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Saakashvili critics holding rally outside Rustavi jail

TBILISI -About 2,000 Georgian citizens whose rights were infringed under ex-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili are rallying outside a jail in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: US agency looking at lowering age for Pfizer booster

Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 15 unanimously recommended the agency authorize a second shot of Johnson & …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Borrell says he’s ready to meet Iranian officials on nuclear deal

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he is “ready” to meet Iranian leaders in Brussels as part of efforts to revive the faltering 2015 nuclear …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Saakashvili not going to end hunger strike in prison

TBILISI – Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been arrested and put in prison in Georgia, is not planning to end his hunger strike, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: US politician testifies he met donor through Giuliani at Trump hotel

NEW YORK  – A former candidate for Nevada’s governorship testified on October that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani introduced him to Lev …
Reuters

Al Jazeera: Ex-Taliban commander pleads not guilty to killing US troops

The lawyer for an ex-Taliban commander charged with killing American troops in Afghanistan in 2008 has said it is “preposterous” to charge his client …
Al Jazeera

Deutsche Welle: Is the EU doing enough to protect journalists?

When Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered on October 16, 2017 in a car bomb attack people were shocked, not only across Europe but around the …
Deutsche Welle

Voice of America: Stalled EU membership for Western Balkans prompts fears of democratic backsliding

It wasn’t the deal they were hoping to be offered. Instead of agreeing on a timetable for aspiring Balkan countries to join the European Union, the …
Voice of America

Washington Post: Italy begins enforcing one of the world’s strictest workplace vaccine mandates

Italy pushed into new territory for a Western democracy on Friday, enforcing a stringent workplace vaccination rule that was dramatically reshaping …
Washington Post

BBC: US to lift travel ban for fully jabbed on 8 November

The US has said that it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November. Under new rules announced by the …
BBC

Reuters: Saudi foreign minister warns of ‘dangerous’ Iran nuclear acceleration

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on October 15 that Iran’s acceleration of its nuclear activities is putting the world in “a very …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Azerbaijani soldier killed in skirmish amid ongoing diplomacy on Nagorno-Karabakh

One Azerbaijani soldier has been killed and six Armenian soldiers wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh in skirmishes reported late on October 14. Read more …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Agenda.ge: Saakashvili calls on emigrants to return to Georgia ‘for a decisive battle’

Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has released a letter from Rustavi Prison No. 12 earlier today and asked emigrants to return to …
Agenda.ge

Deutsche Welle: Deadly blast hits packed Kandahar mosque in Afghanistan

At least three suicide bombers detonated at a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on October 15, killing at least 37 people, …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: With boosters, masks and Green Pass, Israel sees a COVID-19 wave in retreat

JERUSALEM – Four months into one of its worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Israel is seeing a sharp drop in new infections and severe illness, aided by its use …
Reuters

Al Jazeera: Tens of thousands in Georgia demand Saakashvili’s release

Tens of thousands of Georgians have rallied in the capital Tbilisi to demand the release of jailed ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil …
Al Jazeera

Voice of America: Turkey presses Taliban for female education and inclusive Afghan government

Turkey hosted leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban government for the first time Thursday, repeating its advice to the Islamist group on the need to form …
Voice of America

Reuters: US FDA advisers back Moderna COVID booster shots for older and high-risk people

A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted on Thursday to recommend booster shots of Moderna …
Reuters
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