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Polish president signs controversial court reform into law despite protests; EU and UN expressed concerns

Poland's Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial reform of the constitutional court into law despite...

Dec 29, 2015 07:10 AM EST

Muslim proposal prompts calls to ban Trump from UK, Israel

Israeli politicians and more than 370,000 Britons urged their governments on Wednesday to bar Donald...

Dec 10, 2015 03:36 AM EST

U.S. says China should see detained lawyers as 'partners, not enemies'

The U.S. ambassador to China, Max Baucus, called on China on Thursday to recognize several detained ...

Dec 10, 2015 03:14 AM EST

Pope in Africa will seek to bridge Christian-Muslim faultlines

Pope Francis steps onto African soil for the first time on Wednesday to address the continent's fast...

Nov 24, 2015 11:42 PM EST

Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Moscow denies airspace violation

Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeated w...

Nov 24, 2015 08:40 AM EST

Islamic State committed genocide in Iraq against Yazidis: report

Islamic State militants committed genocide against Iraq's Yazidis in the north of the country and ca...

Nov 13, 2015 12:20 AM EST

Russia to propose Syrians launch 18-month reform process - document

Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform proc...

Nov 11, 2015 02:29 AM EST

Mexican president to open debate on country's marijuana laws

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Monday he would open a national debate to review the co...

Nov 10, 2015 02:21 AM EST

U.N. investigator questions if Myanmar poll can be free and fair

A United Nations rights investigator raised concern on Wednesday about whether Myanmar's election ne...

Oct 28, 2015 08:57 PM EDT

Guatemala's Perez says Biden forced him to accept anti-corruption purge

Guatemala's jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S. pressure to extend t...

Oct 25, 2015 11:54 PM EDT

U.S. to raise Iranian missile test at U.N. Security Council

A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Counc...

Oct 13, 2015 09:34 PM EDT

U.N. proposes unity government for Libya's warring factions, Tripoli balks

The United Nations on Thursday proposed a national unity government to Libya's warring factions to e...

Oct 08, 2015 11:08 PM EDT

Ex-U.N. General Assembly president, five others charged in U.S. in bribe scheme

U.S. authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Ma...

Oct 06, 2015 06:10 PM EDT

U.N. to hold off on separate Afghan bombing probe for now

The United Nations said on Monday it would wait for the results of U.S., NATO and Afghan investigati...

Oct 05, 2015 09:28 PM EDT

Greenpeace report slams Brazil plan for Tapajos dam in Amazon

Greenpeace called on Brazilian authorities on Tuesday to reject an environmental assessment for a hy...

Sep 30, 2015 04:31 AM EDT

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