Category: World News
Satellite images show tankers Iran seized off Bandar Abbas
Washington Post Satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show two oil tankers recently seized by Iran off the coast of one of its key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/iran-seized-tankers-persian-gulf-tensions/bfd3fad6-eca0-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreRallygoers in Pakistan kill man accused of blasphemy
Washington Post Pakistani police say rallygoers for a political party have beaten to death a participant for allegedly making a blasphemous speech https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/demonstrators-kill-man-blasphemy-pakistan/617d88c8-ec9e-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUkraine live briefing: Kyiv celebrates as it claims to have downed Putin’s ‘invincible’ hypersonic missile
Washington Post The apparent defense milestone over the skies of Kyiv comes as officials worry that their long planned counteroffensive may not live up to expectations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFrom his kitchen table, Erdogan’s challenger gets his message out
Washington Post Shut out of mainstream media ahead of Turkey’s May 14 election, the main opposition candidate has put out videos online laying out his vision for a Turkey after Erdogan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/turkey-election-erdogan-kilicdaroglu-opposition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read More20 Indonesian trafficking victims freed in Myanmar
Washington Post Indonesian officials say they freed 20 of their nationals who were trafficked to Myanmar as part of a cyber scam, amid an increase in human trafficking cases in Southeast Asia https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/indonesia-myanmar-human-trafficking/53f511d8-ec96-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHow the democratic hopes of the Sudan Spring went so horribly wrong
Washington Post Since the latest fighting exploded, Sudan’s citizens have been trying to identify the fateful juncture at which their nation turned off the democratic path. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/sudan-democracy-fighting-burhan-hemedti/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreDozens arrested in anti-monarchy protests during Charles III coronation: ‘NOT MY KING’
Fox News Dozens of people were arrested in London amid the coronation celebrations Saturday – a day when police said they would have a low tolerance and deal “robustly” with disrupters. Some of the arrests included offenses like disrupting public order and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, but some anti-monarchy protesters with the group Republic…
Read MoreMexican families get quick reunions with migrant relatives
Washington Post Tears flowed amid heartfelt embraces as Mexican families were allowed brief reunions at the border with relatives who migrated to the United States https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/06/mexico-us-border-reunion-migrants/950e7038-ec5a-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMenahem Pressler, pianist and Beaux Arts Trio founder, dies at 99
Washington Post The lauded musician helped start the trio in 1955 and continued playing concerts long after it disbanded in 2008. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/06/menahem-pressler-pianist-indiana-beaux-arts-trio-dies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHorse spooks during coronation procession back to Buckingham Palace
Fox News A horse being ridden by a member of the Household Cavalry spooked Saturday morning as it was trotting in the coronation procession from Westminster Abbey back to Buckingham Palace. The horse, which was just seconds behind the Gold State Coach carrying King Charles III and Queen Camilla, suddenly began careening backward along the…
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