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![Protesters hold a banner reading 'For our freedom' and show a defaced portrait of Paris police prefect Didier Lallement during a demonstration in Paris against the security law [Francois Mori/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20333503723190.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The diplomatic spat adds to already tense relations between the two Balkan states [File: Andrej Isakovic/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_Par809872.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is seen in Iran, in this undated photo [File: Official Khamenei Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-27T164214Z_1536563991_RC2SBK9C9QSR_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-NUCLEAR-SCIENTIST-FAKHRIZADEH-1.jpg?crop=0px%2C202px%2C775px%2C517px&resize=120%2C80)
![Police were hunting the suspects on Saturday, but no arrests have been made yet [Central Sulawesi Province Police Department/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8W32YR.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![A demonstration against the killing of Fakhrizadeh in Tehran, Iran [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-28T140631Z_761609873_RC2ECK903BO9_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-NUCLEAR-SCIENTIST.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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Pope Francis appoints first African American cardinal
Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, DC, made headlines this year for criticising US President Donald Trump.
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Cuban artists say authorities agree to talks after rare protests
Protesters met Cuban deputy minister Saturday after large public protests decrying curbs to civil liberties.
![Young artists protest in front of the doors of the Ministry of Culture, in Havana, Cuba on Friday [Ismael Francisco/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20333179698321-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Opinion
Killing of Iranian scientist a ‘violation of human rights’: Qatar
Qatar’s deputy PM says assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ‘will only contribute to pouring more fuel on the fire’.
![Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani expressed his condolences in a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif [File: Erin Scott/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8PX94V.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Canada enacts new regulations before US drug import rule
Rule allowing US pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs in bulk from Canada comes into effect Monday.
![New Canadian regulations prohibit certain drugs intended for the Canadian market from being distributed outside the country if it will cause or worsen a drug shortage [File: Chris Wattie/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dc4c5ca28c404616afc2222e3a56cfbc_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Rouhani accuses ‘mercenary’ Israel of killing top Iran scientist
Iranian president accuses Israel of assassinating high-ranking nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
!['The assassination ... shows our enemies' despair and the depth of their hatred,' Rouhani said [File: AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_8QJ4GP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
UN says Sudan needs $150m to help Ethiopian refugees
Sudan hosting more than 43,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Tigray into one of its most impoverished regions.
![Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region wait in line to pour water into containers at Um Raquba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan [Nariman El-Mofty/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20332738867187.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Poison gas, firing squads: US approves more execution methods
Outgoing Trump administration paves way for additional methods of executing prisoners sentenced to death.
![This year, the Justice Department put to death more people than during the previous half-century [Michael Conroy/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1e1dce622d854ce281c958ab92f078fa_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)