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Headway On AIDS Threatened By Funding Slowdown

Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's...

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US Regulator Vows To Roll Back ‘net Neutrality’ Rules

A top US regulatory official on Wednesday unveiled plans to roll back so-called "net neutrality" rules that require...

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Marijuana Activists Arrested At US Capitol On ‘4/20’ Day

Police arrested seven pro-marijuana activists near the US Capitol on Thursday as they handed out free joints to mark...

International

US Airlift Backs New Assault Near Raqqa Stronghold

US-led coalition aircraft have for the first time carried out an airlift of allied fighters battling the jihadist group...

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Air Strike ‘kills Dozens In Village Near Raqqa’

Thousands of civilians have been displaced by the battle to oust IS from Raqqa At least 33 people have been killed in...

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IS Conflict: Air Strike ‘kills Dozens In Village Near Raqqa’

At least 33 people have been killed in an air strike on a school in a village west of the Islamic State-held Syrian...

International

Protests Erupt After Police Rape

Hundreds demand justice for 22-year-old youth worker who was sodomised and beaten by officer with a baton. A...

International

Russia, China Vote Against Aleppo Ceasefire

Russia and China on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian...

International

Airstrikes Knock Out Hospitals In Rebel-Held Aleppo

A number of major trauma hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy airstrikes, the...

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I Am Still A Human Rights Activist – Oye Lithur

The Gender and Social Protection minister, Nana Oye Lithur, has taken a swipe at critics alleging she has shunned being...

International

Indian Activist Ends 16-Year Fast Over Military Powers

Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who has not eaten for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in...