Several of the activists were also subjected to sleep deprivation, said people familiar with the incidents.
An official said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber and that the target was a gathering of Sunni Muslims in a large hotel to commemorate the anniversary of the prophet Muhammad’s birth.
Carlos Ghosn, a French citizen of Lebanese origins, also serves as chairman of Mitsubishi Motors and chairman and chief executive of Renault.
Ambassador Daniel Mullhall reads a poem at a service marking the 100th anniversary of World War I. (Katherine Frey/The Post)
As London's links to the European Union are severed, Ireland hopes to become America's gateway to the continent. Seeking to expand its diplomatic mission in Washington, the Irish government closed a deal this month to buy a building once used by the Egyptian Embassy.
The State Department is set to invest millions to deradicalize fighters in Niger.
About 5,800 active-duty service members are deployed across the southern U.S. border, Pentagon officials said.
The British prime minister sparks a backlash over her suggestion that E.U. workers in Britain jumped the queue and don't belong.
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Trump's criticism of retired Adm. William H. McRaven has triggered a fierce backlash.
The Chinese leader traded barbs with Vice President Pence last week. Then he hit the road.
President may not be focused on security, but others in the administration are concerned.
The move could limit U.S. assistance and prohibit financial transactions.
Border crews and troops have strung up more than 12 miles of concertina wire as groups of migrants from a caravan out of Central America wait on the Mexican side to seek asylum.
“I cried all the way,” one villager said. “We left everything behind.”
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The founders of Australia's White magazine said it is "no longer economically viable" after standing by their decision not to feature same-sex couples.
Ghosn is regarded as one of auto industry’s top executives, and one of the highest paid.
Former soldier Oh Chong Song, who almost died while trying to flee North Korea, made the statement in his first interview with foreign news media.
A painting found buried under a tree in the Romanian countryside raises more questions than it answers.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett backtracks on threats to bring down Netanyahu government
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#RakeAmericaGreatAgain? Finland's president denied telling Trump that his country rakes its forests. Trump may have gotten the idea from watching TV.
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While massive fires hit Sweden this summer, neighboring Finland managed to avoid them.
U.N. environment chief Erik Solheim has resigned following widespread allegations of excessive expenses on official global travel
Amnesty International says several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, including a number of women, have been beaten and tortured during interrogation
Officials in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they’ve arrested 34 members of the caravan of Central American migrants for minor offenses and turned them over for deportation
Wildlife parks from three European countries are joining forces to send critically endangered eastern black rhinos back to their natural habitat in Rwanda, where the entire rhino population was wiped out during the genocide in the 1990s
The Vatican is confirming Pope Francis will travel to Panama in January for the Catholic Church’s big youth rally, and says he’ll also spend time there with juvenile delinquents and people suffering from AIDS
Macedonia’s fugitive former prime minister says he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, a week after he fled his country to avoid serving a two-year jail sentence for a corruption conviction
