World Oct 11 Azerbaijan, Armenia resume fighting, hours after cease-fire A residential building in Azerbaijan’s second largest city was almost completely destroyed and several people were killed after fighting resumed, hours after the Armenia and Azerbaijan limited-cease-fire on Saturday, Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports. He is reporting from region with…
World Oct 10 Some urban life resumes in rebel area after temporary Armenia - Azerbaijan truce The former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a limited cease-fire on Saturday after warring for two weeks for control over ethnic-Armenian province of Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict killed hundreds of soldiers and dozens of civilians. Simon Ostrovsky reports…
World Oct 08 Why fighting between Armenia, Azerbaijan has regional implications Fighting has broken out between two former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan and Armenia, over Nagorno Karabakh, an enclave of ethnic Armenians. Hundreds of lives have been lost since the violence started on September 27th, but with most of the world distracted…
World Aug 31 Russia propagates pro-regime propaganda as crackdown continues in Belarus Thousands of protesters in Belarus marked President Alexander Lukashenko’s birthday on Sunday with a derisive chant calling him a “psychopath.” The defiant gesture came after a week in which government security forces furthered their crackdown on protesters and journalists in…
World Aug 24 Despite Lukashenko's threats, Belarus protesters stay on the streets Protests in Belarus have not let up, two weeks after an election denounced as a fraud by the U.S., the European Union and the opposition to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Now, leaders of that opposition movement, including Nobel Prize-winning writer…
World Aug 19 Protests continue in Belarus as embattled Lukashenko clings to power In Belarus, riot police dispersed protesters from the streets of Minsk Wednesday in a show of force, albeit a less brutal one than they were met with after last week's disputed presidential election. Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is calling…
World Aug 08 Tensions with Russia rise as Belarus heads to the polls Belarus voters will go to polls on Sunday in what has turned out to be a surprisingly competitive presidential election with longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko facing a challenge from a political novice. Over the last few weeks, the country’s…
Nation Jul 11 Should the U.S. designate racial violence as terrorism? White supremacist violence in the U.S. is on the rise with deadly incidents increasing sharply over the last five years, according to new figures from the University of Maryland’s Start center. It’s part of a global trend that has led…
Nation Jun 21 Parents fear anti-Asian racism as schools mull reopening Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, there have been reports of anti-Asian discrimination and racism, including in schools. Now, as schools across the country weigh in on reopening in the fall, parents of Asian-American children fear they may not be a…
Health May 23 Thousands lost medical coverage as pandemic approached Since President Trump took office the number of people without health insurance in the U.S. has risen by nearly 2 million, joining tens of millions of others without coverage. Health professionals now worry some coronavirus victims may avoid visiting doctors,…