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One person was shot and seriously wounded in Albuquerque, N.M., as protesters sought to topple a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate. The protest, held near the city’s Tiguex Park, called for the removal of the statue that stands outside the Albuquerque Museum. Neither the shooter nor the victim …

Earlier in the day, the Indian Army said in a statement that one officer and two soldiers from India were killed during clashes on the border with China in the Ladakh region. A top official in the Indian Army told Sputnik on Tuesday that the number of casualties on the …

An autopsy showed that Rayshard Brooks who was killed by a police officer in Atlanta, died from blood loss and organ injuries caused by two gunshot wounds. The death of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed by a white police officer in Atlanta on Friday, was a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton County Medical …

U.N. human rights experts said on Tuesday that Israel’s plan to annex significant parts of the occupied West Bank would violate international law banning the taking of territory by force, and urged other countries to actively oppose it. A joint statement, signed by nearly 50 independent experts, also voiced dismay …

A man was shot in New Mexico’s largest city on Monday night as protesters tried to take down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador, authorities said. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was listed in critical but stable condition late Monday, according to the Albuquerque …

French police said they had intervened overnight to restore calm and order in the city of Dijon after youths set fire to vehicles and dustbins over the last three days, and added they were prepared to bring in more police forces if needed. “The events of the last few days …

Most Americans do not trust social media companies to make the right decisions about what should be allowed on their platforms, but trust the government even less to make those choices, according to a poll released on Tuesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation. The debate over online content moderation, …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the Iranian government is determined to released the country’s frozen assets held abroad. He made the remarks in the economic committee of the administration. “Foreign policy officials and those from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) are doing their best to unblock …

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just inside its border in an act Tuesday that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy with the United States. Seoul’s Unification Ministry said the building in the North Korean border town of Kaesong was destroyed at …

Two employees at India’s embassy to Pakistan have been released after they were detained in relation to an alleged hit-and-run incident in the capital Islamabad. An alarm was raised Monday when the Times of India reported that two diplomatic staffers were “missing in Pakistan,” with a suggestion the case was …

Three Indian soldiers have died in a skirmish along the border with China, New Delhi has said. Beijing claims that the incident occurred after Indian forces crossed the border and attacked Chinese troops. An Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops on Monday …

North Korea’s military on Tuesday threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarized under inter-Korean peace agreements as the country continued to dial up pressure on rival South Korea amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said it’s reviewing a …

The Seattle City Council has voted to make it illegal for police to deploy tear gas, pepper spray, and chokeholds on peaceful demonstrators, as part of the city is being overrun by activists declaring it an “autonomous zone.” All nine members of the council voted to strip the city police …

The New York Police Department is investigating whether three of its officers were poisoned after drinking milkshakes on Monday night at a Shake Shack restaurant in Manhattan. The officers complained of “not feeling well” before being hospitalized and later released, the NYPD said in a statement, and Shake Shack said …

China reported 40 more coronavirus infections Tuesday as it increased testing and lockdown measures in parts of the capital to control what appeared to be its largest outbreak in more than two months. The new cases included 27 in Beijing where a fresh outbreak has been traced to the city’s …

Norway is halting its Covid-19 tracking app and will delete the data it has already collected after the country’s data protection watchdog criticized its continued use amid privacy concerns. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said on Friday that it was no longer reasonable to collect data through the app considering …

Earlier on Monday, a US Air Force F-15C Eagle plane from RAF Lakenheath, UK crashed in the North Sea off the Yorkshire coast. The pilot of the US F-15 jet that crashed into the North Sea earlier in the day has been found and confirmed dead, the 48th Fighter Wing …

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says there has been no change in Iran’s implementation of its obligations as per the nuclear deal it clinched with major world powers in 2015, or the country’s cooperation with the UN agency. In his introductory statement to the Board …

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is set to convene an emergency session to discuss US police brutality and racial discrimination in the wake of recent state-sponsored violence against people of color in the country. The UNHRC announced in a statement that the 47-member body would debate “systemic racism, …

An Israeli court has sentenced a Palestinian minor to 10 years in prison over an allegation of a stabbing attack against Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem al-Quds last year. On August 15, 2019, Hammouda al-Sheikh, then 14, was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli soldiers at al-Silsila Gate of the al-Aqsa …