The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at recent attacks in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region, which it said had killed dozens of people and injured many more. “The most recent
Time Magazine on Thursday named US President-elect Donald Trump its “person of the year,” marking the second time he has won the accolade. “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions,
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will end the automatic birthright US citizenship rule. But he expressed a willingness to work with Democrats to help some undocumented immigrants who
US president-elect Donald Trump defended his choice of Charles Kushner for US ambassador to France, describing him as a “family member” and a “very successful man” in an interview released
Syria’s new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will “guarantee” the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war
A volcano briefly erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column high into the sky as the government ordered the evacuation of surrounding villages. Rising more
The United Nations rights chief said Monday that 184 people had been killed over the weekend in the Haitian capital during a spike in gang violence. “Just this past weekend,
Recalling the contribution of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, commonly known as Begum Rokeya, to social reform, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said her works and thoughts surprised him. He made
Cuba suffered another nationwide blackout after the main power plant went down. Lakhs of people were left without power within a few hours after the power plant went down on
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has resigned and left the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The announcement was made on Sunday (Dec 8) after the capital Damascus fell under rebel