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Crop-Destroying Armyworm Caterpillars Spread To Uganda
A plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars has spread to East Africa where officials confirmed their...
Blast Outside Bangladesh Airport Kills Bomber
A bomber was killed in a blast outside the Bangladeshi capital's main international airport Friday, police said, the...
Syria Army Retakes Damascus Areas From Rebels
Syrian government troops on Friday recaptured all points taken by rebels in a surprise offensive launched late last...
Mickelson, Rahm Advance To Last 16 At WGC Match Play
Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson advanced to the knockout rounds of the World Golf Championships Match Play...
Third of Yemen Provinces On Brink of Famine
A third of Yemen's 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent of the...
27 Killed In South Yemen Clashes
At least 20 rebels and seven soldiers were killed over the past 24 hours in ongoing fighting in southern Yemen, a...
Bahraini, 18, Dies After Attack On Cleric’s Home
An 18-year-old Bahraini died Friday, nearly two months after he was shot in the head near a top opposition cleric's...
Africa Elected Ahmad For Change
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Friday the election of Ahmad Ahmad as Confederation of African Football chief was...
Fourteen Naked Men and Women Slaughter A Sheep At Auschwitz
A group of naked men and women today slaughtered a sheep in a bizarre ritual at the former Nazi death camp,...
116 Million African Children To Get Polio Vaccines
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west...
ICC Awards ‘symbolic’ $250 Each To Congo War Crimes Victims
In its first such decision, the International Criminal Court on Friday awarded $250 dollars as "symbolic" damages to...
Twitter Eyes Paid ‘premium’ Service For Power Users
Twitter has begun surveying members on a paid subscription service that would give frequent users more tools for using...
Google Boycott Could See the End of Automated Ad Placement
The feud sparked by Google's failure to remove extremist content from its site Youtube could lead to the end of...
Aircraft Sales Again Lift US Durable Goods In February
Orders for manufactured big-ticket products continued to rise in February, boosted by strong civilian aircraft sales,...
Escaping IS-Held Mosul, Residents Head Into Unknown
Bilal Abduljabbar clambers onto the back of an Iraqi army truck with his two teenage children to start the final stage...
UN To ‘urgently’ Send Rights Probe To Myanmar
The UN rights council agreed Friday to "urgently" launch an investigation into violations against Myanmar's Rohingya...
F1 Team Chiefs See Role For Deposed Ecclestone
Team principals said Friday former powerbroker Bernie Ecclestone still had a role to play in Formula One following the...
Where Are the Leaders Now?
What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here is a...
Dead Dictators Draw Hong Kong Art Crowds
A "breathing" Fidel Castro is among several ex-communist leaders gathered in Hong Kong this week -- one of the world's...