President Barack Obama has signed an extension of a 2008 law that contributes federal funds to reopen investigations of race-based killings committed decades ago. Obama on Friday extended the Emmett…
continue readingGrateful residents of eastern Afghanistan whose villages were freed from control by Islamic State militants have begun enlisting for service with the Afghan National Security Forces and provincial police, local…
continue readingHeavily armed al-Shabab fighters in pickup trucks moved into Somalia’s Mahaday district in the Middle Shabelle region early Saturday, killing two government soldiers before voluntarily withdrawing, residents and officials said.…
continue readingThe American surgeon credited with developing the lifesaving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims has died. Family members said Henry Heimlich died early Saturday at a hospital in Cincinnati after suffering…
continue readingPreparations and security operations are well underway a month before Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States, which is expected to draw an unprecedented number of protesters. Though…
continue readingDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote, concerns over Russian hacking, and Trump’s own mercurial management style are fueling anxiety ahead of the college’s December 19 meeting.…
continue readingReports from Tehran say Iran has requested a meeting of a commission that oversees the implementation of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in response to Tehran’s claims that…
continue readingChina’s Defense Ministry says it has reached agreement with the United States on the return of a U.S. Navy underwater drone that China’s navy seized in the South China Sea.…
continue readingKuwait summoned Tehran’s envoy to demand the release of four Kuwaitis arrested in southwestern Iran, the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said on December 16. …
continue readingThe chairman of Ghana’s opposition People’s National Convention (PNC) says it is regrettable that civil society groups are pressuring President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to form an all-inclusive government by…
continue readingU.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney to be his White House budget director, a signal that Trump plans to cut federal spending despite promises to boost…
continue readingIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has harshly criticized Britain in a response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s claim that Iran poses a threat to the region. …
continue readingZimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, Saturday was declared the ruling party’s candidate for the 2018 elections. President Robert Mugabe officially closed Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF annual conference in Masvingo, about 300…
continue readingOpponents of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party remained in front of Poland’s parliament building Saturday morning hours after police used force to remove blockades of the building’s exits.…
continue readingA leading member of an opposition party coalition known as the “Rassemblement” is urging the Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to reach an agreement with the group and step…
continue readingAn average of 20 migrants died on migratory routes every day in 2016 – far surpassing numbers from previous years, according to the International Organization for Migration. More than half…
continue readingU.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he has chosen U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina to be his White House budget director, turning to a fiscal conservative to…
continue readingFormer astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn “defined what it meant to be an American,” Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday during a memorial service for Glenn in Columbus, Ohio.…
continue readingVice President Joe Biden is slated to speak Saturday at the funeral of former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn. The memorial service will take place in Glenn’s home state…
continue readingThe rusting tracks of Brazil’s Transnordestina railway peter out and give way to a dirt trail in a remote corner of the country’s arid northeast, far from the ports or…
continue readingA 7.9-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 73 kilometers struck the New Ireland region of Papua New Guinea Saturday. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami threat for…
continue readingRussia, Pakistan and China will hold the next round of three-way counterterrorism talks in Moscow December 27, primarily focusing on turmoil-hit Afghanistan. Russian Ambassador to Islamabad Alexey Dedov disclosed the…
continue readingThe U.S. Justice Department has cut ties with a fugitive Ukrainian member of parliament who said he had turned over damning evidence proving the corruption of Ukraine’s president, a spokesman…
continue readingU.S. President-elect Donald Trump repeated his campaign promise to crush Islamic State “rapidly,” but did not give a blueprint for achieving such a victory during a rally in Orlando, Florida.…
continue reading