Foreign Affairs

November 1, 2020
French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure

The pressure rises with each gruesome attack. After three in five weeks, France's Muslims are feeling squeezed. A spotlight of suspicion was trained on them again even before the latest...

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November 1, 2020
French manhunt underway after shooting of Greek priest

French police interrogated one suspect and searched for others Sunday after a Greek Orthodox priest was shot and critically wounded while closing the door to his church in the French...

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November 1, 2020
AP Explains: Why France sparks such anger in Muslim world

Many countries, especially in the democratic West, champion freedom of expression and allow publications that lampoon Islam's prophet. So why is France singled out for protests and calls for boycotts...

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November 1, 2020
70-year-old pulled alive as Turkey quake death toll hits 53

Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece,...

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November 1, 2020
Super typhoon slams into Philippines, 1 million evacuated

A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday and about a million people have been evacuated in its projected path, including in the capital where...

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November 1, 2020
Super typhoon slams into Philippines, 1 million evacuated

A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday and about a million people have been evacuated in its projected path, including in the capital where...

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October 31, 2020
AP Explains: Why France incites such anger in Muslim world

Many countries, especially in the democratic West, champion freedom of expression and allow publications that lampoon Islam's prophet. So why is France singled out for protests and calls for boycotts...

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October 31, 2020
Orthodox priest shot at church in France; attacker at large

A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for...

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October 31, 2020
Orthodox priest shot at church in France; attacker at large

A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for...

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October 31, 2020
UK’s Johnson to hold news conference as new lockdown urged

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to hold a news conference alongside his top scientific advisers Saturday amid anticipation of him announcing a new national lockdown for England to...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 37 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the...

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October 31, 2020
Mystery surrounds former Marine’s imprisonment in Venezuela

“Don't WORRY!,” reads the cryptic note scribbled on a scrap of perforated paper smuggled out of a dank, basement cellblock. “Han Solo always wins!” The weeks-old message is all the...

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October 31, 2020
Scottish actor Sean Connery has died at the age of 90 — BBC

Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died. He was 90. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was “heartbroken” at the...

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October 31, 2020
Sudan deal plunges migrants in Israel into new uncertainty

Usumain Baraka speaks impeccable Hebrew, considers Israelis among his best friends and can quote passages from the Old Testament. But as a Sudanese asylum seeker, Baraka has no legal status...

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October 31, 2020
Italian nurse on coronavirus duty sees the nightmare return

A 54-year-old nurse became convinced the coronavirus “hated” her during the first seven months of Italy's outbreaks. Those are Cristina Settembrese's words for it. Settembrese, who specializes in treating patients...

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October 31, 2020
Tanzania, once envy of the region, watches democracy slide

Vote-counting was far from over when Tanzanian opposition leader Seif Sharif Hamad was frustrated enough to call people onto the streets. As thwarted observers alleged the most blatant election fraud...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 27 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island

Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 27 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island

Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north...

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October 31, 2020
If Biden wins, campaign says he won’t talk to Maduro without changes after GOP attacks

A New York Times report prompted a fresh set of attacks on Joe Biden's Venezuela record from Florida Republicans Friday, including Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, along with recognized...

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October 30, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan vow to avoid targeting residential areas

Armenia and Azerbaijan promised Friday to avoid shelling residential areas amid the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a pledge that follows a day of talks in Geneva even as Azerbaijani troops pushed...

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October 30, 2020
Illinois judge OKs extradition of Rittenhouse to Wisconsin

An Illinois judge on Friday ordered the extradition of a 17-year-old accused in the fatal shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The ruling in Kyle Rittenhouse's case came after...

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October 30, 2020
Tanzania’s populist leader declared winner of flawed vote

Tanzania's populist President John Magufuli has been declared the overwhelming winner of a second term amid allegations of widespread election fraud. The national electoral commission late Friday said Magufuli received...

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October 30, 2020
Families fear for former U.S. soldiers jailed after anti-Maduro coup fell apart

Melanie Berry offers up an unfinished pencil sketch her husband was working on to show the softer side of Airan Berry, a former U.S. special forces operative sentenced to a...

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October 30, 2020
Families fear for former U.S. soldiers jailed after anti-Maduro coup fell apart

Melanie Berry offers up an unfinished pencil sketch her husband was working on to show the softer side of Airan Berry, a former U.S. special forces operative sentenced to a...

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October 30, 2020
Venezuela coup plotters met at Trump Doral. Central figure says U.S officials knew of plan

In a challenge to denials of government involvement, the ex-U.S. special operations sergeant whose security firm took part in a botched Venezuelan coup last May said two Trump administration officials...

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October 30, 2020
Venezuela coup plotters met at Trump Doral. Central figure says U.S officials knew of plan

In a challenge to denials of government involvement, the ex-U.S. special operations sergeant whose security firm took part in a botched Venezuelan coup last May said two Trump administration officials...

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October 30, 2020
Anatomy of a plot

In seven hours of interviews, Jordan Goudreau described the failed effort to topple Venezuela's government. He provided evidence from his phone. … Click to Continue »

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October 30, 2020
Anatomy of a plot

In seven hours of interviews, Jordan Goudreau described the failed effort to topple Venezuela's government. He provided evidence from his phone. … Click to Continue »

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October 30, 2020
Former Venezuelan treasurer charged with accepting millions in Miami corruption case

A former Venezuelan national treasurer and her husband accepted massive bribes from a politically connected billionaire who paid them through U.S. bank accounts so he could gain access to the...

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October 30, 2020
Quake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island, killing 14

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings...

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October 30, 2020
Quake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island, killing 14

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings...

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October 30, 2020
Illinois judge to rule on Rittenhouse extradition to Kenosha

An Illinois judge said he will decide late Friday afternoon whether a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, should be extradited across the border to stand trial...

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October 30, 2020
Turkish health minister: 4 dead, 120 injured in earthquake

A strong earthquake struck Friday between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkey's western Izmir province and leaving at least four people dead....

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October 30, 2020
Russia’s reputation, Olympic status on trial for doping

Russia's status as an Olympic team, and its reputation as a serial cheater in international sports, goes on trial next week in more legal fallout from the country's state-backed doping...

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October 30, 2020
As anger rises, thousands of Muslims protest French cartoons

Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president's vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad...

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October 30, 2020
As anger rises, thousands of Muslims protest French cartoons

Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president's vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad...

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October 30, 2020
As anger rises, thousands of Muslims protest French cartoons

Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president's vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad...

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October 30, 2020
Her grandmother’s decision 40 years ago to flee Cuba from Mariel changed everything

Like many Miamians of Cuban descent, I grew up very aware of my family's history on the island. This year marked the 40th anniversary of their exodus. My grandmother, aunt...

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October 30, 2020
Her grandmother’s decision 40 years ago to flee Cuba from Mariel changed everything

Like many Miamians of Cuban descent, I grew up very aware of my family's history on the island. This year marked the 40th anniversary of their exodus. My grandmother, aunt...

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October 30, 2020
Her grandmother’s decision 40 years ago to flee Cuba from Mariel changed everything

Like many Miamians of Cuban descent, I grew up very aware of my family's history on the island. This year marked the 40th anniversary of their exodus. My grandmother, aunt...

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