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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...
Trump Administration Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
The Trump administration has issued a permit to energy company TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The State...
Hundreds Feared Dead In the Mediterranean Sea
About 250 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean after two partially submerged rubber dinghies were found off...
Yemen Children Dream of School As War Keeps Them Out
Roua Ahmed's classes ended abruptly when her school in Yemen was bombed, but she still clings to her dream of getting...
250 Feared Dead In New Med Migrant Boat Sinkings
Around 250 African migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after a charity's rescue boat found five...
‘Sex Assault’ Streamed On Facebook Live
The alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl by five or six males was streamed on Facebook Live, according to...
UNICEF Decries Sale of Cambodian Breast Milk To US Mothers
UNICEF on Wednesday condemned a company selling breast milk from "vulnerable and poor" Cambodian mothers to Americans,...
Children Fuel Myanmar’s Economic Boom
Fourteen-year-old San Min Hteik had worked at the steel factory for less than a week when his hand got caught in a...
Florida Eco-Friendly Town Opens For Business
With a farm-to-table restaurant, driverless shuttles, homes built with the latest green techniques and a massive solar...
‘Beauty and the Beast’ To Be Shown Uncut In Malaysia
Disney's hit movie "Beauty and the Beast", under fire from Malaysian conservatives for a "gay moment", will be released...
S. Korea Approaches WTO Over China Economic Retaliation
South Korea has approached the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in connection with measures imposed by China over the...
New Zealand Expels US Diplomat After Police Probe Stymied
A US diplomat has been expelled from New Zealand after Washington refused to waive diplomatic immunity so police...
Google Pulls Beauty and the Beast ‘ad’ From Home
Google has removed audio about the movie Beauty and the Beast which played out unprompted on Google Home. “By the...
‘ Fear, Optimism Among US Muslims
In a sprawling banquet hall, Ahmed Rehab walked to a lectern facing a glittering group of diners and launched into a...
Trump’s ‘Irish Proverb’ Appears To Be A Nigerian Poem
A Nigerian man has told CNN he was surprised to learn that US President Donald Trump had read a few lines of his poetry...
Tillerson To Face Chinese Ire Over Blame For North Korea Tensions
U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in China on Saturday for what is likely to be a prickly visit, with...
Immigration Judges Headed To 12 U.S. Cities To Speed Deportations
The U. S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to...
DOJ Documents ‘show No Evidence’ To Support Trump’s Wiretap Claims
The US government has no evidence to back up President Donald Trump's claim that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered...
Missing From Trump’s Grand Navy Plan
U. S. President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions...