Global Affairs

As the clock struck midnight in Buenos Aires last night, street celebrations broke out in various parts of the city. Residents banged pots and pans, waved the Argentine flag, set off fireworks, and sang the national anthem. Similar scenes were recorded in many other cities throughout the country. The reason...

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A stabbing attack Saturday night at a London Underground station is being treated as a terror attack, Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday. An amateur video of the attack showed a man talking with passersby before attacking them. Three people were stabbed, one of whom was seriously injured. None of the...

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A delegation of about 70 Israelis arrived in Paris on Monday for the start of the 11-day United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), where UN member countries will be encouraged to sign a binding agreement to keep global warming below an increase of two degrees Celsius over the...

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Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), revealed that Iran did not answer all questions about the possible military dimensions (PMD) of its past nuclear work, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The issue has dominated IAEA meetings, contributed to U.N. Security Council resolutions against...

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Sunday’s triumph of Mauricio Macri in Argentina’s presidential runoff election against government candidate Daniel Scioli marks a sea change in Argentine politics. Macri’s victory puts an end to twelve years of “Kirchnerism” in Argentina – a colorful blend of traditional Peronist power politics at home and alliances with repressive regimes...

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A video of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind behind the Paris terror attacks last week, showed a clip of him saying that it would be “nice to see … the blood of infidels.” An ISIS-made video, which was uncovered by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), is embedded below. It shows Abaaoud, also...

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