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Prime minister of India Narendra Modi during BJP campaigning for Assembly election in Kolkata on April 17, 2016

PM Modi to talk about Paris deal, Africa, trade barriers at G20

Modi is likely to be in the limelight following the praise he received at Germany, Spain and Russia for his stand on climate change issues and economic reforms of his government. ...

Human rights activists protest against the current situation in Venezuela outside the World Court, United Nations' highest judicial organ, rear, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Top Venezuelan Prosecutor Receiving Threats After Speaking Out Against Maduro

Luisa Ortega, Venezuela's chief prosecutor, said her family had been receiving threats and followed by intelligence agents after she came out against the Socialist government on Monday, according to Reuters. Ortega was previously an ally to President Nicolas Maduro before speaking out against his plan to rewrite a constitution from former leader Hugo Chavez and the violence

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, children walk to school past a memorial to a former Jewish cemetery in Prostejov, Czech Republic.

Czech Town Resists Efforts To Restore Symbol Of Its Jewish Past

Plans to rehabilitate a pre-World War II Jewish cemetery in the Czech town of Prostejov have run into fierce local opposition, BBC News reports. Kolel Damesek Eliezer, the American foundation that is sponsoring the plan, says it has been torpedoed by deliberate misinformation and anti-Semitism. Thomas Jelinek, former head of Prostejov’s Jewish community, has been working on

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NYC Theater Refuses to Buckle After Trump Criticism

NEW YORK — The Public Theater is refusing to back down after backlash over its production of "Julius Caesar" that portrays a Donald Trump-like dictator in a business suit with a long tie who gets knifed to death onstage. Delta Air Lines and Bank of America have pulled their sponsorship of the Public's version of the play, but in a statement Monday, the theater said that it

President Donald Trump delivers the Address to Congress on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at the U.S. Capitol. This is the President's first Address to Congress of his presidency.

Congressman Proposes COVFEFE Act To Preserve Trump Tweets As Presidential Records

While the White House has already promised to preserve all of the tweets from President Donald Trump, one Democratic Congressman from Illinois wants to make sure they legally have to create the library on Monday, according to NBC News. Rep. Mike Quigley represents part of Chicago and introduced the "Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement" Act on Monday,

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Scientists Once Gave LSD To Dolphins In Hopes Of Learning To Communicate With Them

Back in the 1960s, neuroscientist John C. Lilly ran a NASA-funded research unit where humans attempted to communicate with dolphins, and somewhere along the line, LSD got thrown into the mix, IFL Science reports. Intrigued by the intelligence of these brainy marine mammals, Lilly popularized the idea that dolphins may have the smarts to communicate linguistically with humans,

Discovery Hut in 2008. It was erected in 1902 by Robert Falcon Scott's 1901-1904 Discovery expedition in Antarctica

Historians Uncover Origin Of Mysterious Painting Found in Antarctica

One of the lingering mysteries from Antarctica's oldest building has been solved on Monday, according to BBC News. A strange but beautifully painted watercolor of a dead Tree Creeper bird was found in the hut originally built by Norwegian explorers and later used by the Robert Falcon Scott expedition to explore Antarctica. The image was found mixed into a pile of other papers

Guatemala Arrests 5 Over Orphanage Fire That Killed 41, Could Revoke Presidential Immunity

Guatemalan officials said that three human rights officials and two police officers were arrested on Monday for their responsibility in the death of 41 girls who died locked inside of a children's shelter while it was on fire, according to Reuters. The attorney general's office said that they were also asking the Supreme Court to grant a request from opposition lawmakers that

ANAMA CANAL (Sept. 6, 2016) Independence-variant littoral combat ship, USS Jackson (LCS 6) transits through Gutan Lock of the Panama Canal

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Panama cuts ties with Taiwan in favour of China

Panama has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and established relations with China instead.

Trump Friend Says President Considering Firing Mueller as Special Counsel

A close friend to President Donald Trump said that the president "is considering perhaps terminating" special counsel Robert S. Mueller III while on PBS' "Newshour" on Monday night. The Los Angeles Times reported that the chief executive of conservative website Newsmax, Christopher Ruddy, said that, "I think he's weighing that option. I think it's pretty clear by what one of

Ricardo Martinelli, left, presidential candidate of the Democratic Change party, gives a thumbs-up after voting during presidential elections in Panama City, Sunday, May 3, 2009.

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US arrests former Panama president sought for extradition

US authorities have arrested former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on an extradition warrant from his country. US Marshals

FILE--In this May 15, 2017, file photo, protesters hold signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Monday, May 15, 2017, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle.

Trump’s visa ban not against any religion, it’s about national security, says US

The visa ban is about national security and not against any religion, US attorney general Jeff Sessions said after a US appeals court upheld a decision blocking President Donald Trump’s revised executive order imposing a travel ban on six Muslim-majority nations. “President Trump knows that the country he has been elected to lead is threatened daily by terrorists

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 10, 2017.

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Why Qatar is the focus of terrorism claims

Tom Keatinge looks at why the tiny Gulf emirate of Qatar is alleged to supported terrorist groups. ...

A government supporter holds a small copy of Venezuela's constitution as she argues with opposition members outside the Supreme Court where opposition protesters gathered to show support for the chief prosecutor's motion to stop President Nicolas Maduro's push to rewrite the constitution Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 12, 2017.

Venezuela Court Sides With Maduro Over Constitutional Rewrite

Venezuela’s Supreme Court voted Monday to reject a motion that would prohibit the nation’s president, Nicolas Maduro, from rewriting its constitution. The decision comes just days after Venezuela’s chief prosecutor, Luisa Ortega Díaz, stood on the steps of the Supreme Court with a copy of the nation’s blue constitution book and defended Venezuela’s current laws. “What’s at play

Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster waves to the media following a press conference at the Stormont hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Friday, June, 9, 2017.

Britains' May to holds talks with DUP to secure deal

World News Tue, 13 Jun 2017 AFP London: British Prime Minister Theresa May is in for a difficult Tuesday as she is due to hold talks with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to secure an informal alliance before meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Coming off a bruising few days during which her future has hung in the balance, May will hope to secure a

Protesters clash with police officers as they try to block the way during a protest in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013.

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Nearly 1000 anti-Putin demonstrators arrested in Moscow and St Petersburg

Tens of thousands of protesters held anti-corruption rallies across Russia today in a new show of defiance by an opposition that the Kremlin had once dismissed as ineffectual and marginalised. The protests in Russia were against corruption and the oppressive policies

Children stare at a baker baking fresh cookies at a food distribution point in western Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

Iraq: Mass food poisoning, 2 die at Mosul camp for displaced

Iraq's health minister says a mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced people near the northern city of Mosul has killed

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke on the sacrifice made by law these law enforcement officers and the importance of officer safety during the 29th annual Candlelight Vigil in Washington, D.C

Trump's attorney general to face Russia questions

By Agence France-Presse The eyes of Washington turn again to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, where embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces questions over his Russia contacts and role...

Police officers guard the 'Seituna' cultural society in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015.

Police officer, others injured in Munich subway shooting

BERLIN (AP) — Several people were injured, including a police officer, in a shooting early Tuesday at a Munich subway station, police said. Munich police said in a tweet that the policewoman’s injuries were serious. The suspect was also injured and is in custody. The shooting occurred during a morning police check at the Unterfoehring […] ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media during the final press briefing at the EU Summit in Brussels

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Theresa May to meet Emmanuel Macron for anti-terror talks

Writing in the Times, Assistant Commissioner Rowley said: "We need communities to be more assertive at calling out extremists and radicalisers amongst us. It's not just overseas propaganda inspiring attacks. "And we need communications and

Report: Israeli Hackers Uncovered, Decoded ISIS Plans For Laptop Bombs

John Major warns Tory-DUP deal could undermine 'fragile' Northern Ireland peace process

Spain’s government faces no confidence vote over graft