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Rights group: Lebanese officials failed to protect residents

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 03:41 AM PDT

An international human rights group says Lebanese officials knew of the risks posed by the highly explosive material stored at Beirut’s port and did nothing to protect the public against it

Turkey's Erdogan faces mounting criticism over wildfires

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 03:42 AM PDT

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is facing increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires that have left eight people dead and forced thousands to flee southern coastal resorts

Iran supreme leader endorses hard-line protégé as president

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 03:40 AM PDT

Iran’s supreme leader has officially endorsed his hard-line protégé as the nation’s next president, just two days ahead of the inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi

Seoul: North Korea releases army rice reserves amid shortage

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 02:54 AM PDT

North Korea is releasing emergency rice reserves.

Acropolis in Greece closes in the afternoon due to heat wave

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 02:41 AM PDT

Authorities in Greece have closed the Acropolis and other ancient sites during afternoon hours as a heat wave scorching the eastern Mediterranean worsened

Belarusian activist found hanged in Ukraine

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 01:35 AM PDT

Vitaly Shishov was found hanged in a city park not far from his home.

BMW reaps $5.7 billion in profit, warns on parts shortages

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 01:08 AM PDT

Germany's BMW is reporting 4.8 billion euros in profit for the second quarter

After Beirut blast, winning justice becomes a life's mission

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 12:01 AM PDT

Fighting for justice has become their life’s mission for many who lost family.

Israeli court's compromise would avoid Palestinian evictions

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 11:04 PM PDT

Israel’s Supreme Court has floated compromises to prevent the evictions of dozens of Palestinian residents in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah

Election body targets Bolsonaro after he fails to show fraud

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 10:01 PM PDT

After years of attacking Brazil’s voting system as susceptible to fraud, President Jair Bolsonaro has ignored a deadline from the nation’s electoral court to present proof of his claims

Fears over impunity grow as Haiti probes president's slaying

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 09:30 PM PDT

Haitian police have detained more than 40 suspects in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, but many people fear the country's crumbling judicial system could result in the assassination going unpunished

Nicaragua party lists presidential candidate despite arrests

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 07:38 PM PDT

A conservative coalition in Nicaragua has registered a former leader of the 1980s “Contra” rebels as a presidential candidate in the Nov. 7 elections to challenge the re-election bid of President Daniel Ortega

Italy's Draghi wins confidence votes on justice reforms

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 04:22 PM PDT

Premier Mario Draghi’s government has easily won two confidence votes  from Italian lawmakers, securing approval in Parliament’s lower chamber for a key justice system reforms

In heat emergency, southern Europe scrambles for resources

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 04:04 PM PDT

Turkey is seeking international help to fight wildfires, and neighbor Greece is using old power stations to cope with the demand for air conditioning as a heat wave intensifies in southeast Europe

Ambassador: US orders 24 Russian diplomats out by Sept. 3

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 01:11 PM PDT

The Russian ambassador to the United States says Washington has ordered 24 Russian diplomats to leave the country by Sept. 3

Mexico president downplays sparse turnout in referendum vote

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 01:02 PM PDT

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has downplayed the abysmal turnout for a national referendum on pursuing ex-presidents for alleged wrongdoing during their administrations

Israeli defense chief: Alleged Iran attack an 'escalation'

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 12:51 PM PDT

Israel’s defense minister says Iran’s alleged attack on a merchant ship off the coast of Oman last week was “a stepping-up of the escalation” of hostilities by Iran, and called for international action

Afghan president seeks defense of cities as Taliban advance

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 10:51 AM PDT

The Afghan president is blaming the American troops' speedy pullout for the intensified violence in his country

Their town wiped out by a mudslide, people of La Reina mourn

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 10:18 AM PDT

On the night of Nov. 24, 2020, their town -- La Reina -- was wiped from the face of the earth

EU to aid Lithuania as migrants pour in from Belarus

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 10:08 AM PDT

European Union officials have pledged millions of euros to help Lithuania tackle a migrant crisis that it blames on the government of neighboring Belarus and its authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus sends reporter to prison over deleted chat messages

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 09:36 AM PDT

A court in Belarus has convicted a journalist of insulting the president in messages in a deleted chat group and sentenced him to 1 1/2 years in prison, the Belarusian Association of Journalists says

Poland's PM wants accord with EU on law and judiciary

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 09:28 AM PDT

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says he wants to reach “some kind of accord” with the European Union

Tensions between UK and Iran rise after oil tanker attack

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 09:18 AM PDT

Britain and Iran issued warnings to each other’s diplomats Monday as tensions escalated over a recent attack on an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea

New UN envoy to Bosnia faces angry opposition from Serbs

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 08:45 AM PDT

A German diplomat has taken office as the top international official in Bosnia

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