US official lands in Sudan to support democratic transition
July 31, 2021
The U.S. official who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on genocide landed Saturday in Khartoum on a five-day trip to Sudan then to neighboring Ethiopia…
Evacuations by sea as high temps fuel wildfires in Sicily
July 31, 2021
Firefighters on the Italian island of Sicily battled dozens of blazes fueled by high temperatures, prompting the region’s governor to request assistance from Rome…
Malaysian PM postpones Parliament, avoids no-confidence vote
July 31, 2021
Malaysia’s embattled prime minister has postponed a critical parliamentary session set for Monday, citing COVID-19 infections and allowing him to avoid a no-confidence vote amid growing calls for him to resign…
Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires
July 31, 2021
Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean resort town of Bodrum due to the dangers posed by nearby wildfires…
Indian, Chinese army officers meet to defuse border standoff
July 31, 2021
Top Indian and Chinese army commanders have met after a gap of three months to discuss the expeditious disengagement of thousands of forces in a bid to ease the 15-month border tensions and clashes…
‘The voices of U.S. troops’: Portraits of Afghan interpreters
July 31, 2021
They were more than the translators of words, they also interpreted the culture and the daily lives of the civilians caught between the Taliban and the coalition.…
Hungary: health care workers protest for higher wages
July 31, 2021
Several thousand health care workers and their supporters have gathered in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, to demand wage increases and better conditions for those working in the country’s ailing public health system…
7 Kurds slain in Turkey; officials deny ethnic motive
July 31, 2021
Authorities say 10 suspects have been detained over the killing of seven people from an ethnic Kurdish family in Turkey’s central Konya province…
China, India miss UN deadline to update emissions targets
July 31, 2021
China and India have missed a United Nations deadline to submit fresh targets for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions…
Hong Kong police arrest man for booing national anthem
July 31, 2021
Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of insulting the national anthem…
Mexicans will vote on whether to prosecute former officials. Is it transitional justice or political theater?
July 31, 2021
The vote was proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He now says he won’t participate, because he’s “not vengeful.”…
Separate traffic accidents in Afghanistan leave 20 dead
July 31, 2021
A provincial official says separate traffic accidents in eastern Afghanistan left at least 20 people dead and 18 others injured…
At small Serbia border village, migrants describe pushbacks
July 31, 2021
At first, this remote village in Serbia seems sleepy and almost abandoned like many other in the Balkan country…
UN office in west Afghanistan comes under fire; guard killed
July 30, 2021
The United Nations says its office in western Afghanistan has come under fire and one of its guards was killed as the Taliban and Afghan forces waged fierce battles in the area…
China flooding brought fear, then washed away livelihoods
July 30, 2021
The night the rains came, all Yu Ruiping could do was huddle at her market stall…
Man pleads guilty to assaulting England’s top doctor in park
July 30, 2021
A man who accosted England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in a London park has pleaded guilty to assault…
Colombia coastal city crowded with African, Haitian migrants
July 30, 2021
A small city on Colombia’s Caribbean shore is being crowded with migrants from Haiti and Africa making what they hope will be a journey toward the United States…
Kim stresses military preparations ahead of US-SKorea drills
July 30, 2021
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for stronger capability to cope with any foreign provocation as he presided over a meeting of military and political leaders…
The pandemic leads to another summer of anger
July 30, 2021
Though quieter in the United States than a year ago, this month has seen a dramatic spasm of protest in other parts of the world.…
Regional forces join offensive against Mozambique extremists
July 30, 2021
Rwandan troops have joined Mozambican forces to launch a major offensive against Islamic rebels in northern Mozambique as more troops arrive from South Africa and other neighboring countries to battle the insurgency…
In heat emergency, Greece adds checks for fires, power cuts
July 30, 2021
Greek authorities are ordering additional fire patrols and infrastructure maintenance inspections as the country grapples with a heat wave expected to last more than a week…
As American cities reimpose mask mandates, Moscow lifts its glove requirements
July 30, 2021
The Russian capital had required gloves in public places. Masks will still be required.…
Europe has caught up to the U.S. on coronavirus vaccinations — and is deploying near-mandates to get further
July 30, 2021
Italy and other major European countries are requiring health passports in everyday life.…
UN: 100,000 children in Ethiopia’s Tigray face deadly hunger
July 30, 2021
The United Nations children’s agency says more than 100,000 children in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region could face the most extreme and life-threatening form of malnutrition in the next year…
Death toll in wildfires that hit southern Turkey rises to 4
July 30, 2021
Turkish fire crews are continuing to fight blazes in southern Turkey that burned down homes and forced evacuations…
Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games
July 30, 2021
Japan has expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics…
Romans mastered aqueducts. Now Italy is just trying to fix its leaky pipes.
July 30, 2021
With an enormous sum of European recovery money, Italy is directing much of it to environmental issues — including the leaks.…
Residents: Myanmar leaders use pandemic as political weapon
July 30, 2021
As COVID-19 deaths rise in Myanmar, allegations are growing that the military government is using the coronavirus pandemic to consolidate power and crush the opposition…
UN warns hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots
July 30, 2021
Two U.N. agencies are warning that hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots in the next three months with the highest alerts for “catastrophic” situations in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, southern Madagascar, Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria…
UK man sentenced to 5 years for string of cat killings
July 30, 2021
A former British security guard who knifed nine cats to death in night-time attacks has been sentenced to more than five years in prison…
About 200 Afghan interpreters and family members arrive in U.S., in first wave of evacuations
July 30, 2021
The evacuees escaped the clutches of Taliban militants who have targeted interpreters, in some cases killing them as retribution for their work with U.S. troops on the front lines and as crucial workers for diplomats and humanitarian agencies.…
Why Africa is perilously far behind on coronavirus vaccination
July 30, 2021
“There is no other word for it but a betrayal of trust, the consequences of which are now playing out in Africa, in lives lost that should not have been, had the wealthiest countries allowed poorer countries access to their fair share of vaccines,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told The Washington Post.…
Israel delivers booster shots of vaccine to people over 60
July 30, 2021
Israeli health authorities began administering coronavirus booster shots Friday to people over 60 who’ve already received both does of a vaccine, in a bid to combat a recent spike in cases…
Brits outraged by U.S. animated series depicting royal family as egotistical tea drinkers controlled by mafia-boss queen
July 30, 2021
The HBO Max series has been slammed by critics in Britain as “wrong” and “disgusting.”…
Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case
July 30, 2021
A Hong Kong protester has been sentenced to nine years in prison in the closely watched first case under Hong Kong’s national security law as Beijing tightens control over the territory…
Pakistan attackers throw grenade at police van, kill officer
July 30, 2021
Pakistan’s police say attackers threw a hand grenade at a police van in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing a policeman and wounding two others before fleeing the scene…
Canada official: 4th virus wave possible if steps not taken
July 30, 2021
Canada’s chief public health officer says the country could face a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant, by the end of summer if restrictions are eased too quickly and before enough people have been vaccinated…
Johnny Ventura, Dominican singer who helped modernize merengue, dies at 81
July 30, 2021
He was one of the Dominican Republic’s most beloved musicians, known for up-tempo hits including “Patacón Pisao” and “¿Pitaste?”…
Iraq military: Many feared dead in terrorist attack in north
July 30, 2021
Iraq’s military says a terrorist attack on a funeral procession has claimed many victims in the country’s northern province of Salahaddin…
Brutal killing spotlights violence against women in Pakistan
July 30, 2021
The beheading of a young woman in an upscale neighborhood of Pakistan’s capital has shone a spotlight on the relentless violence against women in the country…
Earthquake shakes Peru’s north Pacific coast
July 30, 2021
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has shaken the north Pacific coast of Peru, sending people fleeing their homes, damaging a centuries old church and injuring at least one person The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake happened at 12:10 p.m. local time Friday, with an epicenter about 5 miles east of the city of Sullana…
Haiti arrests another officer in president’s murder
July 30, 2021
Haitian police say that a fourth officer has been arrested in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse…
Attack on oil tanker off the coast of Oman kills two crew members
July 30, 2021
The incident was the deadliest in a string of recent attacks on shipping attributed to Iran or Israel.…
Ruth Pearl, seeker of justice for her murdered journalist son, Daniel, dies at 85
July 30, 2021
Mrs. Pearl, who survived a pogrom against Iraqi Jews in her youth, helped establish a foundation in memory of her son, a Wall Street Journal reporter abducted and beheaded by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002.…
A 40-year-old slice of Princess Diana’s royal wedding cake is going under the hammer in Britain
July 30, 2021
“We advise against eating it,” the auction house said of the slice decorated in a royal coat of arms.…
China built the world’s largest facial recognition system. Now, it’s getting camera-shy.
July 30, 2021
Authorities are putting the freewheeling industry on notice, amid a broad crackdown on Big Tech.…
New Zealand moves to outlaw LGBTQ conversion therapy
July 30, 2021
If passed, the legislation could result in prison terms of up to five years for practices intended to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.…
Pink lagoon has Argentine environmentalists seeing red
July 30, 2021
A bright pink lagoon is setting off red alarms for environmentalists in southern Argentina…
Palestinians, Israeli troops clash after West Bank funeral
July 30, 2021
Palestinian protesters have clashed with Israeli forces following the funeral of a Palestinian man killed by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank the previous day…
He is known as Nigeria’s ‘super cop.’ The FBI says he supported a cybercrime ring.
July 30, 2021
He received a presidential medal for courage. Now he’s accused of supporting a global fraud ring.…