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Sahle-Work Zewde walks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after being appointed Ethiopia's first female president at the country's parliament in Addis Ababa on Thursday.
(Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Ethiopia gets its first female president

"It should have happened a long time ago, but the next best time is now."

7 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to U.S. National security adviser John Bolton during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at left. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Putin says Russia will target nations hosting U.S. missiles

"I would like to repeat that it's not our choice," Putin said. "We don't want it."

7 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to receive diplomatic credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow on Oct. 11. (Sergei Karpukhin/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Here’s how Russia runs its disinformation effort against the 2018 midterms

The Justice Department has revealed more than ever about the inner workings of Russia's disinformation war against the United States and the West.

7 years ago

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday. After their meeting, Bolton told reporters the U.S. still intends to withdraw from the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. (Maxim Shipenkov/AFP/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Bolton affirms U.S. intent to pull out of arms treaty with Russia

Bolton confirmed the plan to end the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, better known as the INF Treaty.

7 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Evidence shows Khashoggi was ‘brutally murdered,’ Turkish president Erdogan says

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "brutally murdered" as part of a meticulous operation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.

7 years ago

A child is carried over the border fence as thousands of Honduran migrants rush across the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Migrants broke down the gates at the border crossing and began streaming toward a bridge into Mexico. After arriving at the tall, yellow metal fence some clambered atop it and on U.S.-donated military jeeps. Young men began violently tugging on the barrier and finally succeeded in tearing it down. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he’s reducing Central American aid over migrants

President Trump said Monday the U.S. would begin "cutting off, or substantially reducing" aid to three Central American nations over a migrant caravan heading to the U.S.

7 years ago

Thousands of migrants attempted to cross the border from Guatemala into Mexico this week. Many of the migrants have reportedly returned to their home countries of Honduras and Guatemala. (Oliver de Ros/AP)
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Politics & Policy

As border restrictions tighten, some experts see migrant caravans growing in size

As border restrictions have tightened, the journey for migrants has become more expensive and dangerous, increasing incidences of extortion and trafficking.

7 years ago

President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One in Elko, Nev., Saturday. He said the U.S. would withdraw from a nuclear arms treaty with Russia and accused Russia of violating it. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

U.S. to end Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty with Russia, Trump says

President Trump said the U.S. will withdraw from a decades-old treaty with Russia that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons after he accused Russia of violating the treaty.

7 years ago

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi poses at an event in Istanbul, Turkey in a photo dated May 6, 2018. Saudi state media confirmed Khashoggi's death, but details remain fuzzy. (Omar Shagaleh/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

World reacts with skepticism to Saudi confirmation of Jamal Khashoggi’s death

Lawmakers and world leaders reacted with skepticism following the Saudi government's confirmation Friday evening (ET) of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death.

7 years ago

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pictured speaking at an event in September, died after a fight broke out in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul earlier this month, according to Saudi state TV. (Middle East Monitor via Reuters)
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Courts & Law

Jamal Khashoggi died in Istanbul consulate, Saudi state TV reports

Saudi Arabian officials confirmed the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who had been missing for 18 days, in a statement issued Saturday morning local time.

7 years ago

Six-year-old Prince Mashhur ibn Saud waves as he sits on the lap of his father, King Saud of Saudi Arabia, and beside President Eisenhower as they left National Airport, January 30, 1957.  The King and his official party will visit here three days for talks with the President.  (AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Our Saudi relationship

Guests: Anna Viden, David Fahrenthold The likely murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has placed scrutiny on the ...

Air Date: October 17, 2018 10:00 am

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Alyssa Edling, center, and Thomas Malia, second from right, both with PEN America, join others as they hold signs of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during a news conference about his disappearance in Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in front of The Washington Post in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Journalists at risk

Guests: Anne Applebaum The disappearance and alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey l ...

Air Date: October 16, 2018 10:00 am

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Chilean demonstrators light candles during an August vigil in Santiago that protested the sex abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Pope Francis defrocks 2 Chilean priests in deepening sex abuse scandal

A wide-ranging sexual abuse scandal has roiled Chile in recent months.

7 years ago

A security personnel looks out from the entrance of the Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Writer Jamal Khashoggi, vanished after he walked into the consulate on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Politics & Policy

Saudis reject threats as stocks plunge after Trump comments

The apparent threat of economic retaliation from the world's top oil exporter came after a turbulent day on the Saudi stock exchange, which plunged 7 percent at one point.

7 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller is required to submit a confidential report when his work is done, but the publication and circulation of whatever he files is not a sure thing. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The Russia investigations: Unanswered questions in the eye of the storm

This week in the Russia investigations: New reports set the table for the resumption of action if the special counsel's office is waiting until after the midterm elections.

7 years ago

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