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Bangladesh Protest Leaders Taken from Hospital by Police

World People take part in a song march to protest against the indiscriminate killings and mass arrest in Dhaka on July 26, 2024. (AFP)

Bangladesh Protest Leaders Taken from Hospital by Police

Bangladeshi police detectives on Friday forced the discharge from hospital of three student protest leaders blamed for deadly unrest, taking them to an unknown…

World A man reacts as residents and volunteers dig in the mud in search for bodies at the scene of a landslide in Kencho Shacha Gozdi on July 25, 2024. (AFP)

Ethiopia Declares Three Days of Mourning after Landslide Tragedy

Ethiopia announced on Friday three days of mourning following a devastating landslide in a southern remote part of the country where more than 250 people lost…

World FILED - 29 September 2019, Bavaria, Munich: Barack Obama, former US President, speaks on stage during his opening speech at the Bits & Pretzels company founders' and investors' meeting. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

Barack and Michelle Obama Endorse Kamala Harris, Giving Her Expected but Crucial Support

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected…

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World Passengers wait for their train departures at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris on July 26, 2024 as France's high-speed rail network was hit by malicious acts disrupting the transport system hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AFP)

Saboteurs Paralyze French High-Speed Rail Network Hours Before Start of Olympics 

France's high-speed rail network was hit with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the…

World A Ukrainian serviceman of the 225th Separate Assault Battalion patrols as he walks past an apartment building destroyed by artillery fire in the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, on July 24, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

Russian Drones Knock out Ukrainian Power Facilities Near Kyiv 

Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in two regions between the capital Kyiv and the Russian border with drones overnight, leaving tens of thousands of…


World  Paris 2024 Olympics - Beach Volleyball Training - Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. General view as the Olympic Rings and the Eiffel Tower are seen during training. (Reuters)

French Authorities Foil Several Plots on the 2024 Olympics in Paris

French authorities have foiled several plots to disrupt the 2024 Olympics, officials said Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of the Summer Games…

World Hadi Matar, charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, listens during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2022. (AP)

Man Who Attacked Author Salman Rushdie Charged with Supporting Hezbollah

A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. An…

World A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve today -(Reuters)

Drive to End Global Hunger Has Stalled, United Nations Warns

A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the…

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World In this image taken from video released by the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba, third from left holds talks with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Ukraine Seeking 'Common Ground' with China in Talks on Ending War with Russia

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said he is seeking “common ground” in talks this week with his Chinese counterpart on ending his country's war…

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World Commuters are seen moving along a road in Dhaka on July 24, 2024, after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas. (AFP)

Bangladesh Factories, Banks Reopen as Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off 

Rush-hour traffic returned to the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday, as a curfew was eased after four days of nationwide shutdown that…

World 24 July 2024, Hamburg: Police officers stand in front of the Islamic Center Hamburg with the Imam Ali Mosque (Blue Mosque) on the Outer Alster during a raid. (dpa)

Germany Bans Group Accused of Iran Links and Hezbollah Support, Carries Out Raids 

The German government on Wednesday banned a Hamburg-based organization accused of promoting the Iranian leadership's ideology and supporting Lebanon's…

World Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump speaks, as he holds a campaign rally for the first time with his running mate, Republican vice presidential nominee US Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US July 20, 2024. (Reuters)

Trump Takes Fight Against Harris to North Carolina Rally 

Donald Trump has so far watched from the sidelines as Vice President Kamala Harris galvanized and re-energized Democrats by stepping in as their likely…

World Rescuers and army personnel stand at the site after a Saurya Airlines' plane crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP)

Plane Crashes in Nepal, 18 Passengers Dead and Pilot Injured

A small domestic plane slipped off the runway and crashed Wednesday while trying to take off from the airport serving Nepal's capital, killing the 18…

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World A group of Rosgvardia (National Guard) servicemen and people with umbrellas walk under the rain through Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Military Intelligence Officer Reportedly Injured in Moscow Car Bomb Attack

A car bomb injured an officer from Russia's military intelligence agency in northern Moscow on Wednesday, the Kommersant newspaper reported. Russia's interior…

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World FILE - A sign stands in front of the New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, in London, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Man Arrested after British Soldier Stabbed in Attack Near Barracks

A 24-year-old man was arrested after a soldier was stabbed and seriously injured in a street near a barracks in southeast England, police said Wednesday. The…

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World Anjem Choudary speaks at a rally outside London's Regents Park mosque in April 2015 (AP)

Radical Preacher Anjem Choudary Convicted Again in UK

Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary was found guilty Tuesday by a London jury of directing a terrorist group. Born in the UK to parents of Pakistani…

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World People walk in the rain as Typhoon Kaimi approaches in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Typhoon Gaemi Strengthens as it Nears Taiwan, Flights Cancelled

Taiwan hunkered down on Wednesday for the arrival of a strengthening Typhoon Gaemi, with financial markets and tourist sites shut, people getting the day off…

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World Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 24, 2024. (Reuters)

Netanyahu’s Visit Sparks Wave of Protests in DC, with All Sides Criticizing the Israeli Leader

Hundreds of protesters rallied Wednesday within sight of the Capitol building, denouncing Israel's war in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

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World The tit-for-tat Cold War-style campaigns between the two Koreas are inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula, with the rival threatening stronger steps and warning of grave consequences - The AP 

North Korea is Again Flying Balloons Likely Carrying Trash toward South Korea

North Korea again launched a raft of balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Wednesday, Seoul officials said, the 10th such balloon incident in…

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World Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Sunday, July 21, 2024, during their journey north toward the US border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

Group of 2,000 Migrants Advance Through Southern Mexico in Hopes of Reaching the US

A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the US, although recent similar…

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World Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. annual convention during the 71st biennial Boule at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP)

Harris Makes Presidential Campaign Debut in Swing State of Wisconsin

Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin for the first time as a presidential candidate on Tuesday after…

World FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference July 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Biden to Meet with Families of US Hostages held in Gaza, US Official Says

US President Joe Biden will meet with families of Americans held hostage in Gaza at the White House later this week, a US official said on Tuesday. It would…

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World A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives out of a military shelter during, what Russia's Defense Ministry called, planned exercises of the Strategic Missile Forces in the Irkutsk region, Russia, in this still image from video released July 23, 2024. Russian Defense Ministry/Handout/Reuters

Kremlin Pledges Legal Action over Planned EU Transfer to Ukraine of Interest Accrued on Frozen Assets

The Kremlin on Tuesday called a European Union plan to use interest earned on frozen Russian assets to fund military aid to Ukraine "theft" and said it would…

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World This grab made from a handout footage released by the Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department on July 23, 2024, shows people looking for victims at the bottom of a landslide that occurred in the Geze-Gofa district. (Photo by Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department/ESN / AFP)

Mudslides in Ethiopia Have Killed at Least 229

Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have killed at least 229 people, including many who tried to rescue survivors, local authorities…

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World A soldier of a mobile anti-aircrafts brigade holds an unexploded Russian cluster bomb in the Khmelnytsky region on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Florent VERGNES / AFP)

Russian Attack Damages Energy Facility, Cuts Power in Ukraine's Sumy Region

A Russian overnight air attack damaged an energy facility in Ukraine's northern Sumy region, cutting power to 50,400 consumers, Ukrainian officials said…

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World FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a news conference, March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily/File Photo

Zarif Softens Critique of ‘Strategic’ Law After Khamenei Endorsement

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has announced that President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian’s government is ready to negotiate to restore the…

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World Women police officers taking the arrested female workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from the party's headquarters into police van after a security raid in Islamabad on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Pakistan Police Raid Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Party Office and Arrest its Spokesman

Pakistan's police raided the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's political party office in Islamabad on Monday and arrested its spokesman for…

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World US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle attends a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the security lapses that allowed an attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

US Secret Service Chief Admits Failure in Trump Shooting

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle admitted to Congress on Monday that she and her agency failed when a would-be assassin wounded Republican…

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World US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event honoring National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship teams from the 2023-2024 season, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Harris Praises Biden in 1st Appearance since he Ended Campaign

US Vice President Kamala Harris lauded President Joe Biden's accomplishments in her first public appearance on Monday since he announced he was leaving the…

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