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21:09, 19 Jan 2019

At least 74 people were injured in blast caused by fuel thieves

14:53, 19 Jan 2019

Relatives of cadets killed in a car bombing at a police academy in Colombia are now enduring the cruel task of trying to identify their loved ones.Many victims hailed from impoverished, conflict-ridden parts of Colombia ...

08:58, 19 Jan 2019

The Latest on a pipeline fire in Mexico (all times local):7:45 a.m.Hidalgo state Gov. Omar Fayad says the death toll from a pipeline explosion in central Mexico has risen to 66.Over 85 other people on ...

04:31, 19 Jan 2019

Following a deadly suicide truck bombing on a police academy near Bogota, the president of Colombia has called on Cuba to arrest 10 commanders of the Colombian ELN rebel group who are in Havana. Iva

00:03, 19 Jan 2019

Colombia called on Cuba to arrest 10 National Liberation Army commanders currently in Havana for stalled peace talks after a car bombing blamed on the leftist rebels killed 21 people and injured dozens at a ...

05:56, 18 Jan 2019

The Latest on the car bombing in Bogota (all times local):5:50 a.m.Colombian authorities said the death toll from a car bombing at a police academy in the capital has risen to 21.The police in a ...

00:16, 18 Jan 2019

Colombian authorities were scrambling to identify who was behind a brazen car bombing at a police academy in Bogota that has rattled residents and raised tough questions about lingering security threats in the wake of ...

18:17, 17 Jan 2019

Geologist Kirk Woodman was abducted by gunmen late Tuesday from a remote gold mine in the country's northeast region

17:54, 17 Jan 2019

'All options on the table' as Trump administration considers recognizing opposition as legitimate leader of Venezuela

15:32, 17 Jan 2019

Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. At the same time, ...

11:24, 17 Jan 2019

At least eight people were killed and another 10 injured in a car bombing at a police academy in Colombia's capital on Thursday, authorities said.The scene outside the General Santander police academy in southern Bogota ...

20:40, 16 Jan 2019

More than 1,700 Hondurans were walking and hitchhiking through Guatemala on Wednesday, heading toward the Mexico border as part of a new caravan of migrants hoping to reach the United States. Over 1,700 migrants passed through ...

19:04, 16 Jan 2019

A Caracas court has decided to keep the agents with the feared SEBIN intelligence police under arrest as they await trial on charges that include 'illegitimate detention' and 'abuse of functions'

16:52, 16 Jan 2019

Amid an unbearable stench in Peru's capital, thousands of workers, police and soldiers are struggling to contain and clean up a flood of sewage that has caused a health emergency in one of Lima's most ...

09:22, 16 Jan 2019

Perdomo combines her street performances with appearances at concerts and on TV programs, and her song has become the unofficial anthem of Venezuelans who have fled their country’s economic implosion

01:43, 16 Jan 2019

A year ago, Venezuelan migrant Reymar Perdomo was singing for spare change on jammed buses, struggling to make ends meet while building a new life in Peru's capital.But her life took a turn when she ...

00:00, 16 Jan 2019

Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress has declared President Nicolas Maduro "illegitimate," moving a step closer to implementing a plan to challenge the socialist leader by declaring a caretaker government and calling early elections.A resolution adopted Tuesday accuses ...

15:30, 15 Jan 2019

CNN report cites 3 unnamed sources; U.S. security spokesman tells VOA the Trump administration has expressed support for Juan Guaido

12:02, 15 Jan 2019

Hundreds of Honduran migrants trekked out of a bus station in a violent northern city on Tuesday to join a new caravan of people hoping to reach Mexico or the United States. The first groups left ...

11:37, 15 Jan 2019

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree making it easier for many Brazilians to own a gun - a measure he says will help people defend themselves

15:04, 19 Jan 2019

Police in Barcelona have arrested seven people on suspicion of attacking cars that work with ride-hailing apps like Uber and Cabify as part of a protest by taxi drivers that turned violent on Friday.The attacks ...

14:39, 19 Jan 2019

Several thousand people have marched in Belgrade for the seventh week of protests against what they say is Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's autocratic rule.The protest Saturday comes after Vucic's party bused tens of thousands of ...

11:37, 19 Jan 2019

A Belarusian model who last year claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election says she won't be saying anything more about the matter.Anastasia Vashukevich made the statement Saturday in ...

09:57, 19 Jan 2019

Thousands of farmers from across Germany and their supporters have protested at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, calling for climate-friendly agriculture and healthy food.Some 170 tractors drove in from farms around the country to join 12,000 ...

09:12, 19 Jan 2019

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies elected a new leader Saturday, a change that offers Germany's center-right a chance to move past their persistent bickering over recent years.The 52-year-old Markus Soeder was elected unopposed in Munich ...

08:46, 19 Jan 2019

Authorities in southern Spain say they hope in about 35 hours to reach the spot where they believe a two-year-old boy who fell in a borehole six days ago is trapped.Angel Garcia, the leading engineer ...

06:49, 19 Jan 2019

The Latest on Britain's exit from the European Union (all times local):11:50 a.m.Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is suggesting it may be possible to give Britain more time to leave the European Union if it comes ...

06:29, 19 Jan 2019

Britain's Labour Party is calling for an "open and frank debate" on the government's stalled Brexit plan and an increased role for Parliament — but still won't meet with Prime Minister Theresa May for talks.The ...

04:30, 19 Jan 2019

People from across Poland are waiting in a long line to enter the Gdansk basilica for the funeral of the city's slain mayor.Polish and European officials are expected to attend the ceremony remembering Mayor Piotr ...

03:54, 19 Jan 2019

Britain's Parliament is crumbling — shored up by scaffolding, patched by endless repairs. And after a week of upheaval over Brexit in the House of Commons and angry exchanges on the streets outside, Britain's democratic ...

03:17, 19 Jan 2019

Yellow vest protesters are planning rallies in several French cities despite a national debate launched this week by President Emmanuel Macron aimed at assuaging their anger.A prominent and provocative protester is promoting a march Saturday ...

11:25, 18 Jan 2019

The far-right Alternative for Germany party said Friday it's exploring legal action against the country's domestic intelligence agency after a report examining extremist tendencies within the party was leaked to the media.Co-leader Alexander Gauland said ...

11:00, 18 Jan 2019

Czech officials say a man has been seriously injured after he set himself on fire in downtown Prague amid commemorative events to remember a student who burned himself to death 50 years ago to inspire ...

10:31, 18 Jan 2019

Cyprus' foreign minister says he's optimistic that the U.S. will soon start lifting a decades-old arms embargo because Washington acknowledges the island nation's contribution to bolstering stability and security in the east Mediterranean.Foreign Minister Nicos ...

10:18, 18 Jan 2019

Some 300 city mayors and councilors from across Poland have gathered to honor slain Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz with a special session at the city's historic shipyard on the eve of his burial.European Union's top ...

09:15, 18 Jan 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron meets Friday with mayors of southwestern France as part of a grand debate aimed at appeasing the yellow vest movement, as protesters call for new actions this weekend.Macron is due to ...

08:59, 18 Jan 2019

Some 4,000 workers held a warning strike at Audi's manufacturing plant in Hungary, demanding higher wages and other benefits from the German carmaker.Union leader Sandor Nemeth said that Friday's two-hour work stoppage was "exceptionally successful," ...

08:02, 18 Jan 2019

A salvage operation to lift scores of shipping containers from the seabed off the northwestern coast of the Netherlands has begun more than two weeks after they tumbled off a cargo vessel in a storm.Security ...

08:00, 18 Jan 2019

Heavy machinery has been brought in by rescuers in southern Spain who plan to drill vertical tunnels next to a deep borehole to reach a 2-year-old boy trapped there for five days."The terrain's geology is ...

07:45, 18 Jan 2019

The World Health Organization said Friday that it's seeing increasing reports of misconduct reported by staffers within the U.N. health agency, describing the trend as "a positive thing."WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said the agency has ...

20:02, 19 Jan 2019

Congo's Constitutional Court early Sunday declared the election of Felix Tshisekedi as president, rejecting challenges to the vote by runner-up Martin Fayulu, who had alleged fraud.Tshisekedi, son of the late, charismatic opposition leader Etienne, is ...

16:47, 19 Jan 2019

The U.S. military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a “large group” mounted an attack on Somali forces. The U.S. Africa Command said ...

11:41, 19 Jan 2019

Trapped in a Kenyan hotel under attack by extremists, June Chepkemei said she made peace with the fact that she might die.Chepkemei, a communications specialist, was attending a workshop at the dusitD2 hotel in Nairobi ...

11:23, 19 Jan 2019

Militants briefly took over a military base before a counter offensive took it back

10:17, 19 Jan 2019

Madagascar's new president has been sworn in and vows to establish independent bodies to combat the Indian Ocean island nation's widespread corruption.Andry Rajoelina, who led the country from 2009 to 2014 in a transitional government ...

06:58, 19 Jan 2019

Some 9,000 Nigerian refugees fled across the border seeking protection from Boko Haram attacks

13:41, 18 Jan 2019

The annual Human Rights Watch Africa report raises concerns about violence and suppression in several African nations

13:29, 18 Jan 2019

U.N. officials deplore the excessive use of force against people protesting the rise of fuel prices and limited access to basic goods and services

12:30, 18 Jan 2019

At least 7 people have been arrested following the al-Shabab-claimed assault on a complex that left 21 people dead

10:28, 18 Jan 2019

Prosecutors appealed judges' verdict acquitting him and a top aide of crimes against humanity stemming from 2010 election violence

07:54, 18 Jan 2019

Declared runner-up has requested a recount, alleging fraud

06:57, 18 Jan 2019

Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and a former government minister must remain in custody until judges issue a decision on a prosecution appeal against their ...

04:28, 18 Jan 2019

The Latest on Zimbabwe unrest (all times local):11:20 a.m.Zimbabweans injured during a government crackdown on protests over a dramatic fuel price increase are streaming into a hospital in the capital, Harare.People have broken legs and ...

02:25, 18 Jan 2019

Zimbabwe's government has again forced a "total internet shutdown," a media group says, after a days-long violent crackdown on people protesting dramatic fuel price increases.MISA-Zimbabwe shares a text message from the country's largest telecom company, ...

15:02, 17 Jan 2019

Police add charge of subversion to pastor accused of inciting protesters to violence

13:33, 17 Jan 2019

The Latest on Zimbabwe unrest (all times local):8:30 p.m.The UK's minister for Africa says she has summoned Zimbabwe's ambassador to discuss the country's growing crisis and "disturbing reports of use of live ammunition, intimidation and ...

10:31, 17 Jan 2019

UN high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, calls on Sudanese authorities to stop using excessive force to repress peaceful anti-government demonstrations

08:55, 17 Jan 2019

Workers around Tunisia went on strike Thursday to demand higher pay in a standoff with a government struggling to reduce unemployment, poverty and social tensions.All flights in and out of the North African country's main ...

08:12, 17 Jan 2019

Sudanese professional and opposition groups called for protests in 12 cities including the capital Khartoum on Thursday, with hundreds marching toward the presidential palace to deliver a written request that President Omar al-Bashir step down.The ...

21:26, 16 Jan 2019

The government is under pressure from the IMF to curb public sector pay

14:28, 19 Jan 2019

Three survivors of a rubber dinghy that sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya say up to 117 other migrants were aboard at the time, a U.N. migration official said Saturday.It appeared ...

07:38, 19 Jan 2019

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who won a third straight term with an overwhelming majority in last month's election, sought the people's support at a victory rally Saturday amid international calls for an investigation into ...

05:03, 19 Jan 2019

Revolutionaries in the streets give way to black-and-white images of blindfolded American hostages. Two enemies sign a peace deal after years of hostilities. And one of the world's two superpowers invades its southern neighbor, launching ...

04:23, 19 Jan 2019

A brief respite is about to give way to more extreme heat and a great risk of bushfires

20:09, 18 Jan 2019

Threats come as evidence mounts terror group's intelligence network remains intact

15:01, 18 Jan 2019

With Turkish forces massed on the Syrian border, Senator Lindsey Graham meets President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

14:39, 18 Jan 2019

The Latest on an Iranian TV anchor detained in the U.S. (all times local): 2:37 p.m. The son of an Iranian television anchorwoman who has been jailed in the U.S. says his mother has not yet been ...

14:14, 18 Jan 2019

American media reports have quoted sources saying it could happen in Vietnam

13:17, 18 Jan 2019

With Syria's long-running civil war winding down, Israel remains determined to stop Iran from entrenching militarily near the borders of the Jewish state, raising the risk of escalation, say analysts

10:52, 18 Jan 2019

Iran's foreign minister has mocked the U.S. national security adviser's calls for a strike on Iran, in a play on the viral 10-year challenge meme on social media. In a tweet Friday, Mohammad Javad Zarif posted ...

09:45, 18 Jan 2019

Allegations against China’s Huawei snowball and Chinese response is not helping the company’s plight, analysts say

09:08, 18 Jan 2019

A senior North Korean diplomat has arrived in Sweden to take part an unannounced high-level meeting in Stockholm, officials said Friday. Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Vilhelm Rundquist said Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui has landed ...

07:58, 18 Jan 2019

A code of conduct for the South China Sea would bar some of Beijing’s maritime expansion if Vietnam got its way

05:31, 18 Jan 2019

The ailing 80-year-old radical cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists in Indonesia will be released from prison, Indonesia's president said Friday, slashing a 15-year sentence.The announcement of Abu Bakar Bashir's imminent ...

04:49, 18 Jan 2019

Australian police arrested a man Friday for questioning over the death of an Israeli student in Melbourne, while the victim's tearful father visited the flower-strewn crime scene where her body was found.Aiia Maasarwe was slain ...

02:40, 18 Jan 2019

The South Korean government continues to struggle to reverse the declining birth rates; experts explain its origin and how to turn it around

02:04, 18 Jan 2019

The Palestinian security forces feel increasingly abused by their allies.Israel has been launching raids into the heart of Ramallah, and the U.S. is cutting off aid and taking actions that many fear will obliterate any ...

00:27, 18 Jan 2019

Iran's state-run English-language channel is reporting that its American anchorwoman detained in the U.S. will appear in court in Washington. Press TV said Marzieh Hashemi's court appearance is Friday. It did not elaborate. The newscaster's son has ...

21:26, 17 Jan 2019

Suicide bombing follows months of warning from defense and intelligence officials that the collapse of terror group's caliphate would not be enough

19:46, 17 Jan 2019

No one hurt when armored car in port of Hodeida hit by gunfire

01:35, 18 Jan 2019

China and Germany have promised to open their markets wider to each other's banks and insurers, giving Beijing a diplomatic victory amid trade tension with Washington and other governments. The two sides on Friday affirmed support ...

08:09, 16 Jan 2019

Jiangsu vaccine scandal has once again exposed China’s poor vaccine management and lack of systematic regulatory oversight, according to former health official

17:13, 15 Jan 2019

Amid increasing tensions with Beijing, the Pentagon on Tuesday released a new report that lays out U.S. concerns about China's growing military might, underscoring worries about a possible attack against Taiwan. Speaking to reporters, a senior ...

07:15, 15 Jan 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping's government is sparing no expense to its international reputation in its determination to force Canada to back down over the case of a Chinese telecommunications executive it detained last month.While Beijing ...

05:59, 15 Jan 2019

China expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday over his criticism of a death sentence given to an alleged Canadian drug smuggler at a hastily conducted retrial that followed a ...

05:39, 15 Jan 2019

The United States, Australia, Japan and some other governments have imposed curbs on use of Huawei technology

22:57, 14 Jan 2019

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death Monday in a sudden retrial of his drug smuggling case, while another Canadian man has been denied diplomatic immunity, ratcheting up the tensions following Canada's arrest of ...

09:34, 14 Jan 2019

Robert Schellenberg was originally sentenced to 15 years in prison but after an appeal a court ruled it was too lenient

02:57, 12 Jan 2019

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Chinese officials are not respecting the diplomatic immunity of one of the Canadians detained in China last month as he ramped up efforts to get ...

01:08, 10 Jan 2019

Amid Concerns the bodies are from Chinese prisoners and members of the Falun Gong Group. The controversial “Real Human Bodies” exhibit will not be showcased at the Beaulieu Palace in Lausanne, as scheduled for October 19-21. ...

23:20, 08 Jan 2019

China approved five genetically modified (GM) crops for import on Tuesday, the first in about 18 months in a move that could boost its overseas grains purchases and ease pressure from the US to open ...

10:24, 08 Jan 2019

Hammer wielding maintenance worker attacked children inside their primary school in Beijing

04:03, 08 Jan 2019

A male attacker injured 20 children Tuesday inside a primary school in China's capital, officials said.Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Xicheng district government said on its social media account, adding ...

00:41, 08 Jan 2019

An official Chinese newspaper has warned Washington not to demand too much from Beijing as talks on ending their tariff war entered a second day with no word on possible progress. The Global Times said Tuesday ...

23:50, 07 Jan 2019

Robin Lovell-Badge, organizer of the November 2018 event where China's He Jiankui made his controversial presentation, described him as a rich man with a 'huge ego' who 'wanted to do something he thinks will change ...

17:52, 07 Jan 2019

Chinese authorities arrested an evangelical pastor known for criticizing President Xi Jinping, and 100 of his congregants, as part of their intensified crackdown on unregistered churches. Police arrested Pastor Wang Yi of Early Rain Covenant Church, hailed by ...

04:50, 07 Jan 2019

The Latest on trade talks between China and the U.S. in Beijing (all times local): 6:00 p.m. A Chinese government spokesman has urged the U.S. to create good conditions for reaching agreement in trade talks after Beijing ...

03:22, 04 Jan 2019

A New Year’s greeting was tweeted from an iPhone, the Chinese phone maker’s rival

01:48, 04 Jan 2019

China's government says American envoys will visit Beijing on Monday for talks on resolving a tariff fight that threatens to hobble global economic growth. The two days of talks are aimed at carrying out last month's ...

06:38, 02 Jan 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping asks Taiwan for unification, The self-ruled island’s leader calls on China to give it respect

01:08, 10 Jan 2019

Amid Concerns the bodies are from Chinese prisoners and members of the Falun Gong Group. The controversial “Real Human Bodies” exhibit will not be showcased at the Beaulieu Palace in Lausanne, as scheduled for October 19-21. ...

11:38, 07 Jan 2019

Authorities in Guangdong province are set to revoke a prominent rights lawyer’s legal practice license later this week

07:34, 22 Dec 2018

From the past one decade, the tragic news of organs being harvested from living “donors” has shocked millions world over. It’s estimated that China has made billions of dollars by extracting hearts, livers, and kidneys ...

00:34, 21 Dec 2018

The law seeks access to Tibet for U.S. diplomats and officials, journalists and others by denying U.S. entry for Chinese officials responsible for restricting access to Tibet

05:05, 19 Dec 2018

The U.S. government said Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of forced labor at a Chinese internment camp where ethnic minorities are sewing clothes that have been shipped to the U.S. market. U.S. Customs and Border ...

13:14, 17 Dec 2018

Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China's far west. Dozens of armed officers and a growling Doberman stand guard outside. Behind locked ...

13:24, 21 Nov 2018

Campaigners urges Mayor to address human rights violation and de-twin from Chinese city. Human rights advocates are asking Mayor Marvin Rees to sever Bristol’s twin city ties with Chinese city of Guangzhou over its alleged connection ...

23:20, 13 Nov 2018

Beijing has dismissed accusations of abuses in Xinjiang, urging the United States and other countries to stay out of its internal affairs

05:40, 04 Nov 2018

Australia is unconvinced over the Chinese Communist regime’s move for an opt-in process or a voluntary donor system for organ harvesting from executed prisoners on death row. At a Senate committee hearing, Australian Liberal Party ...

05:23, 12 Oct 2018

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ambition of being dominant in the modern world is not something secret. It has been shaping its global strategies for many years now. In President Xi Jinping’s plan of the ...

13:53, 10 Oct 2018

Congressional report says one million Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities have been detained in 'political reeducation' camps

21:45, 20 Sep 2018

Chinese authorities are placing the children of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities into dozens of state-run orphanages across the far western Xinjiang region, as around 1 million adults in their families are sent to internment ...

21:11, 20 Sep 2018

As tens of thousands of Uighur families have been swept up in Chinese President Xi Jinping's campaign to subdue the sometimes restive Xinjiang, there is evidence that the children of detainees and exiles are being ...

08:21, 16 Sep 2018

Documentary tells story of courageous SOS letter-writer exposing horror behind products produced by forced labour in the Chinese prison system. The award-winning documentary “Letter from Masanjia” moved viewers to tears at Bytowne Cinema on Sept. 3. ...

08:08, 16 Sep 2018

“Letter From Masanjia” is a documentary about a handwritten letter discovered in a Kmart Halloween toy box, in Oregon a few years ago. It came from a Chinese labor camp, specializing in slave labor and torture. ...

07:48, 16 Sep 2018

U.S. State Department officials overseeing human rights issues in the Asia Pacific region have announced that President Donald Trump has given the directive to compile a thorough list of human rights violators, which would involve ...

07:21, 16 Sep 2018

Gao Rongrong, a former staff member of the Luxun Institute of Fine Arts in Shenyang City, suffered tremendously from torture by the CCP, and died at the age of 37. Mrs. Gao died in an ...

09:27, 11 Sep 2018

Prestigious international journal publishes article characterizing Chinese regime's long-running Falun Gong persecution as a ‘cold genocide’. What’s the difference between a cold genocide and a hot genocide? That’s one of the weighty issues discussed in a ...

09:08, 26 Aug 2018

Recent media reports on the Chinese authorities’ tactics to quell protests have revealed a new level of brutality. In a June 23 report, Taiwanese newspaper The Liberty Times revealed that last April, “anti-terror” SWAT police in ...

09:05, 26 Aug 2018

GENEVA—A U.N. human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in ...