Several civil society organizations are calling for a return to justice in Mozambique following a series of killings targeting lawyers and judges in the country. Carlos Mondlane, president of the…
continue readingA senior White House official has suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized an alleged Russian hacking operation aimed at meddling in the U.S. electoral process, while the top…
continue readingEuropean Union leaders meeting Thursday in Brussels agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, EU officials said. The one-day summit, which ran late into the evening, capped…
continue readingHe was born Cassius Clay. Later he became known as Muhammad Ali. He was a three-time heavyweight boxing champion. And, today his life is depicted in art and photography. The…
continue readingBruce Springsteen’s 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, referenced in his iconic song “Born to Run,” is up for auction and is expected to fetch several hundred thousand dollars. Springsteen super…
continue readingCompetition is cutthroat among Japan’s thousands of pop idol wannabes, but a unique concept is winning fame for a band of “chubby” girls deploying their cheeky cuteness to combat prejudices…
continue readingTucked inside a large forest near the drying Andaraweva iirrigation reservoir, a well-tended plantation of young banana trees is growing strongly despite dry weather. The plantation, of at least 10…
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continue readingAs expected, the U.S. central bank raised its key lending rate Wednesday by a quarter of a percent, only the second time it has done so since the end of…
continue readingThe World Bank said Thursday that 48 governments have ratcheted up the fight against extreme poverty by committing $75 billion in new funds to the International Development Association, the bank’s…
continue readingResearch has found that cancer cells can spread unseen, before a tumor develops, and leave a ticking time bomb in the body. But the scientists who made the discovery say…
continue readingResidents of the U.S. East Coast shivered on Thursday in blustery, frigid weather brought by a swirling cold air pattern called a polar vortex that earlier swept across the Midwest,…
continue readingAn exiled Kazakh opposition figure who has just been released from custody in France says he is aiming to topple the government of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev within the next…
continue readingThe International Olympic Committee, United States Olympic Committee and NBC Universal have joined forces to bring year-round Games programming to the United States. The new partnership complements the Olympic Channel…
continue readingThe clanging sound of collapsing metal shook awake the residents of Guayabal, an industrial zone in the outskirts of Venezuela’s capital, last October. Then they watched a 40-meter (131 feet)…
continue readingEuropean Union leaders have reached an agreement about a demand from the Netherlands on a deal that would establish closer ties between the EU and Ukraine. …
continue readingNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says envoys from the alliance will meet with Russian diplomats on December 19 to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv’s forces and Russia-backed separatists.…
continue readingThousands attended the funeral in Karachi for Pakistani singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed who was killed in a plane crash last week. Politicians, other celebrities, and fans joined the mourners for the…
continue readingTajikistan’s National Bank is considering the use of President Emomali Rahmon’s portrait on a proposed new 1,000-somoni banknote, which would be worth about $127. …
continue readingRussian officials have dismissed an NBC News report that said U.S. intelligence officials believe with a “high level of confidence” that President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in Russian efforts…
continue readingIn the uproar over the collapse of rebel forces in Aleppo, one incident seems to have been forgotten — Islamic State (IS) militants retaking the ancient city of Palmyra. It…
continue readingAmnesty International has decried what it called Russia’s “systematic persecution” of the Crimean Tatars since “the occupation and illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation” in 2014. …
continue readingRussia’s security service says it has detained four people it alleges were plotting terrorist bomb attacks in Moscow. …
continue readingRussia’s security service says it has detained four people it alleges were plotting terrorist bomb attacks in Moscow. …
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