Politics
At least 100,000 Belarus protesters flood streets to demand end of Lukashenko
At least 100,000 Belarusian protesters took to the streets of Minsk on Sunday in one of the biggest demonstrations yet against President ...Vaccine trial resumes as virus continues grim march
Clinical trials of one of the most advanced experimental Covid-19 vaccines resumed Saturday after a brief safety pause, as infection numbers continued ...Russia holds regional polls in shadow of Navalny’s poisoning
Russians on Sunday voted in regional elections overshadowed by the poisoning of the main opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who had urged supporters ...Crowds rally in New Zealand’s Auckland against coronavirus lockdown
Large crowds of people rallied in Auckland on Saturday against the government’s social distancing restrictions imposed on the country’s largest city after ...Peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban open in Qatar
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government opened in Qatar on Saturday, marking what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ...UN urges end to attacks on schools, especially in Africa
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday urged warring parties in all conflicts to immediately stop attacking schools and teachers and reaffirmed Secretary-General ...India, China agree to disengage thousands of border troops
The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ...Israel’s Netanyahu pressed to sign conflict-of-interest deal
With Israel’s prime minister lashing out at him nearly every day, the country’s attorney general is pressing Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a ...US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese under Trump order
The United States has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order by President Donald Trump that ...United States formally announces troop reduction in Iraq
The Pentagon will slash the level of US troops in Iraq to 3,000 this month, a senior general said Wednesday, as President ...