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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departs today (Straits Times) for Singapore and Vietnam for a trip that will stress the importance of…

The government that took office after former President Evo Morales fled Bolivia in 2019 engaged in systematic torture and summary executions…

Slovenia, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, said after a consultation with the bloc that Belarus is permitting…

While meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a peaceful resolution (AP) to…

Backed by the CIA, which feared a communist takeover due to popularly elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh’s nationalist policies, Iran’s…

Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is currently serving as interim premier, and his political coalition said they support Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Straits…

The White House announced that beginning September 20, the United States will offer COVID-19 booster shots (CNN) to fully vaccinated adults. Federal health…

Peruvian Foreign Minister Hector Bejar resigned after nineteen days in office (FT) following the emergence of videos in which he said armed…

U.S. President Joe Biden called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Reuters) to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Biden’s first discussion of the…

South African activists called for full disclosure (AP) of the government’s contracts with U.S. drug company Johnson & Johnson after the New York…

In an attempted coup d’état against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, party officials who oppose his reforms and new union treaty place…

During an economic leadership meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese President Xi Jinping called on wealthy citizens (SCMP) to “give…

Haitian authorities said the confirmed death toll from Saturday’s earthquake has risen (Miami Herald) to 1,941 people. Relief workers reported being under-equipped…

The rate of U.S. adults aged 30–39 who are being hospitalized with COVID-19 reached around 2.5 per 100,000 people (WSJ) last week,…

Poland recalled its ambassador to Israel (AP) two days after Israel downgraded diplomatic ties with the country over a new law that…

Authorities in the Ivory Coast are vaccinating (AFP) health workers as well as the contacts and relatives of a Guinean woman who…

India introduced an emergency e-visa (Indian Express) for Afghans who wish to enter the country, an Indian federal official announced. Those who…

New Zealand will enter a three-day national lockdown (ABC) after a man in the city of Auckland tested positive for COVID-19. The…

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Grace has hampered relief efforts in Haiti (NYT) after an earthquake struck over the weekend. The earthquake killed…

In the first signals of what Taliban rule in Afghanistan could look like in the twenty-first century, a member of…