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July 13, 2020

Ivory Coast vice president resigns citing personal reasons

Ivory Coast's vice president has submitted his resignation less than a week after the prime minister died, officials said ...

July 13, 2020

Somalia's army chief survives bombing of his convoy; 1 dead

Somalia’s army chief has survived an assassination attempt when a suicide car bomber targeted his convoy in the Somali ...

July 13, 2020

Moscow police detain people protesting ex-reporter's jailing

Moscow police on Monday detained more than a dozen journalists protesting the arrest and jailing of a former colleague on ...

July 13, 2020

4 Azerbaijani troops die in clashes with Armenia

Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other Monday for skirmishes on their volatile border that has left four Azerbaijani ...

July 13, 2020

Manhunt in Germany for man who disarmed 4 police officers

Hundreds of German police were involved in a manhunt Monday for a 31-year-old man in camouflage clothing who disarmed four ...

July 13, 2020

China sanctions Cruz, Rubio, Smith, Brownback for criticism

China said Monday it will impose sanctions on three U.S. lawmakers and one ambassador in response to similar actions taken ...

July 13, 2020

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson and Winnie, dies at 59

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid leaders Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died ...

July 13, 2020

Libyan forces set conditions for lifting oil blockade

Forces loyal to a Libyan commander said they will only allow the reopening of oil fields and terminals once a mechanism has ...

July 12, 2020

Protesters loot office of Mali president's political party

Protesters ransacked a building belonging to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's political party on Sunday, underscoring the ...

July 12, 2020

Pope 'deeply pained' over Turkey's move on Hagia Sophia

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he is “deeply pained” over the decision by Turkey to change the status of Hagia Sophia — ...

July 12, 2020

Mueller defends Russia probe, says Stone remains a felon

Former special counsel Robert Mueller sharply defended his investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 ...

July 11, 2020

Mali protests in 2nd day despite president's call for talks

Police fired tear gas Saturday in Mali’s capital as scattered groups came out for a second straight day of anti-government ...

July 11, 2020

5 dead in hostage situation at troubled South Africa church

Five people are dead and more than 40 have been arrested after an early-morning hostage situation at a long-troubled church ...

July 11, 2020

UN fails for 2nd time to agree on Syria aid from Turkey

A divided U.N. Security Council failed for a second time Friday to agree on extending humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria’s ...

July 11, 2020

Turkey's president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque

The president of Turkey on Friday formally converted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and declared ...

July 10, 2020

Turkish Cypriots urge probe over gunshots at migrant boat

Turkish Cypriot human rights groups on Friday called for an investigation after police reportedly fired their weapons at a ...

July 10, 2020

Russian court jails governor facing murder charges

A court in Moscow ruled Friday to jail a provincial governor pending a probe on charges of his involvement in multiple ...

July 10, 2020

France urges Netanyahu not to annex parts of West Bank

French President Emmanuel Macron is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to annex occupied territory in the ...

July 10, 2020

Seoul mayor's death prompts sympathy, questions of his acts

The sudden death of Seoul’s mayor, reportedly implicated in a sexual harassment complaint, has prompted an outpouring of ...