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Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Tuesday against a visit by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, denouncing the top Saudi royal as a murderer in the second straight day of demonstrations condemning the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Crown Prince Mohammed bin

Local civil-society groups plan to organize demonstrations on Monday evening to protest an expected visit the following day by Saudi Crown Prince M. bin Salman. “Tunisian civil-society groups are organizing protests against bin Salman’s scheduled visit on Tuesday,” Sakina Abdel Samad,

Hundreds of Central American migrants who tried to force through a Mexican police blockade into the United States retreated to a nearby camp Monday after U.S. border agents pushed them back with tear gas and rubber bullets. The group of around

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Monday to introduce martial law for 60 days, a statement on his website said, though it needs parliamentary approval to come into force. The decision came a day after Russia fired at and

The United Nations emergency fund released $9.2 milllion to Venezuela on Monday to fund humanitarian programs including health and nutritional assistance to women and children, its first allocation in the crisis, a U.N. spokesman said. The agreement represents a turnaround for