Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai visits her Pakistan hometown Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Saturday arrived in her hometown of Mingora for the first time since a Taliban militant shot her there in 2012 for advocating girls’ education. Amid tight security, Youzafzai along with her parents landed […]
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After Expulsions, Options Dwindle in Russia and West’s ‘Diplomatic War’ Numerous rounds of diplomatic expulsions have left Russia and the West with little capacity for more such largely symbolic measures, setting the stage for less predictable forms of escalation as the rift between the two sides grows, Russian government advisers […]
Israeli Military Kills 15 Palestinians in Confrontations on Gaza Border Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered along Gaza’s border with Israel on Friday to vent their pent-up frustration in a protest that quickly turned violent, with Israeli forces killing 15 at the border fence. As many as 30,000 arrived early […]
Cosby Trial Judge Defends Wife and His Independence A Pennsylvania judge said on Thursday that he would not step down from Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial, rejecting defense arguments that his wife’s support of sexual assault victims had created an appearance that he could be biased in the high-profile case. […]
What Might Happen to Mexico If Nafta Gets Wiped Away Since May 2017, when U.S. President Donald Trump gave notice that he wanted to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, there have been seven rounds of talks. The longer they go on, the more time Mexicans have to imagine […]
1 Year to Brexit: So Much to Do, So Little Time Britain’s exit from the European Union has been likened to putting toothpaste back in the tube. But it’s more like trying to separate the fluoride from the paste: complicated and messy. Thursday marks 365 days until Britain officially leaves […]
Amal Clooney Will Represent Two Reuters Journalists Jailed in Myanmar Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has joined the legal team representing two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar, lending both counsel and an international spotlight to a case that has widely been decried as an attack on free press. The two […]
Saudi Prince Calls For Stepped Up Pressure on Iran Saudi Arabia’s crown prince called on the international community to squeeze Iran economically and politically to avoid a direct military confrontation in the region. Sanctions “will create more pressure on the regime,” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told The Wall Street […]
Vatican tamps down report that Pope Francis denies existence of hell The Vatican on Thursday worked to set the record straight on whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview with a well-known Italian journalist. The controversy started when 93-year-old journalist Eugenio Scalfari, the founder of La […]
Trump wants ‘out’ of Syria ‘very soon,’ contradicting top officials President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States will end its military presence in Syria “very soon”—contradicting his secretaries of state and defense, who have said U.S. troops should stay in the Arab country for the foreseeable future. Trump’s […]
