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Members of U.S. Congress honored Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by holding an event on Thursday to mark the 100th day of his assassination; his body has yet to be found. Sharing stories and memories about Khashoggi, the U.S. lawmakers called for

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has fired a Chinese employee who was arrested in Poland over espionage allegations, saying he had harmed the company’s global reputation, a state-run newspaper said Saturday. Wang Weijing was arrested for “personal reasons”, the company said in

The elections board in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, early Thursday declared a president-elect in what will become the first peaceful transition of power in the troubled country. Felix Tshisekedi, 56, was named winner of hotly contested elections of December

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos have decided to divorce after a long trial separation, Bezos said on Wednesday in a joint statement by the couple on Twitter. “After a long period of loving exploration and trial

Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for spying for an enemy state, the Israeli Justice Ministry said on Wednesday. Israeli security agency the Shin Bet revealed in June that the authorities had arrested and

Malta will allow two ships that have been stranded at sea for weeks with 49 migrants on board to dock, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Wednesday, adding that they will then be redistributed among eight European Union countries. However, the absence

Dozens of Rohingya Muslims have crossed the border into Bangladesh from India in recent days, officials said Tuesday, as New Delhi faces censure for deporting the persecuted minority to Myanmar. Last week India handed a Rohingya family of five to Myanmar

Australia will “carefully consider” the asylum plea of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand over the weekend, an official said Monday. “The Australian Government is pleased that Ms Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun is having her claim for protection assessed (by