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Turkey says it is preparing to launch a major military operation against Kurdish rebels who are based in Iraq. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, vows to end what he says is the threat posed by the Kurdish rebel group PKK, which has been fighting Turkey for decades.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other political leaders are wooing female voters ahead of the upcoming national election in India. These voters have been turning up in large numbers to vote in recent polls.
After a deadly attack on a music venue in a Moscow suburb, Russia observed Sunday a day of mourning.Islamic State took credit for the assault that killed 137 people.
The United Nations, which is marking World Water Day on Friday, says that as climate change takes effect, there is a growing risk of conflict over water resources.
Temporary centers have been set up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to facilitate the processing of immigrants entering the country more quickly.Cesar Contreras toured one of the facilities opened last year in El Paso, Texas, in this story narrated by Veronica Villafañe.
Doctors in Kenya are on strike for better pay and working conditions. They are demanding that the government guarantee the implementation of collective bargaining agreements that go back to 2017 after a strike that lasted a hundred days and resulted in the deaths of scores of people because of the lack of medical care.
Since Azerbaijani forces took over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh, approximately 100,000 ethnic Armenians have left the region. As long as negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue, many of them who are now living in Armenia are hoping to return.
As part of Turkey’s new bid to crack down down on organized crime, Istanbul police are now using some of the most expensive sports cars in the world. Seeking to attract foreign investment, Ankara hopes to avoid international scrutiny over money laundering.
Even before the most recent wave of violence, thousands of Haitians had been fleeing the economic and political instability in their country. When heading to the United States, many first stop in South America, where some attempt to find work.
The number of migrants from West African countries has tripled in the last year alone, adding to the almost two-year-old migration problem in New York City that began with an influx of Venezuelans and other Latin American countries.