Eyeing Russia, US defense chief heads to Black Sea region
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin headed to the Black Sea region Sunday aiming to shore up alliances…
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Left-wing candidate wins Cape Verde presidency: partial results
Left-wing candidate Jose Maria Neves has won the Cape Verde presidency in the first round of voting,…
Read MoreMacron condemns ‘inexcusable’ Paris massacre of Algerians
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned as “inexcusable” a deadly crackdown…
Read MoreGbagbo takes new step to I.Coast presidency as new party holds congress
Laurent Gbagbo, with a decade-long exile behind him, this weekend embarks on a path he hopes will return…
Read MoreEU diplomatic chief ‘ready’ to meet Iran on nuclear deal
The European Union’s diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said Friday he was “ready” to…
Read MoreFire, tobacco and spirits: Venezuelans fight Covid with ritual
With a single kick, Victor Medina collapses a burning pyre, then crosses the smouldering embers in his…
Read MoreLebanon on edge after deadly sectarian flare-up
Lebanon prepared to bury the victims of its deadliest sectarian unrest in years Friday after gunfire…
Read MoreUN demands ‘independent investigation’ over Venezuelan dissident’s death
The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday called on the Venezuelan government to allow an…
Read MoreUS set to rejoin UN Human Rights Council after walk-out
The United States is returning to the UN Human Rights Council three-and-a-half years after its dramatic…
Read MoreUS charges Canadian who narrated Islamic State videos
A Canadian jihadist who fought for the Islamic State group and narrated violent propaganda videos has…
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