World

2017/11/20

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gave a speech on November 19, 2017

World

Zimbabwe Ruling Party’s Midday Deadline for Mugabe to Leave or Face Impeachment Passes

2017/11/20

The deadline for longtime Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to step down or face impeachment by his party passed at midday...

Featured

Record-High Opium Production Levels Wreak Havoc in and Outside Afghanistan

by Shadi Khan Saif

2017/11/19

Afghanistan has some 3.6 million people addicted to drugs. In 2017, potential opium production in the war-ravaged country increased by...

Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, attends the 12th African Union summit in Ethiopia in 2012

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Zimbabwe Ruling Party Says Mugabe Goes or Impeachment Starts

2017/11/19

Zimbabwe's ruling party Central Committee fired longtime President Robert Mugabe as party leader Sunday.

World

15 Dead, 5 Hurt in a Stampede for Food Aid in Morocco

2017/11/19

Morocco's State TV reports that at least 15 people have died and 5 others have been injured in a stampede...

World

Egypt Opens Gaza Border Crossing for 3 Days

Gaza's border crossing into Egypt opened Saturday under the Palestinian Authority's control for the first time in a decade.

World

Germany Holds Protest Against US, North Korea Tensions

Hundreds of people formed a human chain between the United States and North Korean embassies in Berlin, Germany on Saturday.

National

Ukraine Detains Man Wanted for 2004 Murder of Forbes Editor

MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine's intelligence agency says it has detained a man wanted for the high-profile murder of American journalist...

World

German Parties Seek Compromise on Migrants, Climate Change

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and two smaller parties are pushing hard to reach an agreement on climate change...

World

Zimbabweans Stage March Against President Mugabe

Crowds marched through Zimbabwe's capital on Saturday to demand the departure of President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's last remaining...

A poster of resigned prime minister Saad Hariri in Lebanon

Middle East

Lebanon’s Prime Minister to Arrive in Beirut Within Days After Saudi ‘Hostage’ Rumors

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Saturday he will return home in the coming days after a strange resignation announcement...

Featured

Portugal: Glimpse Into the World Without Net Neutrality

by Marina Watson Pelaez

The Portuguese picture of lack of net neutrality shows what will happen in the U.S. if the courts and Congress...

World

Search Continues for Missing Argentina Submarine

by Staff Writer

A search and rescue operation was continuing on Saturday for an Argentine Navy submarine with 44 crew on board that...

World

UN Panel Agrees to Move Ahead With Debate on ‘Killer Robots’

A U.N. panel agreed Friday to move ahead with talks to define and possibly set limits on weapons that can...

World

Amnesty International: Militants, Philippine Troops Violated Law in Marawi Siege

Amnesty International said Friday it has documented violations of humanitarian law during the five-month siege to the Philippines' southern city...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Photo: AP

National

US Seeks More Action From African Nations on North Korea

US Secretary of State Tilllerson called on African nations on Friday to do more to isolate North Korea, which seeks...

Middle East

Iraqi Forces Liberate Country’s Last Town Held by ISIS

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated his forces on Friday on retaking the last Iraqi town that was held by...

Carles Puigdemont, president of Catalonia

National

Catalan Extradition Case Pushed to Next Month

The lawyer for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the extradition hearing for his client and four others has been...

Windmill near the COP23 climate meeting in Bonn, Germany with coal plant in the background

World

Climate Talks Wrap Up with Progress on Paris Rulebook