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New Yorkers have gathered in Co-op City yesterday to mark the inauguration of the annual observance of Ota Benga Day. The detailed report was included in a press release issued on Thursday, September 28, 2023. The history behind this…

Israel on Thursday allowed thousands of Palestinian workers to cross from Gaza for the first time in two weeks through the Erez crossing, following violent protests that rocked the blockaded enclave. The Israeli authorities had…

President Joe Biden will warn that Donald Trump and his "extremist" allies pose a danger to US democracy in a speech Thursday, sharpening his attacks on his likely Republican challenger in the 2024 election. The Democrat will say in the…

Survivors of a fire that tore through an Iraqi wedding and those mourning the at least 100 lives lost filled the pews for a Christian mass Thursday, two days after the disaster. Mourners wept or quietly embraced one another under the…

Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. The four are suspected of involvement in a "conspiracy against state security", military…

India on Thursday mourned the death of scientist Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, the architect of the 1960s "green revolution" that brought an end to the chronic food shortages then plaguing the country. The plant geneticist died at…

The fate of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has poisoned relations between fellow ex-Soviet neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan since the 1990s. Armenia supported the bid by the region's ethnic Armenian majority to win…

Israel's top court heard appeals Thursday against a law restricting how a prime minister can be removed from office, as current premier Benjamin Netanyahu faces protests against the government's judicial overhaul. The hearing got…

The king does not take kindly to dissent in Africa's last absolute monarchy. But it doesn't stop political opponent Nomalungelo Simelane from taking a rare stand for democracy in Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland. The 44-year-old…

Germany on Thursday signed a deal to acquire the Israeli-made Arrow 3 hypersonic missile system that will become a key part of Europe's defense against air attack. The signing of the deal was a "historic day" for both countries, German…