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316cb803cb91d73e184b0a4ec16dfc4b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/12/running-worlds-largest-muslim-city-tricky-especially-when-youre-christian/95325576/ | Running the world’s largest Muslim city is tricky. Especially when you’re Christian. | Running the world’s largest Muslim city is tricky. Especially when you’re Christian.
Running Jakarta is no job for the timid. The Indonesian capital’s traffic is hellish. Many officials are on the take. And much of the city’s population — nearly 30 million people if you count its environs — is fed up with government dy... |
e1b6670aa96900b9598da09fc84a4101 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/13/reports-civilian-executions-besieged-aleppo/95365222/?hootPostID=e38794781f39bd78031827f9a79f9130 | Aleppo civilians facing execution plead, 'Oh, God, help us' | Aleppo civilians facing execution plead, 'Oh, God, help us'
ISTANBUL — Desperate Syrians trapped in besieged eastern Aleppo see death on their doorstep and describe what may be their final moments in social media posts and telephone calls.
"At home waiting for the inevitable fate that Allah wills," Salah Ashkar, 28, sa... |
1f62bf516f7e1fd812823afecee91bed | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/17/philippines-duterte-us-over-aid-bye-bye-america/95557384/ | Philippines' Duterte to U.S. over aid: 'Bye-bye America' | Philippines' Duterte to U.S. over aid: 'Bye-bye America'
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Saturday to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines, saying "bye-bye America" as he reacted with rage to what he thought was a U.S. decision to scrap a major aid package over human rights concerns.
A ... |
742e432a618c7dcdb18cc13ba5cd2cc7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/30/drunk-pilot-indonesia/96007366/ | Allegedly drunk pilot filmed stumbling through security | Allegedly drunk pilot filmed stumbling through security
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian budget airline has fired a pilot suspected of trying to fly a plane while he was drunk, and two of its executives are resigning.
Citilink President Director Albert Burhan announced Friday that he and the airline’s production dire... |
bda8318a987a8068f4ac58bb8fdca48f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/02/chinese-wills-savings-beijing/95750124/ | Chinese don't have wills — and now it's a big problem | Chinese don't have wills — and now it's a big problem
BEIJING — The world's most populous nation has the second-largest economy, one of the highest savings rates and mushrooming wealth. Yet virtually no one has a will to pass on an estate. And now it's become a huge problem.
Thirty years after communist China embarked ... |
3748d52ce9fdfcb2024389caf7f7a310 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/02/islamic-state-suicide-bomber-baghdad-market/96090696/ | Islamic State suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market | Islamic State suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group hours after French President François Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital... |
e6fedb6ffc1fb2b111a3be4d1ef45719 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/05/boko-haram-schoolgirl-found-nigeria/96202470/ | Nigeria finds schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram, with baby | Nigeria finds schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram, with baby
Nigeria's military said Thursday that soldiers found a Nigerian schoolgirl who was among the nearly 300 students kidnapped by extremist group Boko Haram in the town of Chibok in 2014.
Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, an Army spokesman, identified the girl as Rakiya ... |
6a63b9cc7b226fc7a0291b357f84550a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/05/turkey-gunman-istanbul-attack/96208718/ | Turkey 'closing in' on Istanbul nightclub gunman, official says | Turkey 'closing in' on Istanbul nightclub gunman, official says
Turkish security forces have determined the identity, possible whereabouts and contacts of a gunman who killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, a government official said Thursday.
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak told A Haber news channel tha... |
beb62a711e6fce76af3cbf77ac0536c0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/05/turkey-izmir-explosions/96192006/ | Two killed in car bombing in Turkey | Two killed in car bombing in Turkey
Suspected Kurdish militants on Thursday opened fire at police who stopped them at a checkpoint in the western Turkish city of Izmir before detonating their car in front of a courthouse and escaping, Gov. Erol Ayyildiz said.
A police officer and a court employee were killed in the att... |
712f34bf4ff6082884a38e0ac87ed081 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/17/united-states-planes-dropping-supplies-isil-syria/96558314/ | U.S. increasing airdrops of supplies to forces battling ISIL in Syria | U.S. increasing airdrops of supplies to forces battling ISIL in Syria
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Illinois — The U.S. Air Force is increasing airdrops of weapons, ammunition and other equipment to a growing number of opposition forces closing in on Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria.
“Our expanded precision... |
c552dfa27ccca74da41d0a503d3bc464 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/18/46-severely-injured-people-remain-nigeria-bombing-scene/96710382/ | 46 ‘severely injured’ people remain at Nigeria bombing scene | 46 ‘severely injured’ people remain at Nigeria bombing scene
LAGOS, Nigeria - The International Committee for the Red Cross says around 46 “severely injured” people remain in a refugee camp that Nigeria’s military says it mistakenly bombed.
Human Rights Watch is calling on Nigeria’s government to compensate the victims... |
766e82220109b3b879bbe6373c7933fc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/18/attack-northern-mali-kills-33-injures-dozens/96709202/ | Death toll in Mali suicide blast rises to more than 50 | Death toll in Mali suicide blast rises to more than 50
GAO, Mali - A Mali military official says the death toll in a suicide bombing has risen to more than 50.
Col. Mohamed Ould says more than 100 others have been wounded in Wednesday’s attack in the city of Gao.
The blast hit a camp that is home to Malian soldiers and... |
686c64752a607b0f4198e624d17714a8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/18/iraq-military-troops-have-full-control-eastern-mosul/96710782/ | Iraq military: Troops have ‘full control’ of eastern Mosul | Iraq military: Troops have ‘full control’ of eastern Mosul
Iraq's armed forces said Wednesday they are now in full control of eastern Mosul, a key development in a bloody fight with the Islamic State to win back the country's second-largest city.
Iraqi Army Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati, who commands the counterterrorism for... |
146f2c5b4f0efffb5c90b59d4180ba0d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/18/israeli-soldiers-medical-conditions-volunteer/96491340/ | Israeli military open to volunteers with medical issues | Israeli military open to volunteers with medical issues
JERUSALEM — Pvt. Tali Goft, an Israeli soldier serving on a base in northern Israel, didn’t know Erez Orbach, one of the four soldiers killed in a truck-ramming attack here Jan. 8, but she felt a kinship with him.
They both volunteered to serve in the military des... |
a19149caa4b65816192f0866d8fd6e99 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/24/pope-francis-calls-media-end-focus-bad-news/96992574/ | Pope Francis calls on media to end ‘focus on bad news’ | Pope Francis calls on media to end ‘focus on bad news’
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis urged global news outlets on Tuesday to “stem the spiral of fear” caused by coverage of the world’s tragedies and scandals.
“I am convinced that we have to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting f... |
3c06396b19ac3d01be4f779c5362825f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/26/german-court-jails-girl-16-stabbing-ordered-isil/97077018/ | German court jails girl, 16, for stabbing ordered by ISIL | German court jails girl, 16, for stabbing ordered by ISIL
A German court has jailed a 16-year-old girl for stabbing a police officer on Islamic State orders.
The teenager, named only as Safia S in accordance with German privacy laws, was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for the attack at the main railway stati... |
a164ee32fada354294d99210ed7f9d9a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/26/mexico-donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto/97082388/ | Outraged Mexicans back Peña Nieto's decision to scrap visit with 'bully' Trump | Outraged Mexicans back Peña Nieto's decision to scrap visit with 'bully' Trump
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto canceled next week's meeting with President Trump at the White House just hours after the American president issued an ultimatum that Mexico scrap the visit if it won't pay for a wall he pla... |
8c9ad806971efc72d849d6bd41326bd4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/01/brexit-wins-first-round-british-parliament/97355296/ | Brexit wins first round in British Parliament | Brexit wins first round in British Parliament
British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of formal talks to extricate the United Kingdom from the European Union.
The House of Commons voted 498-114 in Parliament's first round of Brexit voting. More rounds are required, but Brexit appears certain to gain a... |
16a016dfd003a007141a3ef8487d9a9e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/01/senate-approves-rex-tillerson-secretary-state/97349470/ | Senate confirms Rex Tillerson for secretary of State | Senate confirms Rex Tillerson for secretary of State
The Senate confirmed former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of State on Wednesday, even as Democrats blocked progress on other Cabinet nominees chosen by President Trump.
Three Democrats and one Independent who generally votes with the Democrats joined a so... |
8bf55f9d072fda725db1a99a05e6678a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/01/sri-lanka-arrest-astrologer-who-predicted-presidents-death/97328364/ | Sri Lanka: Astrologer who predicted president’s death arrested | Sri Lanka: Astrologer who predicted president’s death arrested
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka police have arrested an astrologer who predicted President Maithripala Sirisena would die.
Most Sri Lankans follow advises of astrologers for making decisions, and the suspect, astrologer Vijitha Rohana Wijemuni, is a former n... |
08a11d64746d34eb0d42cc94e4a3ad58 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/06/new-chinese-missile-makes-latest-appearance-drills/97540160/ | New Chinese missile makes latest appearance in drills | New Chinese missile makes latest appearance in drills
BEIJING - A highly accurate Chinese ballistic missile capable of threatening U.S. and Japanese bases in Asia has made its latest appearance at recent Rocket Force drills.
The medium-range DF-16 featured in a video posted last week on the Defense Ministry’s website s... |
595ab205572b3b5ddcade943b541e19f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/08/somalia-elects-first-new-president-decades/97661060/ | Somalia elects first new president in decades | Somalia elects first new president in decades
MOGADISHU, Somalia — War-torn Somalia elected its first president in decades Wednesday evening, prompting street celebrations for the east African nation’s rare and successful exercise of democracy.
A former prime minister who has dual Somali-.U.S. citizenship, Mohamed Abdu... |
a3201b352e9aba5e10ccea99d9305427 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/09/mohamed-abdullahi-farmajo-somalia-president/97694004/ | Who is Somalia's new president? | Who is Somalia's new president?
War-torn Somalia elected Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo president Wednesday, after two rounds of voting by members of parliament.
He brings hope to the country, which has been disintegrating since 1991, when warlords ousted dictator Siad Barre, then plunged the nation into civil war. In the i... |
02c70a300e69f58885e596e0af93df5e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/09/world-largest-refugee-camp-dadaab/97686718/ | World's largest refugee camp avoids shutdown | World's largest refugee camp avoids shutdown
DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP, Kenya — Joy erupted in the world's largest refugee camp Thursday after Kenya’s High Court overturned the government’s decision to close the massive facility and force residents back to the homelands they had fled, principally war-torn Somalia next door.
... |
a96736c0b8d6901fa5dfdb0a814302ee | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/26/cruise-missing-person-italy/98447852/ | Man's wife vanished on a cruise. He told no one | Man's wife vanished on a cruise. He told no one
(NEWSER) – Daniel Belling, his wife, and their two children set off on an 11-day Mediterranean cruise on Feb. 9. Only three of them boarded a flight back to Dublin—or tried to. The 45-year-old German native was stopped for questioning at Rome's Ciampino Airport on Tuesday... |
c0251bc8653caa211965e712b67c4a40 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/28/un-resolution-syria/98518510/ | Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syrian sanctions | Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syrian sanctions
Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday that would have imposed sanctions on 21 Syrian people and organizations linked to chemical weapons attacks in the war-torn country.
The proposal, initially sponsored by France and the United Kingdom, but... |
3656872afa1352c29262866bd469a3b6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/01/donald-trump-canada-immigration-system-merit-based/98594790/ | Canada's 'merit-based' immigration system wins Trump's praise | Canada's 'merit-based' immigration system wins Trump's praise
Canada's immigration system, which President Trump praised Tuesday night, has served as a model for countries around the world because it focuses more on immigrants who can contribute to the economy than those with little more than family ties.
About 63% of ... |
aca17bc99ff3bab71093b128f2a2e38c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/03/russians-disillusioned-president-trump/98693256/ | Russians disheartened by Trump as his love affair with Putin fizzles | Russians disheartened by Trump as his love affair with Putin fizzles
MOSCOW — Russian politicians enamored with President Trump's talk of improved relations with Moscow last fall are already disillusioned that he's reversed course because of investigations into Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
Communist leader Ge... |
354b042ca84c428cb7666c1752f1e60d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/07/police-spain-hunt-massive-dine-and-dash-suspects/98865998/ | Police in Spain hunt for dine-and-dash suspects | Police in Spain hunt for dine-and-dash suspects
MADRID— They booked banquets for hundreds of guests. They ate, drank, danced and even set off fireworks. But when desserts arrived, they drove away in the blink of an eye, leaving behind unpaid bills amounting to thousands of euros.
A trail of similar recent incidents in ... |
9a9e0f0ee55e5e2c7d2e582cb5132688 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/08/north-korea-united-states-south-korea-drills-china-missile-defense/98890796/ | China: North Korea could suspend nuclear activities if U.S. halts military exercises | China: North Korea could suspend nuclear activities if U.S. halts military exercises
BEIJING — China on Wednesday proposed that North Korea could suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for a halt in joint military drills conducted by the U.S. and South Korea.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi likened escalating ... |
5712afd78621e905b980546764e0cff1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/09/sex-orgies-prostitution-porn-claims-shake-catholic-church-italy/98962674/?utm_content=buffer41d9e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer | Sex orgies, prostitution, porn: Allegations shake Catholic Church in Italy | Sex orgies, prostitution, porn: Allegations shake Catholic Church in Italy
ROME (RNS) — Lurid accusations of priests involved in sex orgies, porn videos and prostitution have emerged from several parishes in Italy recently, sending shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenging the high standards Pope Francis d... |
e9a9f4361f3e57f2cd3c928acb716f3d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/16/trump-travel-ban-targeting-muslim-countries/99244568/ | Trump travel ban dealt another blow by Maryland judge | Trump travel ban dealt another blow by Maryland judge
President Trump's temporary travel ban targeting six majority-Muslim countries was dealt another blow Thursday after a federal judge in Maryland suspended a portion of the ban that prevented visas being issued to nationals of the six countries.
The Maryland decision... |
0b378d37b41e3f845d400a07d3e352b7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/19/north-korea-tests-new-rocket-engine/99380046/ | North Korea tests new rocket engine | North Korea tests new rocket engine
TOKYO — North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country’s space program, the North’s state media said Sunday.
Kim attended Saturday’s test at the Sohae launch site, acco... |
414aaa1790bc715d470786a4283c4fd8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/22/girl-steals-pope-francis-hat-vatican/99510224/ | Girl steals Pope Francis' hat at Vatican greeting | Girl steals Pope Francis' hat at Vatican greeting
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — It took a split second for him to realize what happened.
As Pope Francis leaned forward to give Estella Westrick a kiss on the cheek as he greeted the faithful on St. Peter’s Square, the 3-year-old from Georgia caused a sensation by reaching up and ... |
3ac9d65d95ca0b6512c648aab43ddbe3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/03/egypt-economic-revival-el-sisi/99558134/ | Like a phoenix, Egypt economy is rising from ashes | Like a phoenix, Egypt economy is rising from ashes
CAIRO — At first glance, software engineer Ahmed Elhaz, psychiatrist Mohammed El Shami and furniture maker Mahmoud Shaaban have little in common: One writes computer code, another provides counseling and the third uses carving tools to ply his trade.
Yet all three are ... |
dcf6415e4507b312a80ce10bf6cc00dd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/03/explosion-reported-russian-subway/99972522/?utm_source=home&utm_medium=Presto&utm_campaign=PVs | Mourning, alarm in Russia after deadly blast in St. Petersburg | Mourning, alarm in Russia after deadly blast in St. Petersburg
A bomb blast in a St. Petersburg subway train Monday killed 11 people, injured dozens more and sent Russian authorities scrambling to increase security at transportation hubs across the nation.
A second bomb laden with shrapnel was later diffused at a busy ... |
b3be6bdb92dcace9aeb4670ef95abe7e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/03/iraq-airstrikes-isis-mosul-islamic-state/99883970/ | Many airstrikes in Mosul go unreported, civilian victims say | Many airstrikes in Mosul go unreported, civilian victims say
IRBIL, Iraq — As the battle to liberate west Mosul from the Islamic State intensifies, more Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire are dying in airstrikes that have gotten scant attention, residents who escaped report.
A March 17 strike on a building that ki... |
e1f7d5cb32cf12b132bd35125338c258 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/03/liberal-s-korean-election-front-runner-wins-party-nomination/99971798/ | Liberal S. Korean election front-runner wins party nomination | Liberal S. Korean election front-runner wins party nomination
SEOUL, South Korea - A liberal South Korean opposition leader who advocates improved ties with rival North Korea has become his party’s candidate in next month’s election of a successor to recently ousted President Park Geun-hye.
Moon Jae-in’s nomination Mon... |
ce6557e8ce2d7d20c36b52c40d3a39a6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/03/poland-russian-air-controllers-contributed-plane-crash-/99971862/ | Poland: Russian air controllers contributed to 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others | Poland: Russian air controllers contributed to 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others
WARSAW, Poland - Polish prosecutors alleged Monday that a new analysis of evidence into the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed the Polish president shows that two Russian air traffic controllers and a ... |
2e801e3bb9a8c74786035100fdd48333 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/03/scottish-leader-nicola-sturgeon-takes-campaign-independence-america/99971100/ | Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon takes campaign for independence to America | Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon takes campaign for independence to America
GLASGOW — Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will take the campaign for independence from the United Kingdom to the United States this week as the stand-off between the Scottish Parliament and Westminster over the constitutional future of... |
888295821028f9cc100b5643dded6028 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/04/jordan-king-abdullah-trump-white-house/100024362/ | Jordan king to discuss Mideast peace process with Trump | Jordan king to discuss Mideast peace process with Trump
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s King Abdullah II will be able to deliver an Arab consensus on Mideast peace when he meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, after a recent summit hosted by the monarch renewed an Arab offer of recognition of Isra... |
014b1c0f40b099e971e88df5715d1504 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/04/president-xi-confront-trump-own-china-first-policy/100014326/ | President Xi to confront Trump with China-first policy | President Xi to confront Trump with China-first policy
BEIJING — When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with President Trump on Thursday he plans to counter the U.S. president's "America first" policy with his own China-first demands.
The initial summit of the leaders of the world's largest economies may be marked by ... |
1347dd5799f75ba8016cf20df654da99 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/05/syria-bashar-assad-stays-power-chemical-attacks/100063380/ | Why Syria's Assad stays in power—even after chemical attacks | Why Syria's Assad stays in power—even after chemical attacks
Allegations that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad killed dozens of people — including children — in a chemical weapons attack Tuesday on a rebel-held town prompted global outrage and condemnations. (Russia said Wednesday that the chemicals were rel... |
6d71ad33d9a5f05820958fb032883919 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/09/sweden-stockholm-truck-attack-suspect/100255548/ | Stockholm attacker was rejected asylum-seeker | Stockholm attacker was rejected asylum-seeker
The Uzbekistan man accused in last week's terror attack in Sweden that killed four people had been rejected for asylum and dodged deportation by using a phony address, Swedish authorities said Sunday.
The 39-year-old man is accused of stealing a beer truck and crashing it i... |
07c8d042ac984663218f7e07d2d25a81 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/12/irans-former-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-registers-run-may-election/100363114/ | Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers to run in May election | Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers to run in May election
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday filed to run in the country’s May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race.
Ahmadinejad’s decision will upend ... |
961b4da02b4d94f5af95fa235e4866f0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/13/no-dancing-good-friday-german-party-goers-rebel/100427164/ | No dancing on Good Friday? German party-goers rebel | No dancing on Good Friday? German party-goers rebel
BERLIN — Observe Easter or go dancing?
In many parts of tradition-bound Germany, religion is winning out. And for those who like to go club-hopping into the night, it's not a happy holiday.
For a century, loud music and dancing all night long during religious holidays... |
9f51971a256e15e4c74bdb7b9b776424 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/20/russia-chechnya-lgbt-gay-men/100689962/ | Rights groups: Gays being rounded up in Chechnya detention centers | Rights groups: Gays being rounded up in Chechnya detention centers
MOSCOW — For weeks, LGBT rights groups have sounded alarms that gay men are being persecuted in the Russian republic of Chechnya, but they predicted that a formal government investigation into their allegations of detention and torture would find no sup... |
39a6fb008eaac027dd0246dc16618937 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/20/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-protests-arrests-demonstrations/100683834/ | At least two deaths, hundreds arrested in massive Venezuela protests | At least two deaths, hundreds arrested in massive Venezuela protests
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition is looking to keep up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro by taking to the streets again Thursday hours after at least two people were killed and hundreds arrested in the biggest anti-government demonstrati... |
1c01ae1c29063b93e199713296cf8fa0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/24/defense-secretary-mattis-afghanistan/100834304/ | Mattis: U.S., NATO must confront Russia on Taliban after major attack | Mattis: U.S., NATO must confront Russia on Taliban after major attack
KABUL — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday said the United States and NATO will have to confront Russia over its support for the Taliban, remarks that came days after a massacre of Afghan troops inside a mosque and amid a review of the American s... |
b8b6cde6e9f33ffe6a4041a7734bbce6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/24/syria-chemical-weapons-north-korea/100834496/ | A key supplier of Syria's chemical weapons? North Korea | A key supplier of Syria's chemical weapons? North Korea
The horrors of civil war in Syria have proved a blessing for North Korea.
The regime of Kim Jong Un has made a killing selling arms and ammunition to the regime of fellow dictator, Bashar Assad.
A typical example is a machine gun known as the Type 73, according to... |
b90a37b49815a7aa10668ad19bd30115 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/28/how-trump-can-squeeze-north-korea----without-war/100993220/ | Six things Trump can do to squeeze North Korea — without sparking war | Six things Trump can do to squeeze North Korea — without sparking war
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the United Nations Security Council on Friday to impose new sanctions against North Korea to stop its nuclear threat, warning that failure to act would be "catastrophic."
Tillerson said the world community needs... |
dd1c7a8e201cf0463b21fb354046ab2b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/03/north-korean-confirms-detention-american/101233752/ | North Korea confirms detention of American | North Korea confirms detention of American
North Korea confirmed Wednesday that it has detained an American professor who was seized April 22 at Pyongyang International Airport as he tried to leave the country.
The Korean Central News Agency says Kim Sang Dok, whose American name is Tony Kim, is accused of attempting t... |
6db25b962307a9ba9f5117fed5242bd1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/04/refugee-admissions-donald-trump-migrants/101036264/ | Refugee admissions plummet under Trump, USA TODAY analysis finds | Refugee admissions plummet under Trump, USA TODAY analysis finds
The number of refugees arriving in the United States has dropped sharply this year because of President Trump's threats to bar their entry, even though his order for a total 120-day ban has been blocked twice by federal courts, a USA TODAY analysis of gov... |
e8ecdcbcb21fc19281f36b1c18853764 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/07/north-korea-seizes-another-american-citizen-crisis-heats-up/101401924/ | North Korea seizes another American citizen as crisis heats up | North Korea seizes another American citizen as crisis heats up
North Korea announced Sunday that it detained another American over the weekend, raising to four the number of U.S. citizens being held by the communist nation's authoritarian regime.
Kim Hak-song had worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Techno... |
85d7e7222d5fc85ed2f5af9b11a6b033 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/15/british-wwii-veteran-101-breaks-skydiving-record/101714596/ | British WWII veteran, 101, breaks skydiving record | British WWII veteran, 101, breaks skydiving record
LONDON — A 101-year-old D-Day veteran has become the oldest person in the world to skydive.
Bryson William Verdun Hayes completed a tandem skydive from 15,000 feet with members of his extended family on Sunday at an airfield in Honiton, southwestern England.
Among thos... |
209a88558c3522e19ccd0e09a163d580 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/17/deportations-under-president-trump-undocumented-immigrants/101786264/ | Immigration arrests up 38% nationwide under Trump | Immigration arrests up 38% nationwide under Trump
In the 100 days since President Trump signed an executive order to enhance immigration enforcement, the arrests of undocumented immigrants is up 38% from the same time period in 2016, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data released Wednesday.
ICE Acting D... |
8b8d7f2f1dd88fdbc1544c6bc8cf4cca | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/22/bomb-thai-hospital/102001982/ | Bomb at Thai hospital wounds more than 20 | Bomb at Thai hospital wounds more than 20
BANGKOK - A bomb exploded at an army-run hospital in Bangkok on Monday, the third anniversary of a military coup, and authorities said more than 20 people were wounded.
Investigators found remnants of batteries and wires at the scene of the blast on the ground floor of Phramong... |
e68ffae2a3b61e5ee20b667404dd9025 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/27/pope-more-christian-martyrs-today-than-ancient-times/102232868/ | Pope: More Christian martyrs today than in ancient times | Pope: More Christian martyrs today than in ancient times
GENOA, Italy — Pope Francis prayed Saturday for the Coptic Christians killed a day earlier in Egypt by Islamic extremists, saying that there are more Christian martyrs today than in ancient times.
During a meeting with clergy in the Italian port city of Genoa, Fr... |
6c47437eb081997bb07f9757f855e92d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/30/us-conduct-first-test-intercept-intercontinental-range-missile/102309856/ | U.S. successfully intercepts a long-range missile for the first time | U.S. successfully intercepts a long-range missile for the first time
The U.S. military on Tuesday successfully intercepted an intercontinental-range missile for the first time, a key test of its missile-defense system amid heightening tensions with North Korea.
The successful test represented a "critical milestone" for... |
edea3d5e92d1295b760159997b9a0c59 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/01/persecution-jehovahs-witnesses-russia-intensifies/102390226/ | Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia intensifies | Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia intensifies
Teachers have humiliated Jehovah’s Witness children in front of their classmates. Arsonists have burned Witnesses’ homes. Security forces have raided their meeting halls.
Since the Russian Supreme Court on April 20 declared the Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist gr... |
156baf1e253364b48dfb06b2ffe9171f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/02/un-votes-add-15-north-koreans-4-entities-un-blacklist/102437496/ | UN votes to add 15 North Koreans, 4 entities to UN blacklist | UN votes to add 15 North Koreans, 4 entities to UN blacklist
UNITED NATION — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution adding 15 North Korean individuals and four entities linked to the country’s nuclear and missile programs to a U.N. sanctions blacklist.
The U.S.-drafted resolution doesn’t impose... |
20ccb4bf1d1ed230dd80b3ff75a53cdb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/06/tillerson-trump-russia/102541732/ | Rex Tillerson: Trump says rebuild U.S. relationship with Russia | Rex Tillerson: Trump says rebuild U.S. relationship with Russia
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has asked him to rebuild the U.S. relationship with Russia and not allow the political turmoil over possible Russian ties to the Trump campaign to impede hi... |
e32cebe0c466a49ad9aca7b18a5ee5b9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/08/ayatollah-khomeinis-mausoleum-symbol-iranian-pride/102626714/ | Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum: A symbol of Iranian pride | Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum: A symbol of Iranian pride
Wednesday's attack on the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic was the first inside Iran by the Islamic State, which claimed responsibility.
Here’s what you need to know about one of the sites targeted in the strike that ki... |
256ecf6c8e5fdaaf3b91f3e4089b1682 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/12/isis-clings-mosul-3rd-anniversary-invading-iraq/102781820/ | ISIS clings to Mosul on 3rd anniversary of invading Iraq | ISIS clings to Mosul on 3rd anniversary of invading Iraq
IRBIL, Iraq — The Iraqi military had planned on a big celebration Saturday, the third anniversary of the Islamic State's capture of Mosul, by completing the liberation of Iraq's second-largest city and the militants' last major stronghold in the country. But it d... |
1964194e479fc327f08788f33dfd0f05 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/12/russian-opposition-leader-arrested-russia-day/102772194/ | Alexei Navalny, Putin critic and Russian opposition leader, arrested as thousands protest on Russia Day | Alexei Navalny, Putin critic and Russian opposition leader, arrested as thousands protest on Russia Day
MOSCOW — Thousands of anti-corruption demonstrators took to the streets Monday in Moscow and other Russian cities on Russia Day for the biggest wave of protests in five years. Police arrested protest leader and presi... |
43ade6004f4016a6f045e9c9924f3ba0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/14/analysis-trump-and-pentagon-search-way-end-americas-longest-war/102856266/ | Analysis: Trump and Pentagon search for way to end America's longest war | Analysis: Trump and Pentagon search for way to end America's longest war
A Pentagon plan to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan aims to halt advances by Taliban insurgents in the short term, but the broader goal is to find a political path to end America’s longest war.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who was given a fre... |
63f5e3b3b8033ccf6e197c39f672d44a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/19/refugees-serbia-government-help/102866300/ | Some refugees in Serbia fear government help would limit freedom | Some refugees in Serbia fear government help would limit freedom
BELGRADE, Serbia — In recent months, Serbian authorities have tried to provide shelter, food and medical care to thousands of refugees from the Middle East, Asia and Africa camping within its borders.
But the newcomers don't want any of it.
This country i... |
b96064bb4aa491566ad0a483278e1a6a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/22/trump-vetting-review-backdoor-travel-ban/419213001/ | Trump vetting review could lead to 'backdoor' travel ban | Trump vetting review could lead to 'backdoor' travel ban
The Trump administration has started a global review of vetting procedures used to screen foreign travelers that critics believe could result in a "backdoor travel ban," restricting entry to people from more countries.
The White House has said the aim of Presiden... |
353b034edd5e99b13a89f6c1ba942611 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/24/swiss-startup-crafts-green-toilets-turn-human-waste-into-fertilizer/102813554/ | Swiss startup crafts green toilets to turn human waste into fertilizer | Swiss startup crafts green toilets to turn human waste into fertilizer
This article is one of dozens being shared to media outlets around the world for Impact Journalism Day on June 24, 2017.
If the banana trees at Zoo Zurich are particularly lush, it’s thanks to a fertilizer with an unusual ingredient: human waste.
In... |
75ab91c688316735e2e06af74edcfb5c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/26/chinas-jailed-nobel-peace-laureate-granted-medical-parole/103194798/ | China’s jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo granted medical parole | China’s jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo granted medical parole
BEIJING - Jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo has been released on medical parole after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, his lawyer said Monday.
Liu was in stable condition at the China Medical University No. 1 A... |
a96f08b06c4f9bea17ddd6f539d57ecb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/29/how-tell-if-you-affected-trumps-scaled-back-travel-ban/438605001/ | Who can (and can’t) travel under the new travel ban | Who can (and can’t) travel under the new travel ban
President Trump's first travel ban targeting majority-Muslim countries in January unleashed chaos around the world, as foreigners were stopped from boarding flights overseas and detained or deported after reaching U.S. airports.
That broad ban was quickly halted by fe... |
94c477d6d327be267f33e4a68eaeb64c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/30/fight-against-isis-mosul-iraq-syria/443743001/ | Fight against ISIS 'far from over' despite terrorist group's loss of Mosul | Fight against ISIS 'far from over' despite terrorist group's loss of Mosul
The Islamic State remains a formidable global threat and still clings to large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria despite the group’s imminent loss of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi celebrated Sunday w... |
ea920b134be94ae0d93a41153d94166d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/30/german-lawmakers-vote-legalize-same-sex-marriage/441982001/ | After Merkel U-turn, Germany approves same-sex marriage | After Merkel U-turn, Germany approves same-sex marriage
The German parliament voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, joining many other western European nations and the United States in implementing equal rights.
The move could spur other European countries where same-sex marriage is not recognized to follow suit.... |
b6ba7273f01318aabfc4db5457340307 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/30/trump-south-korea-president-moon-north-korea-nuclear-program/442591001/ | Trump: 'Patience is over' with North Korean regime | Trump: 'Patience is over' with North Korean regime
President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday called for a combination of pressure and dialogue to counter North Korea's growing nuclear threat.
"The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed," Trump said. "And, frankly, that ... |
518e89e530799b88e48b3a1f1f4cb5c2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/01/cardinal-sex-abuse-charges-raise-pope-francis/445962001/ | Cardinal’s sex abuse charges raise questions about pope’s record | Cardinal’s sex abuse charges raise questions about pope’s record
VATICAN CITY — As the Vatican reeled from news that one of its top officials was taking a leave to fight historical sex abuse charges in Australia, the spotlight quickly turned to Pope Francis, with his critics slamming him for failing to do enough to tac... |
8d7eba024c29b0feebaef6d2084be2ed | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/01/immigrants-facing-new-reality-independence-day/436889001/ | Immigrants facing new reality this Independence Day | Immigrants facing new reality this Independence Day
The Fourth of July has long been a day when foreigners swear their oath of allegiance to the United States to become citizens. It is an annual reminder that the U.S. has been a nation of immigrants since its founding 241 years ago.
That tradition will continue this ho... |
5161838ee30d32d3c509685f5c23e710 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/10/iraqi-forces-have-retaken-mosul-u-s-backed-coalition-confirms/465022001/ | Iraqi forces have fully retaken Mosul, U.S.-backed coalition confirms | Iraqi forces have fully retaken Mosul, U.S.-backed coalition confirms
The last major Iraqi city held by the Islamic State has been taken back by Iraqi government forces, the U.S.-led coalition confirmed Monday.
Iraqi Security Forces were continuing to clear Mosul's Old City of explosive devices, but "Mosul is now firml... |
3a6073ea92e820cdadd8eb03aba75370 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/24/suicide-car-bombing-kills-24-wounds-42-afghan-capital/503802001/ | Suicide car bombing kills 24, wounds 42 in Afghan capital | Suicide car bombing kills 24, wounds 42 in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber rammed his car packed with explosives into a bus carrying government employees in the Afghan capital early on Monday, killing 24 people and wounding 42 others, Kabul’s police chief spokesman said.
The attack occurred in a we... |
1db6f200b5978dc2c8e053e87dd0cfc2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/25/navy-fires-warning-shots-iranian-ship-tense-encounter/507929001/ | Navy fires warning shots at Iranian ship in 'unsafe' Gulf encounter | Navy fires warning shots at Iranian ship in 'unsafe' Gulf encounter
A Navy patrol boat fired warning shots near an Iranian naval ship that was conducting "an unsafe and unprofessional interaction" with a U.S. ship in international waters of the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, the Navy said.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard ... |
f5a3268172b96cdcb39279bbdb40cafc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/27/egypt-plans-restore-alexandria-synagogue-bid-promote-diversity/517356001/ | Egypt plans to restore Alexandria synagogue in bid to promote diversity | Egypt plans to restore Alexandria synagogue in bid to promote diversity
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — A $2 million restoration of Egypt’s largest synagogue is the start of a government effort to keep alive the legacy of the Jewish community, whose members have largely left for Israel, France and elsewhere since the middle of the... |
9f44327e78ca4859269b0c155ff5e3ae | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/28/jerusalem-shrine-friday/519212001/ | Friday prayers end without incident at Jerusalem shrine: police | Friday prayers end without incident at Jerusalem shrine: police
Prayers by Muslim worshipers at a contested shrine in Jerusalem went ahead peacefully Friday, after police were put on high alert following two weeks of protests.
Firas Dibs, a spokesman from the Jordanian body that administers the holy site — known as the... |
0f899510ae84cb097222f5a817eee85c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/02/sweeping-trump-plan-upend-and-slash-legal-immigration-draws-rebukes/533936001/ | Sweeping Trump plan to upend and slash legal immigration draws rebukes | Sweeping Trump plan to upend and slash legal immigration draws rebukes
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misstated which relatives a U.S. citizen can sponsor for permanent residency.
In a mere three-minute speech at the White House, President Trump proposed Wednesday a sweeping new U.S. i... |
9ccbb0d68cc83f90edeffaba60c49b31 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/03/blowing-out-birthday-candles-increases-bacteria-cake-1-400/536178001/ | Blowing out birthday candles increases bacteria on cake — by a lot | Blowing out birthday candles increases bacteria on cake — by a lot
Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say.
A study in the Journal of Food Research determined that blowing out candles over that... |
7b8ba0e9ecc60b695abd419821da1e5f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/07/debris-mv-22-osprey-aircraft-crash-located/544245001/ | Debris from MV-22 Osprey aircraft crash located | Debris from MV-22 Osprey aircraft crash located
Submerged debris from a MV-22 Osprey hybrid aircraft that crashed over the weekend during a training exercise off the coast of Australia, resulting in three missing United States Marines, was located Monday, the Australian Navy said in a statement.
The tilt-rotor aircraft... |
fc35ab41dbad5c8796eefc9b021bc63f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/08/trump-state-visit-uk-opulence-unparalleled/487490001/ | Opulence unparalleled: What the Trumps can expect on a state visit to Britain | Opulence unparalleled: What the Trumps can expect on a state visit to Britain
LONDON — President Trump may think the White House is a "dump" (he denies it), but if his state visit to Britain comes off as planned next year, he certainly won't complain about the digs. The billionaire businessman known for his ostentatiou... |
03ee629869c0cbfb26baf7d58d96b05a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/10/north-korea-crisis-u-s-would-try-down-missiles-launched-guam/555793001/ | U.S. would likely try to intercept North Korean missiles launched toward Guam | U.S. would likely try to intercept North Korean missiles launched toward Guam
If North Korea follows through on its threat to fire ballistic missiles near Guam, the U.S. military probably will try to shoot them down, raising the stakes even further in a dangerous global standoff.
U.S. commanders would have little time ... |
40034eefa005f13b289ffd8d58096b18 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/20/vans-linked-to-attacks-in-spain/104788700/ | 100 gas tanks: Extremists in Spain planned massive attack | 100 gas tanks: Extremists in Spain planned massive attack
A massive manhunt was underway Sunday across Spain for the driver of a van that slammed into a crowd of tourists in Barcelona last week as evidence emerged of an even more deadly terror plot.
Catalan regional Police Chief Josep Lluis Trapero said a dozen members... |
22aa00c724cd1acfece9a8a0fa13d046 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/22/italy-earthquake/588828001/ | Italy earthquake: At least 2 dead, 3 kids rescued from rubble | Italy earthquake: At least 2 dead, 3 kids rescued from rubble
MILAN - Firefighters on the Italian resort island of Ischia first freed a 7-month-old baby and then his two older brothers from the rubble Tuesday, working through the night and often by hand to rescue the children after a 4.0-magnitude quake toppled homes a... |
02d450cbb34c52e4df61dcb0b9c896c6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/22/princess-dianas-treasured-belongings-exhibited-buckingham-palace/524613001/ | Princess Diana's treasured belongings exhibited at Buckingham Palace | Princess Diana's treasured belongings exhibited at Buckingham Palace
LONDON — A desk, family photos and music tapes that belonged to Princess Diana have been put on display at Buckingham Palace to mark the 20th anniversary of her death.
Staff at the London home of Queen Elizabeth II recreated Diana's working space in K... |
d18ee44c5421a8bad4b1faa073c89c77 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/22/trump-afghanistan-strategy/588836001/ | Afghanistan endorses Trump's revised strategy; Taliban warns of 'graveyard' | Afghanistan endorses Trump's revised strategy; Taliban warns of 'graveyard'
The Afghan government on Tuesday embraced President Trump's commitment to "fight to win" in Afghanistan, but the insurgent Taliban vowed the country would become a "graveyard" for U.S. troops if they don't withdraw.
Trump said in a televised sp... |
b23343701d1af39233e2c25f4d130f58 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/24/top-u-s-general-afghanistan-vows-annihilate-islamic-state/596501001/ | Top U.S. general in Afghanistan vows to annihilate Islamic State | Top U.S. general in Afghanistan vows to annihilate Islamic State
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan on Thursday vowed to annihilate the Islamic State and crush what remains of al-Qaeda after President Trump announced a renewed effort in the war that has dragged on for nearly 16 years.
Gen. John Nicholson said the new ... |
9d9923c63123771912e219981ce53246 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/07/australian-court-dismisses-challenge-gay-marriage-survey/640730001/ | Australian court dismisses challenge to gay marriage survey | Australian court dismisses challenge to gay marriage survey
CANBERRA, Australia — Australians will be surveyed on their support for gay marriage from next week after the nation’s highest court on Thursday dismissed challenges to the government’s power to conduct the postal ballot without Senate permission.
Gay rights a... |
022cb435be6b6fc5bfff85ef25a7b849 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/07/who-pink-lady-who-anchors-north-koreas-most-important-tv-broadcasts/640903001/ | Who is the 'Pink Lady' who anchors North Korea's most important TV broadcasts? | Who is the 'Pink Lady' who anchors North Korea's most important TV broadcasts?
The official announcement of North Korea’s nuclear test earlier this week was made by the distinctive voice of Ri Chun Hee.
Ri has been the face and voice of North Korean TV for more than 40 years. But who is she?
"She’s in her mid-70s now,”... |
9203ccac2200c3689849616b3d3b8a4d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/18/soviet-soldier-credited-saving-world-nuclear-war-dies-77/676233001/ | Stanislav Petrov, Soviet soldier credited with saving world from nuclear war, dies at 77 | Stanislav Petrov, Soviet soldier credited with saving world from nuclear war, dies at 77
A Soviet soldier credited with saving the world from nuclear holocaust has died at age 77.
Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer monitoring an early warning system from a bunker outside Moscow on Sept. 26, 1983, when the radar scre... |
a1465acb09ffcc9a99c1a8bc1f443346 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/20/world-end-saturday/685041001/ | Will the world end on Saturday? | Will the world end on Saturday?
Short answer — no.
But David Meade, a Christian and self-published author of end-of-the-world survival guides, predicts doomsday is near — very near, as in this Saturday.
Meade’s ideology, laid out in his book “Planet X — The 2017 Arrival,” is described by the author as “a compendium of ... |
a8610758acb96b18639550db449ed920 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/23/former-boko-haram-militants-rehabilitated-program/643362001/ | Can former Boko Haram terrorists be rehabilitated? This program aims to change their lives | Can former Boko Haram terrorists be rehabilitated? This program aims to change their lives
GOMBE, Nigeria — Aminu Usman sat facing his interrogators and answered questions thrown at him about his life as a Boko Haram terrorist.
“We were told that we were in the service of God,” said Usman, 35, a laborer and father of f... |
ff3155730f727551af7a530edb494834 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/26/palestinian-kills-israelis-near-jerusalem/702988001/ | Palestinian kills 3 Israelis in settlement near Jerusalem | Palestinian kills 3 Israelis in settlement near Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man killed three Israeli security officers Tuesday, and critically wounded a fourth, at the entrance to a settlement outside Jerusalem, in one of the deadliest attacks in a two-year spate of violence.
The attack came as Israeli security... |
19fd0d223d71128f1241bb585d9e3fb9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/03/puerto-ricans-say-trumps-visit-helps-but-pan-political-comment/728783001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Puerto Ricans say Trump's visit helps recovery but comments are too political | Puerto Ricans say Trump's visit helps recovery but comments are too political
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Trump's visit here Tuesday drew thanks from victims of Hurricane Maria who said it would shine a light on their problems, but some faulted him for playing politics with their island's disaster.
“I’m very prou... |
ac167e2b51d24b932a0520268eb185b8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/05/first-female-taxi-driver-crashes-glass-ceiling-conservative-somali-city/625306001/ | First female taxi driver crashes glass ceiling in conservative Somali city | First female taxi driver crashes glass ceiling in conservative Somali city
HARGEISA, Somalia — Rushing around in a white pharmacist’s coat, Sahra Ali tends to a bloodied young boy in a small room attached to the pharmacy she runs. “She’s the hardest working person in the country,” customer Abdelraheem Adil remarked.
Th... |
e3bc315fbb581cc634e4b7fb67e12e3d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/11/trump-visit-uk/753083001/ | Trump to travel to the U.K. next year, but it won't be a state visit: report | Trump to travel to the U.K. next year, but it won't be a state visit: report
LONDON — President Trump is expected to travel to Britain early next year — but the trip won't be a formal state visit with the associated pomp and pageantry, according to a media report.
Officials are working on a plan for Trump to travel to ... |
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