US Embassy limits consular services after Russia hiring ban

The U.S. Embassy said Friday it will sharply limit its consular activities due to a Russian ban on hiring local staff.

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Air Force intercepting record number of Russian aircraft, Alaska-based lieutenant says

The U.S. Air Force has been under "strain" by an increasing number of Russian aircraft that it's having to intercept off the coast of North America.

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Doomed Indonesian sub may have been hit by powerful underwater wave: report

Indonesian officials working to determine how a military submarine with 53 crewmembers sunk earlier this month during a training exercise said the vessel may have been hit by an internal solitary wave in the treacherous waters off Bali.

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Israel stampede: At least 44 killed at religious festival in Israel

Israeli medical officials said Friday that a stampede broke out during the Jewish religious festival of Lag BaOmer in the country’s northern region, killing at least 44 and injuring at least 150.

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Dozens injured in stampede at big Israeli religious festival

More than 100 people were injured, dozens critically, in a stampede at a Jewish religious gathering in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people, Israel's main rescue service said early Friday.

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Navalny looks gaunt in court after ending hunger strike

Despite looking like a skeletal version of his former self, Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny came out swinging in a court hearing Thursday.

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US issues India travel advisory as COVID-19 crisis deepens

The U.S. told American citizens in India to leave the country immediately, as the COVID-19 crisis in the country deepens.

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Dubai police arrest attackers in massive knife fight that killed 3

Police in Dubai have arrested 10 suspects in a massive knife fight that killed three people, authorities said Wednesday, a relatively rare outburst of violence in the Gulf Arab sheikdom. 

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Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats

Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia.

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Australian who taunted and filmed dying officers sentenced

An Australian judge on Wednesday sentenced “probably the most hated man” in the country to 10 months in jail for filming and mocking police officers as they died after a crash.

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U.S. Navy fires warning shots on three Iranian fast boats that got too close

The U.S. Navy fired warning shots on three Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) patrol boats Tuesday, after verbal warnings by U.S. forces were first ignored.

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Iranian warships menace US vessels in the Persian Gulf in latest provocation

Images released by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday capture the tense moments in which Iranian Revolutionary Guard ships spent hours performing "unsafe and unprofessional" maneuvers around American vessels in the Persian Gulf earlier this month. 

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Explosive-laden 'drone' boat targets Saudi port of Yanbu

Black smoke rose Tuesday off the Saudi port of Yanbu after an undescribed "incident" in the Red Sea, authorities said, while one private security firm warned of a possible attack on a ship.

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Calls for John Kerry to be investigated for what he told Iran

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is accused of telling Iran about Israeli operations and now there are demands for him to be investigated, and resign, over what he allegedly told them.

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Chernobyl 35 years later

Today marks 35 years since the devastating accident at Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and solemn ceremonies were held at several locations in Ukraine to commemorate those lost.

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SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India's health system

The country has seen oxygen supplies drop to near zero as cases continue to soar nationwide.

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Russian authorities suspend operations of Navalny's offices

The injunction from the Moscow prosecutor's office was another step in Putin's sweeping crackdown on his main opposition leader.

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Iran’s top diplomat, in leaked recording, offers blunt comments about Russia, Soleimani

A recording of Iran's foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has been leaked, providing a rare look inside the country's theocracy. 

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India hits new record with COVID-19 infections, US vows aid

India has been battling the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreak and on Monday recorded another record in new cases with 352,991 in the past 24 hours along with 2,812 deaths.

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Man in Mallorca charged with infecting 22 people with COVID-19

A 40-year-old Spanish man was arrested for intentionally causing injury after allegedly infecting 22 people with COVID-19, according to reports.

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Submarine that vanished in Indonesia with 53 crew on board is found

Indonesia's navy on Sunday said all 53 crew members from the missing submarine are dead, and that search teams had located the vessel’s wreckage on the ocean floor, according to reports.

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US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan begins as Taliban ramps up deadly bombings

The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun, just as the Taliban ramp up bombings in the region.

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Baghdad hospital fire kills 82, Iraq interior minister says

Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.

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Oil tanker off Syria coast on fire; government says drone attack

Syria's oil ministry said a fire has erupted in a tanker on its coast after what it said was a suspected drone attack on Saturday.

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Indonesia submarine declared sunk, no hope of survivors

Indonesia’s navy says items have been found from a missing submarine, indicating the vessel with 53 crew members has sunk.

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Macron vows France will ‘never give in’ to ‘Islamist terrorism’ after deadly knife attack

President Emmanuel Macron of France vowed Friday that the country would "never give in" to Islamist terrorism after a police employee working near Paris was stabbed to death by a suspected extremist from Tunisia.

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Indonesia submarine missing off Bali believed to have run out of oxygen

A missing Indonesian submarine that vanished off the coast of Bali and is believed to have run out of oxygen for its 53 crew members.

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French officials open terror probe after police officer fatally stabbed, attacker shot dead

The anti-terrorism office took charge due to statements the suspect made during the attack.

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Missing Indonesian submarine: US, Australia help search for 53 crew members running low on oxygen

Australia has committed two warships to the search effort, while the U.S. adds a reconnaissance plane to help Indonesia’s navy locate a missing submarine with 53 crew members aboard.

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Coronavirus on Mount Everest: Norwegian climber is first to test positive

A Norwegian climber became the first to be tested for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp and was flown by helicopter to Kathmandu, where he was hospitalized.

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Russia's Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at risk.

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UK lawmakers pass motion saying China committing genocide

British lawmakers on Thursday approved a parliamentary motion declaring that China's policies against its Uyghur minority population in the far western Xinjiang region amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity.

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Indonesian sub's crew oxygen dwindles as worries grow

Indonesian navy ships were scouring the waters off Bali on Friday as they raced against time to find a submarine that disappeared two days ago and has less than a day’s supply of oxygen left for its 53 crew.

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In Germany, more than 1,200 new words have been created in age of COVID-19

A singular German word overflowing with length and precision can flummox an English speaker: from its amount of letters to its complex meaning.

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Canadian politician apologizes for taking nude photo of fellow lawmaker on Zoom

A member of the Canadian parliament is apologizing after taking a photo of a fellow lawmaker, who was briefly caught nude during a virtual meeting of the parliament last week.

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Russia orders troop pullback, but keeps weapons near Ukraine

Russia's defense minister on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases following massive drills amid tensions with Ukraine, but said that they should leave their weapons behind in western Russia for another exercise later this year.

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China underreporting severity of air pollution levels, new study suggests

Air pollution data in China may have been manipulated by local officials, according to a new study conducted by Harvard and Boston University researchers.

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Italian hospital employee accused of skipping work for 15 years, getting paid full salary

A hospital worker in Italy is under investigation for allegedly skipping out on work for 15 years while continuing to receive a salary, according to a report.

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India reports record number of new coronavirus cases

India set a new record this week for the highest number of new coronavirus infections of any country since the pandemic started, according to a report.

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Israel says it strikes targets in Syria after missile attack

A missile launched from Syria struck southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria.

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Putin vows a 'quick and tough' Russian response for its foes

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sternly warned the West against encroaching further on Russia’s security interests, saying Moscow’s response will be “quick and tough” and make the culprits bitterly sorry for their action.

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Spanish ‘cannibal’ accused of killing mom, feeding her to the dog

An unemployed Spanish waiter is on trial for allegedly chopping his mother into 1,000 pieces, storing them in lunch boxes and eating them — with the help of his pet pooch, according to a report.

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90-year-old Hong Kong woman conned out of $32M in phone scam

A wealthy 90-year-old woman in Hong Kong was conned out of $32 million by criminals posing as Chinese authorities — in the region’s biggest recorded phone scam, according to reports.

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Pfizer confirms fake COVID vaccines found in Mexico, Poland black markets

Bogus COVID-19 vaccines – some selling for $1,000 a shot and using an anti-wrinkle substance as an ingredient – were found in black markets around the world, Pfizer confirmed to The Wall Street Journal.

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China's Xi warns against 'unilateralism' as tensions with US, neighbors rise

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for more equitable management of global affairs and, in an implicit rejection of U.S. dominance, said governments shouldn’t impose rules on others.

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Putin critic Navalny transferred to prison hospital, officials concerned he could die at ‘any minute’

Russia’s penitentiary service said Monday that it was transferring ailing dissident Alexei Navalny, who is on the 20th day of a hunger strike, to a prison hospital — amid grave fears for his health.

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Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny to be moved to a hospital

The Russian state penitentiary service said Monday a decision has been made to transfer imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, to a hospital.

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Drug-runner’s cat caught trying to sneak narcotics into Panama prison

A drug-runner’s fluffy white cat was caught trying to smuggle narcotics into a prison in Panama, authorities said.

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Reporter's Notebook: The passing of a prince

Prince Philip was not just the sometimes curmudgeonly father figure as he was portrayed, but a deep thinker, with interests across a range of fields from engineering and design to conservation and sport.

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Ontario retracts new coronavirus restrictions that banned playgrounds, involved police after outcry

Ontario's premier retracted restrictions Saturday that banned playgrounds and allowed police to require anyone not at home to explain why they're out after a backlash from police forces, health officials and the public.

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