More than 100 protesters are feared killed in Iran crackdown, Amnesty International says

posted in: Middle East, News

A woman walks past a bicycle station that was vandalized by protesters in Tehran. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) ISTANBUL — Iran’s security forces may have killed more than 100 protesters as part of a brutal crackdown on demonstrations that is being … Read More

Venezuela refugee crisis: ‘we are beginning to see outbreaks of xenophobia’

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Social stability in Latin America is at risk under the pressure of Venezuelan refugees. More than 4 and a half million people have left the country and the flow continues to grow dramatically as the political crisis has not been … Read More

South Korea says sanctions shrank North Korean economy at sharpest rate in 20 years

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017, South Korea’s central bank estimated on Friday, as international sanctions and drought hit growth hard, with signs living conditions were beginning to deteriorate. Gross … Read More

Egypt, U.N. ask Israel to ease up on Hamas

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An Egyptian delegation left Gaza on Wednesday and asked Israel to allow one more chance for calm to be restored to the situation, Liberman said. >  Egypt releases 1978 Camp David Accords calling for Palestinian autonomy. >  Egypt warns Abbas: … Read More

US, Mexico reach deal to stop Honduran caravan at Mexico’s southern border

posted in: News, United States

The U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement aimed at keeping the 4,000-person migrant caravan from reaching America. The plan was developed over many months and included a request from Mexico that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees establish … Read More

The Palestinian Authority denounced the administration’s move as “an act of political blackmail”

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The Palestinian Authority denounced the administration’s move as “an act of political blackmail” President Donald Trump is seen on Sept. 6, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration is withdrawing $25 million it had committed to the East Jerusalem Hospital … Read More

French President Macron: Europe cannot depend on US for security

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Trump’s ‘aggressive’ isolationism means US ‘appears to be turning its back on shared history’, French president says. ‘It is up to us to … guarantee our security,’ Macron said on Monday [Philippe Wojazer/Pool/Reuters] The European Union must stop depending on the United States for … Read More

EU immigration crisis goes to extra time

In a dramatic attack in the last minute of the match between Belgium and Japan at the World Cup, Nacer Chadli scored the winning goal for Belgium. Before that, Marouane Fellaini had scored the equalizing goal from Eden Hazard’s cross. … Read More

Discord Over Migrant Ships Deepens European Divide

Disagreement about how to handle migrants is causing deep strains between Europe’s capitals Migrants, part of a group intercepted aboard a dinghy off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, stand on a rescue boat upon arrival at the port of … Read More

Iran informs UN of increase in nuclear enrichment capacity

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Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it will increase its nuclear enrichment capacity within the limits set by the 2015 agreement with world powers. The modest steps announced Tuesday appeared to be mainly aimed at signaling that Iran … Read More

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