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Putin, right, and Lukashenko during the opening of a monument in their honour in the Russian village of Khoroshevo, June 30, 2020   –   Copyright   The European Union urged Russia on Friday not to intervene in Belarus after President Vladimir Putin said he would send in the military if protesters attempt to subvert the current political order. EU […]

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo delivers a speech during the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference at KICC in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 26, 2018. Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP Concerned about a new media law that contains significant improvements but fails to prevent imprisonment for media-related offences, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Somalia’s most senior […]

North Korean authorities have released military rice and other reserves to Pyongyangites as part of an effort to make up for several months without rations, Daily NK has learned. “Rations for the months up to July were recently handed out all at once,” a source in Pyongyang informed Daily NK on Tuesday. “However, there is […]

President Donald Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention. US President Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden as a hapless career politician who will endanger Americans’ safety as he accepted his party’s renomination on Thursday, on the South Lawn of the White House. He […]

China displays the DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing [File: Wu Hong/EPA] The United States Department of Defense said on Thursday that Chinese test launches of ballistic missiles in the South China Sea were a threat to peace and security in the region. Confirming reports that China had […]

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2019. (Reuters Photo)  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on regional developments and tensions in Eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish Directorate of Communications said on Thursday. […]

   Brenton Tarran  Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life without parole for Christchurch mosque mass shooting  Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people and injured 40 in Christchurch mosque terror attacks, has been sentenced.  Australian mass killer Brenton Tarrant will die behind bars in New Zealand. The 29-year-old white supremacist has been sentenced to […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the 949th anniversary of the Victory of Manzikert in the Ahlat district of eastern Bitlis province, Turkey, Aug. 26, 2020. (AA Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated Turkey’s determination to protect its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Aegean and the Black Sea, saying that Ankara will not make […]

An aerial photo of the South China Sea. File photo: Xinhua The US on Wednesday sought to further escalate tensions with China, as it moves to sanction two dozen Chinese companies that it claims help build artificial islands in the South China Sea, compounding several hot-button issues in the bilateral relationship, from the South China […]

Infectious disease experts are not only confused but also troubled by the change in testing guidelines made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which said people without symptoms may not need a test – even if they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus. “Our work on the ‘silent’ spread underscored the importance of testing […]