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The first lady can be heard mocking the plight of migrant children and complaining about the criticism levelled at President Donald Trump during a conversation secretly taped by a former aide and close confidante.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – A Sweden-based organization that promotes democracy and assists in organizing elections said Thursday it is not responsible for a smartphone application’s inclusion of a controversial term describing the ethnic background of at least two candidates in Myanmar’s upcoming elections.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral …

Russia, France and the U.S. on Thursday issued calls for an immediate cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan as clashes between the two rivals sparked recently over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh killing dozens of people and threatening to drag nearby Turkey and Russia into a direct military confrontation.

Nagorno-Karabakh tensions …

BEIRUT (AP) – Lebanon and Israel have reached an agreement on a framework of indirect, U.S.-mediated talks over a longstanding disputed maritime border between the two countries, the parties announced Thursday.

The talks will be held at the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the southern Lebanese border town …

BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgium’s new 7-party government under Prime Minister Alexander De Croo promised Thursday to do “whatever it takes” to overcome the coronavirus crisis, including spending enough to ensure the country’s rattled population overcomes the pandemic’s devastating economic impact.

The new government emerged after nearly a year and a …