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Nine Bosnian Serbs Arrested Over Wartime Killings, Persecution
Bosnia's police on Wednesday arrested nine Bosnian Serbs suspected of taking part in the killing and persecution of dozens of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in an eastern village early in the Bosnian war of the 1990s, the prosecutor's office said.
U.S. House Democrats Question Pompeo Aides On Saudi Weapons, Cite War Crimes Concerns
Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a Congressional panel on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trump's decision to fire the former State Department inspector general while he was investigating weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and...
Man Paralyzed In 2016 Pennsylvania Cookout Shooting Dies
A man paralyzed in a 2016 shooting at cookout in western Pennsylvania that killed five people and an unborn baby has died, officials said.
Twenty-nine German Police Suspended For Sharing Pictures Of Hitler
Twentynine police officers have been suspended in Germany for sharing pictures of Adolf Hitler and doctored depictions of refugees in gas chambers on their mobile phones, officials in the state of North RhineWestphalia (NRW) said on Wednesday.
Bosnian Serbs Honor Late Ex-official Convicted Of War Crimes
Bosnian Serb authorities on Wednesday held an official commemoration for a top former wartime leader, despite his war crimes conviction by a U.N. court.
UK To Ration COVID-19 Testing Amid Testing Failures
The British government plans to ration coronavirus testing, giving priority to health workers and care home staff after widespread reports that people around the country were unable to schedule tests.
Cyprus Says Ready For A Dialogue With Turkey But Not Under Threats
Cyprus is ready to engage in dialogue with Turkey to resolve differences but not under threats, the Mediterranean island's President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday.
JP Morgan Sends Some Traders Home After Worker Contracts Covid-19: Report
A JP Morgan spokesman said the bank has been managing individual cases across the firm over the course of the last few months and following appropriate protocols when they occur.
Biden Makes Pitch To Florida Hispanic Voters, Saying Trump Has Failed Them
Democrat Joe Biden courted Hispanic voters on Tuesday on his first campaign visit of the year to Florida, saying President Donald Trump had let them down with his divisive immigration policies and a disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden Heads To Florida In Pitch To Critical Latino Voters
Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday will make his first campaign visit of the year to Florida, where opinion polls show a tight race against President Donald Trump amid signs of lagging support for Biden among the battleground state's crucial Hispanic voters.
Special Report: U.S. Troops Battling Racism Report High Barrier To Justice
By the time he saw a swastika scrawled in the bathroom at Barksdale Air Force base in October 2018, Deven Sherk was already disillusioned with how the Air Force handled racism complaints. The Black airman had filed a complaint alleging discrimination that...
West Urges Saudi Arabia To Release Women Activists, Prosecute Khashoggi Killers
Dozens of Western countries called on Tuesday for the release of women activists detained in Saudi Arabia and for those behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be brought to justice.
Putin Opponent Navalny Posts Photo From Hospital, Plans To Return To Russia
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny shared a photograph from a Berlin hospital on Tuesday, sitting up in bed and surrounded by his family, and said he could now breathe independently following his poisoning last month.
South Korea To Secure Coronavirus Vaccines For 60% Of Population
South Korea aims to secure a supply of novel coronavirus vaccines for 30 million people, or 60% of its population, Prime Minister Chung Syekyun said on Tuesday.
Unleash The Ducks! Thai Drought Worries Threaten Farming Tradition
After harvesting the rice crop in this part of central Thailand, a flock of around 10,000 ducks is released from a pen and instinctively stream towards the flooded fields to devour pests such as snails hiding in the rice stubble.
Relief And Fear As Portuguese Students Go Back To School
Wearing masks and trying to keep a safe distance, more than a million pupils returned to schools across Portugal on Monday, a longawaited moment for many after students were forced in March to learn remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.