Foreign Affairs

January 6, 2020
Fire at hospice in Poland kills 4 patients; others hurt

A fire broke out at a hospice in Poland on Monday, killing four people and hospitalizing 21 others, Polish media reported. The four dead were all patients at the hospice...

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January 6, 2020
The Latest: Iran’s supreme leader prays over slain general

The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions in the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general (all times local): 9:40 a.m. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prayed...

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January 6, 2020
Attackers beat protesting students at Indian university

Masked assailants beat students and teachers with sticks on the campus of a prestigious university in India's capital, injuring more than 20 people in an attack opposition lawmakers are trying...

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January 6, 2020
Iran general replacing Soleimani vows revenge for US killing

An Iranian general who replaced the leader killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad vowed in remarks aired Monday to take revenge as Tehran abandoned the remaining limits of its...

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January 6, 2020
Iran general replacing Soleimani vows revenge for US killing

An Iranian general who replaced the leader killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad is vowing to take revenge. Esmail Ghaani made the remarks in an interview with Iranian state...

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January 6, 2020
Mudslides, blackouts hamper search after Indonesia floods

Mudslides and power blackouts hampered the search for people missing in massive floods in Indonesia's capital, where more than 60 people have died and some of the tens of thousands...

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January 6, 2020
American family attacked in Mexico, child killed

An American family returning to the U.S. after a holiday visit to Mexico came under attack just south of Texas on Saturday night, with armed gunmen killing a 13-year-old and...

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January 6, 2020
2 more missing in Australian wildfires as rain brings relief

Two people more people are missing in remote parts of New South Wales as rain and cooler temperatures brought some measure of relief Monday to Australian communities battling wildfires. But...

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January 5, 2020
Germany, Britain, France urge Iran to abide by nuclear pact

The leaders of Germany, France and Britain called Sunday for Iran to abide by the terms of a 2015 nuclear deal that Iranian state television reported the country will abandon...

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January 5, 2020
Woman’s nude photos raise thousands for Australia fire relief. Instagram shut her down

Horrified by the inferno in Australia, a 20-year-old online model in Los Angeles wondered what she could do, BuzzFeed reports. “I already have people who will buy nude photos of...

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January 5, 2020
Germany seeks early meeting of EU diplomats over Mideast

Germany's foreign minister has called for a planned meeting with his European Union counterparts to be brought forward to the coming week amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Heiko...

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January 5, 2020
Bulgarian dies after being beaten by Greek fans, hit by car

A Bulgarian man has died in Thessaloniki after being attacked by fans of Greek soccer club PAOK and hit by a car. Greek police said the 28-year-old victim and two...

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January 5, 2020
‘Guaidó remains president.’ U.S. warns Maduro amid disrupted vote in Venezuela

The Trump administration is warning embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro that he will face consequences for stifling a critical vote Sunday on the reelection of National Assembly President Juan Guaidó....

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January 5, 2020
Tension in Venezuela: police prevents Guaidó from entering National Assembly

A police blockade prevented some opposition legislators, including the president of the National Assembly and the opposition leader in Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, from arriving at the Assembly. … Click to...

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January 5, 2020
Faction of Venezuela congress tries to sideline Juan Guaidó in chaotic session

In a chaotic and confusing session Sunday, a portion of Venezuela's National Assembly announced that Luis Parra was the new head of congress, denying Juan Guaidó – the man that...

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January 5, 2020
Woman who destroyed ex-boyfriend’s reputation online must pay to restore it, judge rules

The posts began showing up on Instagram and other online sites in August 2016, accusing a British Columbia man of being an alcoholic cheater with sexually-transmitted diseases, a Canadian court...

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January 5, 2020
‘Shame on you”: Balotelli slams Lazio fans for racist abuse

Mario Balotelli slammed Lazio fans after the Italian forward was once again the target of racist chants in Brescia's 2-1 home defeat on Sunday. The Serie A soccer match was...

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January 5, 2020
Berlin police stop removal of urn that angered Jewish groups

Activists said Sunday that Berlin police prevented them from dismantling an art installation that angered Jewish groups after those who erected it claimed it contained Holocaust victims' remains. A group...

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January 5, 2020
Protesters in Iran vow revenge for the killing of General Qassem Soleimani

Thousands took the streets in Iran to protest the killing of top general and head of Quds Force Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. strike in Baghdad. Protesters in Mashhad city...

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January 5, 2020
Iraq’s Parliament calls for expulsion of U.S. troops

Iraq's Parliament called for the expulsion of U.S. troops from the country Sunday in reaction to the American drone attack that killed a top Iranian general. Lawmakers approved a resolution...

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January 5, 2020
UK’s Johnson faces heat for silence on Iran while on holiday

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to return Sunday to the U.K., where he faces criticism for not cutting short his holiday to deal with soaring Mideast tensions. Johnson,...

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January 5, 2020
Trump’s threats draw Iran’s cultural sites into tensions

Iran's ancient and rich cultural landscape has become a potential U.S. military target as Washington and Tehran lob threats and take high-stakes steps toward a possible open conflict. President Donald...

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January 5, 2020
Al-Shabab attacks military base used by US forces in Kenya

The U.S. military said the security situation was “fluid" at a Kenyan airfield used by U.S. forces after a pre-dawn attack Sunday by the al-Shabab extremist group. The attack destroyed...

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January 5, 2020
Soleimani’s body arrives in Iran as Trump issues new threats

The body of Gen. Qassem Soleimani arrived Sunday in Iran where thousands of mourners thronged his coffin ahead of a grand funeral procession across the Islamic Republic amid soaring tensions...

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January 5, 2020
Renovation chief: Notre Dame Cathedral is not saved yet

The French general who is overseeing the reconstruction of the fire-devastated Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is not saved yet. Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin told French broadcaster CNews on...

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January 5, 2020
Indonesia’s flooded capital disinfected to fend off disease

Soldiers and health workers sprayed Indonesia's capital with disinfectant on Sunday to fend off possible diseases spread by massive flooding that has killed 60 people and affected hundreds of thousands....

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January 5, 2020
The Latest: Iraqi leader’s body sent to Iran for DNA test

The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Iraq's Iran-backed militias say that some remains of the Iranian top general and Iraqi militant leader killed in the U.S....

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January 5, 2020
Man killed in shark attack off Western Australia state

A man was killed by a shark Sunday while diving near Esperance off the coast of Western Australia state. The attack happened as the man was diving from a boat...

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January 5, 2020
Wildfires threaten unique critters on Australian ‘Galapagos’

It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone...

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January 5, 2020
7 more Hong Kong patients treated for mystery disease

Hong Kong's health and food secretary said Sunday that seven more people are being treated for a possible viral pneumonia. With the newly reported cases, authorities believe a total of...

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January 5, 2020
Car plows into German tourists in northern Italy, 6 dead

A car plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing 6 people and injuring 11, Italian fire officials said. The deadly crash occurred in...

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January 5, 2020
Iran’s government to stop honoring nuclear deal

Iran no longer sees itself as bound by the 2015 nuclear agreement, the government in Tehran said in a statement on Sunday. Iran is to continue its nuclear program without...

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January 5, 2020
36 dead, 23 rescued from collapsed building in Cambodia

BANGKOK – A total of 36 people were killed while 23 others have been rescued from the debris of a building under construction that collapsed in Cambodia, an official said...

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January 5, 2020
Iraq’s parliament votes to expel U.S. military from the country

Iraq's parliament voted on Sunday to expel U.S. troops from the country, in an extraordinarily rapid and decisive response to the Trump administration's targeted killing of a top Iranian general...

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January 5, 2020
Iranian mourners pour into streets to honor top general killed by US

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gathered for funeral processions in the cities of Ahvaz and Mashad on Sunday to mourn Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian general whose death in a...

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January 5, 2020
Democrats call Trump’s Iran policy dangerous; administration says any new strikes lawful

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on Sunday defended last week's killing of a top Iranian general and pushed back against reports that some senior Trump administration officials had privately...

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January 5, 2020
Australia counts wildfire devastation after calamitous weekend

Hundreds of properties were destroyed across southeastern Australia after searing temperatures and strong winds exacerbated catastrophic wildfires Saturday in one of the worst days of the weekslong crisis. Dozens of...

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January 5, 2020
Venezuela’s National Assembly in chaos amid leadership vote

Venezuela's National Assembly descended into chaos Sunday when lawmakers who recently broke ties with the main opposition parties chose their own candidate as president while opposition lawmakers were out of...

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January 5, 2020
Hong Kong protesters march through border town

Protesters in Hong Kong marched through a border town Sunday to oppose traders from mainland China. They rallied in Sheung Shui, which lies across the border from the mainland city...

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January 5, 2020
Death toll from airstrike in Libya’s Tripoli climbs to 30

The death toll from an airstrike that slammed into a military academy in Libya's capital climbed to at least 30 people, most of them students, health authorities said Sunday. Tripoli...

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