Cape Town is planning to launch a new fund by the end of 2017 that will improve its water supply by restoring the native shrubland plants covering the region’s watersheds…
continue readingThe U.S. Air Force says one pilot was killed and another injured when they ejected from a U-2 spy plane minutes before it crashed Tuesday in Northern California. The pilots…
continue readingThere’s a whole lot more in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to allow a Chinese company to invest in the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant than mere business. Chinese…
continue readingTop U.S. economic officials gathered Tuesday in Washington to debate how best to speed up economic growth without sparking inflation or stock market chaos. Most economists expect the U.S.…
continue readingJordan’s moderate Islamist opposition could emerge from Tuesday’s parliamentary election with renewed influence after surviving government attempts to ban it as part of a wider crackdown on political Islam. The…
continue readingDespite Saturday’s errant U.S. airstrike that Russia claims killed 62 Syrian troops, the Syrian government is upping the battle against Islamic State fighters in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.…
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continue readingThe resettlement of refugees from Middle Eastern countries, particularly Syria, has been at the center of a heated political debate after President Barack Obama last year pledged to resettle at…
continue readingThe maker of Skittles candies on Tuesday objected to a social media post by Donald Trump Jr. in which the Republican presidential hopeful’s son compared admitting Syrian refugees to the…
continue readingSyria’s chief opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said on Tuesday that international efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Syria’s civil war were doomed without any credible mechanism to designate blame or…
continue readingThe Obama administration, which has negotiated new relationships with states like Cuba, Iran and Myanmar, is now eyeing a rapprochement with Sudan, a nation that has long been designated a…
continue readingThree days after a U.S. airstrike hit a group of people who Russia and Syria say were Syrian troops, there is still little clarity on who they were, and why…
continue readingThe Iraqi military has launched an operation to retake a northern town from Islamic State (IS) fighters ahead of preparations to begin an offensive on IS-held Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.…
continue readingU.S. President Barack Obama delivered his final speech to the UN General Assembly on September 20, urging international leaders to move away from policies that foster intolerance, authoritarianism, and isolationism.…
continue readingU.S. President Barack Obama on September 20 called for a “course correction” on the current path to global integration, urging the world to reject models of governance that perpetuate economic…
continue readingThe Russian Supreme Court has branded the Japanese doomsday cult group Aum Shinrikyo a terrorist organization. …
continue readingThousands of transgender people living in Belarus are struggling to be accepted by their society and families. Faced with discrimination and no legal protection, transgender people like 33-year-old Alina Mayer…
continue readingMoscow police detained an American protester near the Kremlin for her one-woman demonstration in support of jailed Russian activist Ildar Dadin. Ariella Katz from Chicago stood near the entrance to…
continue readingA Russian statistician has released an election analysis that he claims shows the ruling United Russia party was given as many as 12 million extra votes in the September 18…
continue readingUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has opened the General Assembly’s 71st general debate with a call to end the fighting in Syria. …
continue readingIndia says its soldiers have exchanged fire with Pakistani troops across the disputed border in Kashmir. …
continue readingSouth African university students who want free education protested on several campuses Tuesday, clashing with police in Johannesburg and shutting down classes at some universities around the country. However, many…
continue readingNairouz Baloul escaped the civil war in her homeland to find refuge in Argentina. Now she hopes the South American nation will now welcome many more Syrians like her to…
continue readingPrince William has talked of ‘dark moments’ in his job as an air ambulance pilot as he spoke of the strength he takes from the camaraderie of being part of…
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