January 28, 2017 0 IMF Says Returning Refugees ‘Aggravating’ Afghan Government’s Capacity The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Afghanistan is experiencing a “large influx” of returning refugees that is ...
January 28, 2017 0 Missing Rights Activist Found In Pakistan A Pakistani university professor and human rights activist who disappeared earlier this month from the capital, Islamabad, is ...
January 28, 2017 0 Trump Signs Executive Order On Immigration "Vetting" U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 27 to implement “new vetting measures” that he said ...
January 28, 2017 0 UN Agencies Urge U.S. To Continue ‘Long Tradition’ Of Welcoming Refugees The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have called on U.S. President ...
January 28, 2017 0 Iran’s Rohani: ‘Now Is Not The Time To Build Walls’ Iran’s President Hassan Rohani has criticized the anti- immigration policies of his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, saying ...
January 28, 2017 0 Malala ‘Heartbroken’ Over Trump’s Ban On ‘Defenseless’ Refugees Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders barring refugees and immigrants from ...
January 27, 2017 0 Trump, May Talk Security, NATO, And Putin U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “very early” to consider lifting sanctions on Russia, as he hosted British ...
January 27, 2017 0 Hungary Hails Putin Visit, Says Sanctions On Russia ‘Useless’ The foreign minister of Hungary says economic sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia have been “bad news ...
January 27, 2017 0 Tajikistan, Russia Reach Agreement In Standoff Over Flights Tajik and Russian authorities say they have reached an agreement aimed at resolving a dispute that has prevented some civilian ...
January 27, 2017 0 McCain Vows To Cement Sanctions Against Russia If Trump Tries To Lift Them U.S. Senator John McCain says he will pursue legislation that would cement sanctions against Russia into law if President Donald ...
January 27, 2017 0 Freedom House Condemns Arrest Of Crimean Tatar Journalist, Lawyer Freedom House has condemned the arrest of lawyer Emil Kurbedinov and his client Seyran Saliev by Russian-imposed prosecutors in ...
January 26, 2017 0 EU Moves Forward On Plan To Process Migrants Outside Of Europe Interior ministers from the European Union are moving forward with a plan to finance refugee camps in Africa in a bid to help the ...
January 26, 2017 0 Search Ends At Italian Hotel Hit By Avalanche After 29 Bodies Recovered The search for bodies in the ruins of a hotel hit by an avalanche in central Italy was concluded on January 26 after search teams ...
January 26, 2017 0 Austrian Police Arrest 14 In Operation Against Suspected Islamic State Members Austrian authorities say they’ve arrested 14 people in a series of antiterrorist raids in Vienna and Graz. ...
January 26, 2017 0 NATO Chief ‘Confident’ U.S. Senate Will Ratify Montenegro Bid NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has dismissed concerns that the U.S. Senate may not ratify the NATO-accession agreement for ...
January 26, 2017 0 Iranian Actress To Protest Trump Policies By Boycotting Oscar Awards Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-nominated film The Salesman, says she will protest against U.S. President ...
January 26, 2017 0 Trump Says Pentagon, CIA Will Decide About Reinstating Waterboarding U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks waterboarding and other interrogation techniques widely seen as torture ...
January 26, 2017 0 Trump Says U.S. Will Set Up ‘Safe Zones’ To Keep Refugees In Syria U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to set up “safe zones” for refugees in Syria as part of his sweeping ...
January 26, 2017 0 White House Said Weighing Pullout From Treaties, Deep Cuts In UN Funding The New York Times is reporting that the White House has drafted measures ordering deep cuts in U.S. funding for the United ...
January 26, 2017 0 Crimean Museums Appeal Court Ruling Returning Scythian Gold To Kyiv The museums of Crimea have appealed a Dutch court ruling returning a Scythian gold exhibit from the museums’ collection to ...
January 26, 2017 0 Russian Senator Stripped Of Two Olympic Medals After Drug Retests A Russian senator who has been a strong defender of the country’s embattled state sports system was dragged down by the ...
January 25, 2017 0 Lawyer For Prominent Crimean Tatar Activist Forcibly Detained A Russian lawyer who is defending a prominent Crimean Tatar activist was forcibly detained and taken to a Federal Security ...
January 25, 2017 0 EU Court Rejects Russian Missile-Maker’s Challenge Against Sanctions A European Union court has rejected a bid by Russian arms maker Almaz-Antey to force the EU to lift sanctions imposed in ...
January 25, 2017 0 Manager At Russian Cybersecurity Firm Kaspersky Lab Arrested Prominent Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab says a manager who headed its investigation unit has been arrested. ...