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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called for “all capable Ethiopians” to join government forces (WaPo) in a conflict against rebels that began…

Canada began allowing nonessential travel (CBC) by U.S. citizens and permanent residents for the first time in sixteen months. They must be…

On the one-year anniversary of a controversial election in Belarus, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom imposed new sanctions…

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which allows him to escalate U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War…

The FBI said it is reviewing classified documents (NYT) regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with an eye to making some…

Bangladesh began a drive to vaccinate (Dhaka Tribune) around forty-eight thousand Rohingya aged fifty-five and older in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.…

North Korea did not answer (Yonhap) a daily call on a newly established military hotline with South Korea hours after Kim Yo-jong,…

The U.S. State Department said special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has traveled to Doha, Qatar, for talks with representatives (Axios) from the Taliban…

Millions of dollars that the U.S. federal government diverted for the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in 2019 was…

Peru’s new prime minister, Guido Bellido, told Reuters that the government plans to participate in industries such as natural gas and hydroelectricity…

The head of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said the government will dissolve a disciplinary system (Reuters) for judges…

Sudan announced it is recalling its ambassador to Ethiopia (National) after the country refused Sudan’s offer to mediate a cease-fire in the…

African American track star Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the 4×100 meters relay. His…

The top negotiator for Yemen’s Houthi rebels said it would be useless to hold fresh talks (Reuters) with Hans Grundberg, the newly…

The Taliban has captured (Al Jazeera) six of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals, including much of the city of Kunduz (TOLOnews), in less than a…

Approval for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government sank from 31 percent before the start of the Tokyo Olympics to…

A new report written by 234 scientists for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) details five possible trajectories…

The Department of Justice is launching an investigation (AP) into allegations that police in Phoenix, Arizona, have abused and used excessive force…

A U.S. delegation led by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with (Reuters) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and other officials in Brasilia,…

The International Olympic Committee stripped two Belarusian coaches (AFP) of their accreditation after they allegedly tried to force a sprinter to fly…