Five charged in European Parliament Huawei bribery probe
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Canada’s Carney vows to expand presence in mineral-rich Arctic
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday said Canada would boost its military and security presence in the Arctic, a frozen and mineral-rich expanse that is of increasing…
Netherlands passes law targeting digital and diaspora espionage
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch parliament on Tuesday approved a law criminalizing digital espionage and diaspora espionage, which refers to foreign powers attempting to influence communities in the Netherlands with ties…
Turkish school annuls diploma of Erdogan rival in blow to opposition
ANKARA – Istanbul University said on Tuesday it annulled the diploma of Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival over irregularities, in a blow to the opposition days before it was set…
Turkish school annuls diploma of Erdogan rival in blow to opposition
ANKARA – Istanbul University said on Tuesday it annulled the diploma of Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival over irregularities, in a blow to the opposition days before it was set…
U.S. Justice Department orders national-security lawyers to review JFK documents
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department is ordering some of its lawyers who handle sensitive national-security matters to urgently review records from the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy…
Netanyahu coalition jeopardised over ultra-Orthodox exemption from army
BNEI BRAK, Israel – One of Israel’s most divisive domestic issues has reared itself again to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a group in the ruling coalition said it…
UN migration agency warns of severe impact on migrants as US cuts force shutdowns
GENEVA – The U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday that unprecedented cuts in donor funding this year will force it to scale back or shut down projects around the world,…
USAID suspension shutters Colombia programs, endangering FARC peace deal
QUIBDO, Colombia – The global suspension of USAID funding is shuttering peace and anti-gang programs in Colombia’s most impoverished places, endangering implementation of the country’s 2016 peace deal with leftist…
Suspected pirates hijack Yemeni fishing boat off Somali waters, EU naval force says
GAROWE, Somalia – Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat off the semi-autonomous Puntland region in northeast Somalia, the European Union’s anti-piracy naval force said, the second such…