Pentagon Chief Mattis Makes Unannounced Trip To Afghanistan
Defense Secretary James Mattis has arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on an unannounced visit to the country. Mattis was expected to meet with Afghan, U.S. and NATO military commanders and others.
Florida Sen. Rubio Takes Up The Cause Of Uighur Minority In China
Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Sen. Marco Rubio about the crackdown on the Uighur minority. Rubio has long called for investigations into alleged abuse of the Muslim minority in Xinjiang province.close
U.S. Envoy Warns That Syria Preparing To Use Chemical Weapons In Idlib
Special Representative for Syrian Engagement Jim Jeffrey says the U.S. has “lots of evidence” that the Damascus government is preparing to for a “reckless escalation” of the conflict.
Brazil’s Presidential Front-Runner Is Seriously Wounded In Attack At Campaign Rally
Jair Bolsonaro was attacked as he was being carried on the shoulders of supporters in southeastern Minas Gerais state. Doctors say it could take months for him to fully recover.
Ugandan Opposition Figure To Trump: Stop Providing Weapons To Government
Ugandan pop star-turned legislator, Bobi Wine, says presidential guard forces had orders to brutalize him during an opposition protest against President Yoweri Museveni’s long rule.
White House ‘resistance’: act of protection, or unadvisable ‘soft coup’?
The op-ed article by an unnamed Trump staffer asserted that a loose team of “unsung heroes” who believe Mr. Trump to be dangerously unstable are secretly working to block the president’s “worst inclinations.” Combined with revelations from Bob Woodward…
India’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Criminalized Gay Sex
In a landmark ruling, India’s Supreme Court overturned a law that criminalized gay sex on Thursday.
A Staggering Number Of Young Teens Face Bullies And Violence In School
A report from UNICEF looks at how 13-to-15 year-olds are affected by all kinds of school-related violence, from gang attacks to sexual assaults to corporal punishment by teachers.
Why Guatemala is abandoning high-profile anticorruption drive
Last Friday, hours after President Jimmy Morales announced he would shut down a UN-funded anti-corruption commission that put two of his predecessors behind bars, protesters gathered in Guatemala City’s main square. Resign now,” read a hand-scribbled …
In 1974, They Gave The Nobel To Her Supervisor. Now She’s Won A $3 Million Prize
Fifty years ago, Jocelyn Bell Burnell saw a blip in the data from a radio telescope she helped build. The discovery of pulsars was “one of the biggest surprises in the history of astronomy.”
Ending North Korea’s nuclear program: What now?
Domestic politics now looms large over a White House foreign-policy endeavor that stands a chance of becoming a big step forward for world peace and stability. Negotiations between the United States and North Korea aimed at the denuclearization of the…
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