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U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will meet today (USA Today) at the White House, where they are…

Sierra Leone’s Parliament approved a bill to abolish the death penalty (VOA) and replace it with life imprisonment or thirty-year minimum sentences.…

Group of Twenty (G20) environment ministers at a summit in Naples, Italy, failed to reach an agreement (FT) on phasing out coal…

The Biden administration announced new sanctions (NYT) against Cuba’s defense minister and a group of government security forces in response to alleged…

Negotiations over fully restoring travel between the European Union and the United States are struggling due to the lack of…

The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has spilled into (BBC) the neighboring region of Afar, displacing more than 54,000 people (Reuters), officials said.…

The United States and Iraq are preparing to announce a shift in the U.S. mission in Iraq from a combat…

The United States and Iraq are preparing to announce a shift in the U.S. mission in Iraq from a combat…

In an interview with the Associated Press, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said the group will not cease combat until Afghan President…

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will be in China (SCMP) for two days of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang…

The Summer Olympic Games officially began (Kyodo) in Japan today, with an opening ceremony in a largely empty stadium underscoring the threat…

YouTube said it removed several videos (Reuters) posted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Last year, both Twitter…

Environment and energy ministers from Group of Twenty (G20) nations begin two days of talks (AP) in Naples, Italy, today to prepare…

Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they will collaborate (News24) with South Africa’s Biovac Institute to deliver more than one hundred million…

Indian health authorities said a young boy was the first human to die (Bloomberg) in the country from avian influenza, but that…

A top Chinese health official said Beijing will not accept (SCMP) the World Health Organization’s (WHO) proposal for a second-phase investigation into…

The United States and Germany reached an agreement (DW) that will end U.S. objections to the near-complete Nord Stream 2 pipeline between…

Thomas Barrack Jr., a fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, was arrested (NYT) and charged with failing to identify as a foreign…

Colombian President Ivan Duque presented a revised tax plan (AP) after an initial proposal sparked nationwide anti-government protests in April. The new…

The United States carried out a drone strike (NYT) against al-Shabab militants in Somalia, its first such strike in the country under…