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Three dissidents opposed to Cuba’s communist regime have been arrested as they approached Pope Francis shouting ‘Freedom!’ as he arrived to deliver mass at Revolution Square in Havana.

The Slovenian authorities on Friday registered more than 1000 refugees that had entered the country while more than 700 were still at the Obrezje border crossing, 20 kilometres east of the Croatian capital Zagreb, waiting to be allowed in.

Rouhani also held out the possibility of a prisoner exchange: “I don’t particularly like the word exchange, but from a humanitarian perspective, if we can take a step, we must do it”, he said. Over the past few months, almost everyone has weighed in from...

Only 30 percent of poll respondents said they had a favorable opinion of her, down from 45 percent in April.

The centers could register and screen those arriving, the United Nations agency said.

For Kit Johansen, there are memories of every papal visit to the United States.

Late on Thursday Croatian officials announced they were closing roads leading to seven border crossings with Serbia.

Donald Trump on Saturday defended his failure to challenge a man who called President Obama a Muslim and charged that Muslims are a “problem” in the United States.

Tensions in Turkey escalated in late July, when the country launched a military campaign against the PKK in southern Turkey and northern Iraq, after the militants claimed responsibility for the murders of two Turkish police officers.

Oman’s Foreign Ministry today announced that two Americans, three Saudis and a British hostage were released.

We call upon the Obama Administration to pledge to accept at least 65,000 refugees from Syria for resettlement in the United States by 2016. Germany allowed 20,000 migrants into the country over the weekend and is preparing for 800,000 this year.

A statement from the National Security Council did not identify the Americans or detail the circumstances of their captivity or their release.

Croatia says that seven of its eight borders with Serbia have been blocked.

Social affairs minister Aleksandar Vulin said Serbia will take Croatia to global courts if the border crossings remain closed, arguing that Croatia should have been prepared for the influx.

A bilingual version of Maine-based pop artist Indiana?s?LOVE? sculpture called the “AMOR” is going on display outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, near where the pope?s altar is being built.