Associated PressNowIran's top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on 'thugs and villains'Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further hostility from Iran’s enemies and blaming recent anti-government protests on “thugs and villains.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks come amid an …
Associated Press7 hours agoWarsaw City Hall: Half a million people turn out to protest Poland's right-wing governmentAssociated Press - Vanessa GeraWARSAW, Poland (AP) — An enormous anti-government march took place in Poland’s capital Sunday, with citizens traveling from across the country to voice their anger at a right-wing administration that has eroded democratic norms and created fears the nation is following Hungary and Turkey down the …
Associated PressNowChina tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 20 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protestsAssociated PressBEIJING (AP) — China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In Hong Kong, which had …
Associated Press2 hours agoNavalny supporters hold demonstrations to mark Russian opposition leader's 47th birthdayAssociated PressMOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Navalny voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held pickets and demonstrations to mark the imprisoned opposition leader’s 47th birthday on Sunday. Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and contempt of court, charges he says were trumped up to …
Associated Press1 hour agoRussia's most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protestsAssociated PressMOSCOW (AP) — Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with Russia’s most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow’s main cathedral despite the keepers’ vociferous protests. The Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev, which was kept in Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery since the 1920s, was moved …
Associated Press3 hours agoFire at refugee shelter in eastern Germany kills 1, injures 10Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — A fire at a refugee shelter in eastern Germany killed one person and injured 10 others early Sunday, according to local police. Police in the German state of Thuringia said the fire broke out around 5 a.m. at a facility in the city of Apolda and that one body was recovered from the …
