Adolescent Rohingya girls in camps in Bangladesh are being kept in stifling conditions, unable to go out and facing prospects of early marriage, a report says.
GENEVA -- The U.N. refugee agency reported Tuesday that nearly 69 million people who have fled war, violence and persecution were forcibly displaced last ...
Monsoon season is underway in Bangladesh's Kutupalong Camp, home to one million Rohingya refugees. It became the world's largest refugee camp last year, ...
Wednesday, June 20, is World Refugee Day. It's a day that the United Nations created to celebrate the resilience and courage of refugees and their contributions ...
Canada has decided to legalize marijuana for recreational use after a bill was passed by its senate on Tuesday. America's northern neighbor will become the ...
Canada has become the first wealthy nation in the world to fully legalize marijuana. The Senate approved Bill C-45, also known as the Cannabis Act, ...
From Laura Bush to Rosalyn Carter, from elected representatives to past high government officials, outrage is the mood of the moment, perhaps more than at ...
Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least.
Washington (CNN) Infants and young children are being held in three so-called "tender age" shelters at the border after being separated from their families who ...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley slammed rights groups on Wednesday for thwarting Washington's attempts to reform the Geneva-based U.N. ...
When the Trump administration commits to a decision, it goes full throttle—and often with little regard for the consequences. One such decision was announced ...
Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, announced on Tuesday that the United States would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights ...
Asylum seekers crossing the border between Hungary and Serbia in 2015. Few migrants have tried to enter Hungary in the years since, but Prime Minister Viktor ...
Migrant and refugee organizations in Hungary are facing an uncertain future after the passage of legislation that criminalizes helping undocumented immigrants.
Hungary's parliament on Wednesday approved a package of bills that criminalises some help given to illegal immigrants, defying the European Union and ...
President Donald Trump's trade war with China doesn't appear to be coming to a close anytime soon. The president, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Peter ...
The Pentagon said it had agreed with South Korea to cancel an important military exercise that was scheduled for later this summer, in keeping with President ...
Up to 200 sets of remains belonging to American servicemen are expected to be transferred from North Korea to the U.N. command in South Korea in the next ...
Sanctions against North Korea will remain in place until Pyongyang can assure concerned parties such as South Korea that "complete denuclearization has ...
South Korea Tuesday confirmed the Pentagon's announcement of the suspension of a major joint military exercise in August and called for North Korea to ...
Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he wasn't willing to take migrants who have been registered in Italy back from Germany, a stance which would clash ...
Italy's populist government, only in power since the beginning of June, is already taking steps to implement its nationalist agenda. First, it turned away a rescue ...
Italy's new interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has pledged to conduct a census of the nomadic Roma people and drive out those lacking valid residence permits, ...
The Miguel Vargas Association of Clovis is in Guatemala is providing humanitarian aid after the Volcano of Fire eruption two weeks ago. The nonprofit is still ...
GUATEMALA has been rocked by strong volcanic and seismic activity, and the country's Volcan de Fuego has been particularly deadly. How many people have ...
PANMUNJOM, North Korea – Lt. Col. Hwang Myong Jin has been a guide on the northern side of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas for five ...
The Trump administration is expecting North Korea to return up to 200 sets of remains believed to be American *service* members who died during the Korean ...
President Xi Jinping of China and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gathered on Tuesday in Kim's third trip to China in recent month, The Associated Press ...
President Trump is digging in on a demonstrably false claim that the crime rate in Germany has risen as a result of refugees in that country, despite the fact that ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel coolly rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that migrants were behind a surge in crime in Germany, pointing to statistics ...
Louis Arthur Charles, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will be baptized in a chapel that holds special significance for the royal family, Kensington ...
Prince Louis has a big day on the horizon! Prince William and Kate Middleton's 8-week-old son will be christened on Monday, July 9, Kensington Palace ...
The royal events just keep pouring in this summer. Nearly two months after his birth, Kensington Palace has announced that Prince Louis, the third and ...
Israeli jets have attacked 25 targets linked to Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after the group launched rockets and mortar shells at Israeli territory, the military said.
Several dozen rockets and mortar bombs launched at Israel by Palestinians in Gaza, and Israeli air strikes on the enclave's dominant Hamas militant group, ...
Jerusalem (CNN) In one of the biggest exchanges of fire between the two sides in years, militants in Gaza launched some 45 rockets toward Israel early ...
Militants fired a volley of rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, puncturing a tacit three-week cease-fire, in the latest flare-up in tensions between the two sides.
A committee of MEPs has voted to accept major changes to European copyright law, which experts say could change the nature of the internet. They voted to ...
Google , Facebook , Microsoft and other tech giants could face more curbs on their market power after a European Parliament committee voted in favor of ...
The whole internet is set to be subject to ContentID-type filtering in Europe, thanks to new copyright proposals that have been voted through by the European ...
The rules will change how online platforms, like Google and Microsoft, will operate on the internet. Some critics, including Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, say ...
The summer solstice is an astronomical event caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis. The event gives the Northern Hemisphere the longest day of the year.
A reveler jumps in the air after climbing up on one of the stones forming Stonehenge, near Salisbury, England, as crowds gather before sunrise to mark the ...
People all around the northern hemisphere celebrate the arrival of the summer solstice - the longest day of the year and the official start of the summer season.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Two weeks after the Ethiopian government made the surprise announcement that it was ready to accept a nearly 20-year-old peace ...
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said the East African country will dispatch a delegation to Addis Ababa to "gauge current developments" in the region following ...
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of Africa's most intractable conflicts on Wednesday by ...
A surprise announcement by Ethiopia's prime minister to mend relations with neighbouring Eritrea is highlighting the rapid pace of his government's agenda ju...
Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday in a deadly resumption of fighting after ...
Taliban fighters killed dozens of government soldiers in overnight attacks on two security checkpoints in northwestern Afghanistan, in the insurgent group's first ...
The Taliban has killed 30 Afghan soldiers as hopes of peace from a three-day holiday ceasefire were shattered. Soldiers at checkpoints in the province of ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial ...
Taliban fighters have killed at least 30 Afghan soldiers in an attack on two checkpoints in western Badghis province, a provincial official said. Abdul Aziz Beg ...
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This handout photo taken on May 2018 in Mexico and provided by Interpol on June 20, 2018, shows young hatchlings intercepted by Mexican police authorities as they were being smuggled out of Mexico.AP/Handout
PARIS -- A monthlong global operation against illegal trade in wildlife and timber has resulted in the seizure of thousands of live animals and tons of meat and ...
Nearly 100 countries took part in a globe-spanning crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade, seizing tons of meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber in a monthlong ...
A month-long global operation against illegal trade in wildlife and timber has resulted in the seizure of thousands of live animals and tons of meat and ivory, ...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slammed the Trump administration on Wednesday over the U.S.'s policy of separating migrant families who cross ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's leader criticized the U.S. administration's separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border in comments ...
In a video posted to Twitter Monday, the president of France tore into a teenager who called him 'Manu,' a common nickname for Emmanuel in French, during an ...
The president's cutting response to a well-meaning teenager must leave French youth wondering whether he is friend or foe, says French journalist Pauline ...
Social media shaming is now an inescapable part of modern life, but there was still widespread surprise at Emmanuel Macron's use of his personal Twitter ...
Almost 2000 more left-wing extremists were considered by German authorities to be potentially violent, up 27 per cent to about 9000, and violent crimes soared ...
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Charlotte Caldwell, and her son Billy, stand outside the Home Office during a break in a meeting with officials to discuss how Billy can have his severe epilepsy treated with cannabis oil, which is a banned substance in Britain, in London, June 11, 2018.REUTERS
London (CNN) The suffering of a 12-year-old boy with epilepsy could lead to the UK legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana, after outrage over his case ...
Theresa May's government is being forced to grapple with the thorny issue of drug legalisation, amid two cases where children would have suffered if their ...
Indonesian authorities on Tuesday said 166 people are feared dead after a ferry sank late Monday at a lake on the island of Sumatra. Officials had earlier put the ...
India's federal government took direct control of Kashmir state Wednesday after the ruling Hindu nationalist party ended its long-troubled alliance there with a ...
Donald Trump delivered a speech to the National Federation of Independent Businesses yesterday (June 19) that included a claim which left many listeners ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday progress was being made in slow-moving talks to update the NAFTA trade accord between the United States, ...
After a short cooling off period, the North American Free Trade (NAFTA) negotiators need to redouble efforts to forge an agreement this summer that all three ...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about ...
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) - Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and ...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about ...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about ...
Many immigrant families crossing into the U.S. without proper authorization say they were unaware of the 'zero tolerance' policy. The process to seek asylum ...
OCILLA, Georgia (Reuters) - Morena Vasquez didn't want to drive that February night last year, but a co-worker at her job cleaning offices near Atlanta needed ...
Border-crossers aren't the only targets. Thousands of illegal immigrants with deep roots in their adopted communities are being locked up and separated from ...
We've been bombarded by arguments about whether parents and children crossing the US-Mexican border without documentation should be separated. But we ...
A 12-year-old Canadian boy's parents were confused when police arrived at their family home Tuesday evening. Why were the officers there? Turns out the boy ...
Emergency dispatchers in Halifax, Canada received a call from the 12-year-old complaining about the salad and as the matter was being dealt with, he then ...
On June 21, on International Yoga Day, people will take out their yoga mats and practice sun salutations or sit in meditation. Yoga may have originated in ...
The country is all geared up to roll out yoga mats tomorrow to mark the fourth International Day of Yoga (IDY), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to ...
To mark International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be participating in an event in Dehradun where over 60000 people would be performing ...
Revered Ukrainian film writer Oleg Sentsov has been on a hunger strike for 36 days in a Russian prison colony in northern Siberia. Concerns are growing about ...
The filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, a Crimea native, is on a hunger strike to call attention to Russia's crimes and the Ukrainian political prisoners it holds.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) praised Qatar earlier this year after visiting the Persian Gulf nation but failed to note he had received $50,000 from a ...
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Abiy made the admission on Monday while addressing lawmakers in Addis Ababa [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu]
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his country's security institutions tortured and committed "terrorist acts" against its own citizens in the past, in a rare ...
A "looming crisis" over the failure of financial contracts after Brexit threatens Europe's financial stability and poses a "significant risk to the personal finances of ...
Millions of people and trillions of dollars of derivative deals could be affected if the U.K. and Europe don't come up with a way to ensure contracts stay in force ...
An enormous number of cross border contracts covering everything from pensions to insurance could collapse unless action is taken to address the issue, but ...
TheCityUK said Britain's loss of financial "passporting" after Brexit needs urgent attention. The warning comes as businesses increasingly fret over the UK's...
Millions of people in the UK and across the rest of Europe are at financial risk because of Brexit, new research from financial services industry body TheCityUK ...
Europe should stop exploiting Africa and invest in ways that benefit the continent more, including by sharing mineral wealth more equitably, Pope Francis said.
POPE Francis has said Europe must stop exploiting Africa and instead invest in ways which benefit the continent more, including by sharing mineral wealth more ...
VATICAN CITY—Europe should stop exploiting Africa and invest in ways that benefit the continent more, including by sharing mineral wealth more equitably, ...
Europe should stop exploiting Africa and invest in ways that benefit the continent more, including by sharing mineral wealth more equitably, Pope Francis said.
In just 30 years, cities around the world will face dramatically higher risks from extreme heat, coastal flooding, blackouts and food and water shortages.
In southern Japan there exists a 1,000-year-old trail that is stop-in-your-tracks stunning but almost completely devoid of crowds. It stars towering trees, fragrant ...
A four-year inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of elderly people who were routinely prescribed opioid drugs is expected to say that blame lies not just with the ...
At Gosport War Memorial Hospital, she worked on a ward which dealt with patients transfered from other hospitals who needed more care than nursing homes ...
A former health minister has claimed government officials tried to dodge a public inquiry into the suspicious deaths of more than 800 patients at a single hospital ...
A Japanese company issued a televised apology to its customers after executives discovered that an employee had been taking three-minute-long lunch breaks ...
China expressed regret on Wednesday over a U.S. decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council, with state media saying the image of the United ...
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body ...
The Trump administration long has chafed at the dubious rights records of many council members and what it calls a "chronic bias against Israel." Now the U.S. ...
President Trump has rightly decided to terminate U.S. membership in what U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley were right to withdraw U.S. membership from the U.N. Human Rights ...
The White House's "zero tolerance" immigration policy has resulted in separations of undocumented parents and kids, and the outrage is growing. Follow here ...
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Trader Gregory Rowe working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Even though the prospect of a trade war unnerves many on Wall Street, investors appear to believe any collateral damage would be manageable.Richard Drew/Associated Press
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday praised President Trump for slapping tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products and said he urged the chief ...
CHINA has threatened to impose tariffs on US energy products such as natural gas and crude oil as fears of an international trade war reach a fever pitch.
Until fairly recently, I didn't really think we were going to have a trade war. What I thought would happen, instead, was a bit of kabuki: America's major trading ...
The brief cease-fire injected hope into the Afghan peace process, as Taliban fighters mingled with government forces. It also raised fear that insurgents may ...
They came to offer flowers, juice and silent prayers in memory of a 9-year-old girl — some touched by the tragic death of a child they had never seen or met, ...
Joe Hagin, the White House adviser who led planning for President Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is leaving his post for the private ...
Joe Hagin, the White House official who orchestrated logistics for the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin, who led the U.S. advance team for President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean ...
The blood of decent Americans was already boiling because of the pictures and audio of children being separated from their parents at the border. Then came ...
White House deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin has announced his resignation, the White House said Tuesday. Hagin, who led the advance team for President ...
Erik Prince, the founder of private security company Blackwater, said in an interview published Tuesday that he cooperated with special counsel Robert ...
The Trumpworld insider is under scrutiny for his alleged backchanneling with Russia, his work for China, and his plans for Afghanistan. He defends it all in a new ...
Erik Prince, the founder of the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater, said in an interview published Tuesday that he cooperated with special ...
A Washington lobbyist for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska had nine meetings with Julian Assange in 2017, making him one of the WikiLeaks founder's most ...
An American lobbyist who worked for a Russian oligarch connected to Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort met with Wikileaks founder ...
A longtime US lobbyist for the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska visited Julian Assange nine times at the Ecuadorian embassy in London last year, according to ...
Lawyer Jennifer Robinson told the UN in Geneva that Mr Assange, her client, was unable to obtain proper medical attention and was being denied sunlight at ...
A member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is condemning President Trump for the "zero tolerance" immigration policy that has resulted in separated families, ...
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