Fans at the Olympics are trading commemorative pins from different countries
While athletes are focused on the sports, some fans at the Olympics are busy trading souvenir pins from different countries.
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Renewed anti-government protests have left nearly 100 dead in Bangladesh
The protests began in July as students demanded an end to a quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence against Pakistan.
Is a high-profile critic of the Chinese Communist Party a con man?
A young political dissident in Europe made his name in the news media as a defiant critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His former housemate and alleged victim says he's a grifter.
Protests over election results in Venezuela aren't losing steam
Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, continues to insist he won last week's election, but proof is scarce. Meanwhile, Venezuelans continue to protest.
Thailand still grapples with a strict law against criticizing the monarchy
Thailand has taken some steps toward democracy. But a flurry of court challenges has raised the specter of another crisis — with the lèse-majesté law on royal defamation front and center.
Strikes on Gaza kill 12 and stabbing in Israel kills 2 as fears of wider war spike
Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 12 people in Gaza, while a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb.
Spanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery around Pablo González
Pablo González, a journalist from Spain who had been based in Poland, was freed in the largest prisoner swap since the Soviet era, confirming suspicions that he may have been a Russian operative.
Israel and Hezbollah are on the brink of war. This isn't the first time
Israel and Hezbollah fought brief wars in 1996 and 2006. Both times, Israel
thought it would teach Hezbollah a quick and painful lesson. Yet that didn’t
happen. Now there’s the possibility of a third round, and Hezbollah has more firepower than ever.
Islamic extremist group kills 32 people in attack on beachfront in Somalia's capital
The attack took place Friday night near a hotel in a popular beachfront destination in Mogadishu. Nearly all of the people killed and injured were civilians, police said.
U.S. deploys ships and fighter jets to Middle East as Israel braces for Iran attack
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered fighter jets as well as Navy destroyers and cruisers deployed to "bolster force protection for U.S. troops in the region and to defend Israel," the Pentagon said.