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Demonstrators covering their faces participate in a protest called “The traditional clown’s walk against the burqa ban” in Vienna, Austria October 1, 2017. © Reuters / Leonhard Foeger A pending Egyptian law that would prohibit face veils in public places has rekindled the debate over anti-terror measures and their limits on individual freedoms. RT sought […]

Sessions earned Trump’s anger by recusing himself from the investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election [Alex Brandon/AP Photo] US President Donald Trump forced out Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, less than 24 hours Republican party lost control of the House of Representatives. Sessions informed Trump of his resignation in a letter sent to […]

Trump used a press briefing to air his frustration with the media, angrily shooting down questions from CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta and admonishing him for his interactions with White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied having ever made racist remarks and accused a reporter […]

The kidnappings on Monday were the first such mass abductions seen in Cameroon and coincide with an upsurge of political tensions in the majority French-speaking country AFP/Reinnier KAZE YAOUNDE: Ninety children kidnapped at a school in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, officials said on Wednesday (Nov 7), revealing that in addition […]

Cyclists ride past the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., on midterm election day, November 6, 2018. (Reuters Photo) The Democratic victory in the U.S. House of Representatives could echo from Moscow to Beijing to Riyadh, with empowered Democrats now able to launch new investigations into President Donald Trump’s international business empire and his political […]

  Rashida Tlaib became the first Muslim congresswoman, alongside Ilhan Omar [Paul Sancya/AP Photo] This year’s US midterm elections have already made history, with a record number of women, Native Americans, and Muslim candidates running for office. Commenting on the Democrats taking the House, CNN’s Van Jones pointed to the diversity of candidates that won seats in this […]

More than 31 million people voted early in the US midterm elections [Lucy Nicholson/Reuters] US voters go to the polls on Tuesday, to take part in midterm elections that will help define the remaining two years of President Donald Trump’s first term in office. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for […]

In its new campaign to offset an ongoing personnel crisis, the Swedish Police emphasized the importance of having police officers with a “mixed background.” On November 7, the Swedish police will hold an information meeting in Rinkeby, one of Sweden’s most notorious ghettos, as part of a recruitment campaign to get more immigrants to become police officers. It is important that […]

In 2014, ISIL took large chunks of territory from the Iraqi government, including the country’s second largest city of Mosul [AP Photo] More than 200 graves containing the corpses of thousands of victims have been discovered in areas formerly controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), a […]