PRAGUE – The Czech Republic is honoring the victims of last week’s deadly shooting attack in a small town restaurant.…
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Moldovans vote for new leader in semi-autonomous region that favors closer ties to Russia
CHISINAU, Moldova – More than 100,000 people are voting for a new governor of a semi-autonomous region in Moldova, where…
Read MoreWest Bank official: Palestinians pay civil servants partial salaries after Israeli freeze
JERUSALEM – A West Bank official says the Palestinian government has paid only partial salaries to its civil servants after…
Read MoreIran’s top leader says no nuclear agreement is better than a bad agreement
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s top leader says no deal is better than a bad deal when it comes to negotiations…
Read MoreReport: China loaned $22 billion to Latin America in 2014, as countries’ economies slipped
BEIJING – Chinese state-owned banks loaned $22.1 billion to Latin American countries last year, helping to keep afloat struggling economies…
Read MoreIran’s Revolutionary Guard says no inspections of military sites under any nuclear accord
TEHRAN, Iran – A senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says inspectors would be barred from military sites under any…
Read MoreChilean judge orders ex-military members held in priest’s disappearance during dictatorship
SANTIAGO, Chile – A Chilean judge is ordering the detention of 14 retired military members and four former police officials…
Read MoreBan Ki-Moon’s 3 Percent Solution Puts UN Managers on Notice Over Bloated Budgets
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lambasted his top managers last week for their free-spending ways in the face of…
Read MoreIndia’s Massive Population Count Is Most Comprehensive Census Ever
The census currently underway in India isn’t the world’s largest — that distinction goes to China — but it is…
Read MoreUN investigators ‘seriously compromised’ by relationship to management bosses, report charges
The people who are paid to root out waste, fraud, corruption and wrongdoing in the sprawling United Nations are often…
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