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INDONESIA Police are planning a show of force in the capital Jakarta today to contain a much-hyped protest by Muslim hard-liners against the city’s popular governor. An accusation of blasphemy
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei says the situation is “getting really bad” for activists inside China as there’s no rule of law for anyone who touches on political issues. Ai was speaking
Uber is taking its ride-hailing app down a new road in an effort to make it smarter, simpler and more fun to use. The redesigned app also will seek to mine
Iraq’s special forces entered the outskirts of Mosul yesterday and were advancing toward its more urban center despite fierce resistance by Islamic State group fighters who hold the city, an
Democrats are accusing Republicans and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign of conspiring to intimidate voters in at least four states just days ahead of the election. In each lawsuit, the state’s Democratic
An American held hostage in Beirut by Muslim fundamentalists has been released. David Jacobsen was set free in the west of the Lebanese capital after 17 months of captivity at the
Police in one of the sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates say they found and determined a strange fruit covered in writing and nails was not dangerous. Police in Sharjah, a
IRAQ’s special forces entered the outskirts of Mosul yesterday, taking the state television building and advancing despite fierce resistance by Islamic State group fighters who hold the city, an Iraqi
Pakistani police launched a nation-wide crackdown overnight, arresting at least 1,500 supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan ahead of an opposition rally planned later this week in Islamabad, officials said yesterday. The
Hillary Clinton enters the final full week of the presidential race on defense once again over her use of a private email system. Meanwhile, a newly emboldened Donald Trump is
The UK’s deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe, has resigned. He informed the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of his decision at around 1800 on Thursday. Sir Geoffrey said the reasons for his
Many viewers of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” took the shocking deaths of two fan favorites in the latest season premiere as personally as a death in the family. One Arkansas
IRAQ’s state-sanctioned Shiite militias claim that some 5,000 fighters have joined their push to encircle the country’s second-largest city of Mosul and cut off Islamic State fighters there. CHINA-PHILIPPINES China’s Foreign
Another powerful earthquake shook Central Italy yesterday, sending panicked residents running into piazzas, raining boulders onto highways and toppling a Benedictine cathedral and other historic edifices that had withstood several
The New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet is airing some strong opinions about U.S. cable news outlets. In a new interview, Baquet called CNN’s considerable Trump coverage “ridiculous,” and singled out the decision
PHILIPPINES and the U.S. are verifying if Chinese coast guard ships left a disputed shoal after President Rodrigo Duterte reached out to Beijing, allowing Filipino fishermen back to the rich
The radical Pirate Party made gains but not a breakthrough in Iceland’s election, as returns yesterday showed that voters favored the incumbent center-right Independence Party over the upstart advocates of
Researchers who track the endangered population of orcas that frequent Washington state waters said Friday that three whales are missing or believed dead since summer. The most recent death of a
Every presidential race has its big moments. This one, more than most. A look back at some of the historic, amusing and cringe-inducing events of Campaign 2016. There are plenty more
The millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for Hillary Clinton in critical battleground states, as well as signs of
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