO’s London Playbook, on Monday, Gardner said Trump evokes memories of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and that former Trump officials who are now criticizing the president, like ex-Defense Secretary James Mattis, are “collaborators” who should have spoken out sooner or never joined the administration in […]

A photo released by Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean students marching in protest of anti-North Korean leaflets. (KCNA-Yonhap) North Korea on Tuesday cut all communication channels including the hotline between Cheong Wa Dae and its leadership, prompting concerns for tensions escalating between the two Koreas. The decision was announced by the North’s state-run […]

A man drives into the crowd at 11th and Pike, injuring at least one person, Seattle, June 7, 2020. (AP Photo)  The protests for racial justice in the U.S. witnessed a violent attack Sunday when a man drove a car into a crowd of George Floyd protesters in Seattle, shooting one person. Footage broadcast by […]

Recruits belonging to Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab militant group march during a parade at a military training base in Afgoye, Somalia, on February 17, 2011. /Reuters Somali National Army (SNA) on Saturday killed 37 Al-Shabaab extremists in a fierce fight in the outskirts of Hudur town in the southern region of Bakol, officials confirmed on Sunday. […]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell. | Shawn Thew via Pool/Getty Images Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called on voters not to reelect President Donald Trump this fall — saying it’s time to make America better for all people, not just a few. “I think he has not been an effective president,” Powell told […]

Migrants queue to get sanitisers and other items distributed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) outside a hotel near Kranidi, Greece, on April 21, 2020   –   Copyright  LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP The global death toll passed 400,000 on Sunday, while over 6.9 million cases of COVID-19 have been recorded worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The US […]

monstrators have defended the dismantling of the police department in Minneapolis A majority of Minneapolis City Council has pledged to dismantle the local police department, a significant move amid nationwide protests sparked by George Floyd’s death last month. Nine of the 13 councillors said a “new model of public safety” would be created in a […]

An empty airport terminal in Stockholm. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT Unlike most countries, Sweden never locked down during the coronavirus pandemic, largely keeping businesses operating, but the economy appears to be taking a hard hit nonetheless. Under the Scandinavian country’s controversial approach to the virus, cafes, bars, restaurants and most businesses remained open, as did schools […]