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Al Jazeera: Image of Turkish assassin wins World Press Photo award

AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici has won the 2017 World Press Photo competition for his image of the assassin of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey. In the …
Al Jazeera

BBC: White House aide declines to back Flynn over Russia contact

A top White House official declined in several interviews over the weekend to defend national security adviser Michael Flynn, amid controversy over …
BBC

UNIAN: Steinmeier says will seek dialogue with US, Russia

The newly elected president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, intends to seek a dialogue with Russia and the United States, according to a Deutsche …
UNIAN

New York Times: World’s diplomats, seeking a bridge to Trump, eye Haley

UNITED NATIONS – The shock is gone. Panic is subsiding. Now, diplomats who represent the nations of the world are entering what one described as the …
New York Times

Süddeutsche Zeitung: ‘We have at most a year to defend American democracy, perhaps less’

Timothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of numerous books of European history, including „Bloodlands“ and „Black …
Süddeutsche Zeitung

World Bulletin: Frank-Walter Steinmeier elected German president

Billed as Germany’s “anti-Trump”, centre-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected on Sunday as the new ceremonial head of …
World Bulletin

Deutsche Welle: German special assembly elects Frank-Walter Steinmeier as president

A special 1,260-member assembly on Sunday confirmed general expectations and elected Steinmeier as the new ceremonial head of state of the German …
Deutsche Welle

Associated Press: Hamburg airport halts flights, evacuates in bad air scare

BERLIN – German firefighters on Sunday evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after about 50 people were injured by an unknown hazardous …
Associated Press

Reuters: Japan PM Abe says North Korea’s missile launch absolutely unacceptable

PALM BEACH, Fla. – North Korea’s test launch of a ballistic missile was absolutely unacceptable, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a joint …
Reuters

Reuters: Turkmenistan leader certain to win third term in vote

Turkmen leader Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is certain to secure a third term in office in Sunday’s presidential election, maintaining his grip on power …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Serbia court rejects Montenegro request to extradite suspect in alleged coup attempt

A Serbian court has rejected Montenegro’s request to extradite one of its citizens wanted by Montenegrin authorities for his alleged participation in …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Huffington Post: Estonia is training civilians to fight

NARVA, Estonia ― On weekdays, Marju Prosin is a dental saleswoman. But this weekend, the 37-year-old left her two children at home, pulled on snow …
Huffington Post

Reuters: Panama raids Mossack Fonseca over Odebrecht bribery scandal

Panamanian prosecutors raided the offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal, seeking possible links to …
Reuters

Wall Street Journal: White House probing leaks after details of Trump-Putin call released

WASHINGTON—The White House is investigating how the content of several of President Donald Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders ended up being …
Wall Street Journal

Politico: State-sponsored hackers targeting prominent journalists, Google warns

Google has warned a number of prominent journalists that state-sponsored hackers are attempting to steal their passwords and break into their inboxes, …
POLITICO

Reuters: Sources say Merkel to attend Munich Security Conference

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend the Munich Security Conference next week, government sources have told Reuters. U.S. Vice President Mike …
Reuters

OPEC countries reduce oil production by 1 million bpd in January

MOSCOW – OPEC countries reduced oil production by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) to 32.06 million bpd in January, which represents 90 percent …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: In setback for Trump, judges reject travel ban

President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow on Feb. 9 when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his executive order temporarily banning …
Reuters
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