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The Xinjiang province is home to detention camps that have held Uighur Muslims, where detainees have allegedly been subjected to human rights violations. Disney is facing a new round of controversy, including calls for a boycott, after it was revealed that the new live-action remake of “Mulan” thanked Chinese government agencies that have been accused […]

The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, toppling the Taliban after it refused to give up Osama bin Laden, the architect of the 9/11 attacks. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed Friday in Qatar ahead of the start of landmark peace talks between the Taliban and a delegation representing the Afghan government. “It’s taken us […]

Inocente Orlando Montano, who served as vice minister for public security during El Salvador’s 1979-1992 civil war, denied having taken part or ordering the massacre. A former Salvadoran colonel was sentenced to 133 years in prison for the killings of five Jesuit priests more than three decades ago, a court in Spain ruled Friday. Spain’s […]

The company destroyed two rock shelters in Juukan George in Western Australia state that had been inhabited for 46,000 years. Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will leave the Anglo-Australian mining giant by March over the destruction of Australian Indigenous sacred sites to access iron ore, the company said on Friday. “Significant stakeholders have expressed […]

In June, tensions erupted into a frontier clash in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed and China suffered an unspecified number of casualties. Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi and Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met in Moscow on Thursday and reached a five-point consensus, including agreements that troops from both sides should quickly disengage and […]

Just as it had in the U.S., Floyd’s killing led to large marches in cities across France. The scene was shockingly familiar. A white police officer placed his knee on the neck of a black man pinned to the ground. This arrest took place not on the streets of a city in the United States […]

The reduced footprint allows the U.S. to continue to assist Iraqi partners in rooting out the final remnants of ISIS, said Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie. More than 2,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq this month, the commander of U.S. Central Command said Wednesday. “In recognition of the great progress the Iraqi forces have […]