abcnews.go.com
Slovakia’s populist prime minister has been shot multiple times and gravely wounded after a political event
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza.
focustaiwan.tw
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 7:58 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA).
www.noemamag.com
A ‘utopian’ society promoting gender equality continues to rise from the ashes of ISIS — despite ongoing Turkish attacks.
www.rfi.fr
The Israeli government announced Friday it was confiscating 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank, which activists called the largest such seizure in decades.
www.france24.com
After a political crisis with many twists and turns, Senegalese voters go to the polls on Sunday to choose their new president. Seventeen contenders are hoping to succeed President Macky Sall. FRANCE…
www.france24.com
Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India's most consequential politicians of the past decade held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown…
www.straitstimes.com
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Almost half of Haiti's people are struggling to feed themselves as gang violence spreads across the country, with several areas close to famine, international organizations said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.rfi.fr
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said Friday that Peru had violated residents' "right to live in a healthy environment" in an Andean mining town that is considered one of the most polluted places…
www.cbsnews.com
Dozens of people are dead and more than 100 are injured after a mass shooting and fire Friday at a Moscow concert hall, Russian media reports. Beth Knobel, a professor at Fordham University and the former Moscow bureau chief for CBS News, discusses what we know about the attack.
gizmodo.com
A new report claims that the company uses accounting schemes to avoid declaring profits in the U.S. and paying taxes.
Lawmakers approve a tough new bill, but rights groups say it threatens basic freedoms.
www.bellingcat.com
An online video game marketplace says it has referred user accounts to legal authorities after a Bellingcat investigation found nonconsensual pornographic deepfake tokens were being surreptitiously sold on the site.
www.bellingcat.com
Satellite images newly obtained by Bellingcat shed light on how a stranded barge at the centre of a major oil spill ended up aground and leaking oil off the Tobago coast.
www.bellingcat.com
An open source database compiled by researchers lets users track the presence of illegal weapons throughout Central and South America.
www.bellingcat.com
A Dutch white supremacist Active Club has in recent months organised alongside the white nationalist behind a plot to expel millions of immigrants discussed by far right German politicians and trained in combat at a pan-European gathering of neo-Nazis in Hungary, an new investigation reveals.
apnews.com
A U.K.-based think-tank says Russia is rebuilding its capacity to destabilize European countries and extend its influence in the Middle East and Africa.
www.theguardian.com
Confession by Punjab commissioner exacerbates tension over legitimacy of February general election results
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