Bolivia’s interim government accused ousted socialist President Evo Morales Friday of committing terrorism and sedition after he allegedly organized highway blockades to prevent food deliveries from reaching some cities. Acting Interior Minister Arturo Murillo said the complaint relates to a video in which Morales is supposedly heard in a phone call coordinating the […]
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest about 100 protest leaders: Iranian judiciary
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested about 100 leaders of protests that erupted last week over gasoline price rises, Gholamhossein Esmaili, spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, said on Friday according to the official IRNA news agency. “Approximately 100 leaders, heads and main figures of the recent unrest were identified […]
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Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria after rocket attack
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Wednesday said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria, carrying out a “wide-scale” strike in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights the day before. Syrian state media reported that two civilians were killed. The military said its fighter jets hit […]
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North Korea says it won’t give Trump a summit for free
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday responded to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that hinted at another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it has no interest in giving Trump further meetings to brag about unless it gets something substantial in return. The […]
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Israeli airstrikes flatten Gaza terrorist group’s facilities after rocket fire
Israel’s military announced Friday that it had carried out a series of airstrikes on a terrorist group’s facilities in Gaza hours after a barrage of rockets were fired into its territory. The strikes in the early-morning hours hit a compound, rocket-manufacturing site and headquarters of the Islamic Jihad militant group in the […]
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Greta Thunberg to set sail back to Europe sooner than expected
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg plans to set sail from Virginia for Spain Wednesday after the venue for United Nations-sponsored climate talks were moved from Chile due to political unrest. The 16-year-old arrived in the United States in August after sailing across the Atlantic on a racing boat from Plymouth, England. So happy to say I'll […]
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Hong Kong faces 24th weekend of protest day after student’s death
HONG KONG – Hong Kong protesters held a vigil for “martyrs” on Saturday and many demanded “revenge” after a student died in hospital this week following a high fall, fuelling anger among pro-democracy demonstrators who first took to the streets in June. Thousands of people gathered in Tamar Park next […]
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Taiwan warns of possible attack if China’s slowdown ‘becomes serious’
TAIPEI – Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy amid trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island’s foreign minister has said. As Taiwan’s presidential elections approach in January, China has […]
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Iran distances itself further from nuclear deal, alarming Russia, France
DUBAI – Iran has stepped up activity at its underground Fordow nuclear plant, state TV said on Wednesday, a move France said showed for the first time that Tehran explicitly planned to quit a deal with world powers that curbed its disputed nuclear work. In another development that could also […]
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Iraq protests: 40 dead as mass unrest descends into violence
A protest against the government in Iraq that descended into violence killed almost 40 people in the process. Two of the people who died were reportedly by the canisters of tear gas, which was fired by the security forces in the capital state of the country –Baghdad. While the protestors […]