Tag: War and unrest
Suspected jihadist rebels kill 10 in northeastern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — At least 10 people were killed and about 60 others injured in an attack by suspected jihadist rebels on the northern...
Review: ‘Speak, Okinawa’ is a masterful memoir and more
“Speak, Okinawa,” by Elizabeth Miki Brina (Knopf)
Elizabeth Miki Brina’s “Speak,...
Haiti’s president: despite coup attempts he backs democracy
UNITED NATIONS — Haiti’s president blamed powerful oligarchs on Monday for seven attempts in his four-year term to overthrow Haiti’s democratic system, most recently...
Jews split over storied charity’s support for settlements
JERUSALEM — Generations of Jews have dropped spare change into the iconic blue boxes of the Jewish National Fund, a 120-year-old Zionist organization that...
N. Macedonia upholds most convictions on fishermen slayings
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia’s criminal court on Tuesday reduced the sentences originally imposed on two people and acquitted one in a retrial...
Mob storms south Iran governor office after border violence
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An angry mob stormed a district governor’s office in southeastern Iran on Tuesday, footage widely circulating on social media...
Former foreign minister declared preliminary winner in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s electoral commission said Tuesday that former foreign affairs minister Mohamed Bazoum has been elected president of the West African nation,...
Florida man indicted, accused of trying to join terror group
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A former Florida resident accused of traveling to Turkey and attempting to join the Islamic State group was indicted Tuesday on...
Haiti’s president: despite coup attempts he backs democracy
<p>UNITED NATIONS — Haiti’s president blamed powerful oligarchs on Monday for seven attempts in his four-year term to overthrow Haiti’s democratic system, most recently...
Mob storms south Iran governor office after border violence
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An angry mob stormed a district governor’s office in southeastern Iran on Tuesday, footage widely circulating on social media...