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Lawmakers in Somalia's regional state of Jubbaland have re-elected incumbent Ahmed Mohamed Islam as the leader in a controversial election held in the southern...

Walid, a pseudonym, is among the 7,000 Syrian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Holders in the United States today. Walid is an information security and...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Nations around the world moved Thursday to protect giraffes as an endangered species for the first time, drawing praise from conservationists...

Trump and Bolton’s unwavering assault on Iran means the end of waivers for the right to purchase Iranian oil for...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressing a meeting at the Jalazone refugee camp. Photo: MEMRI. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas recently went on a...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (C) attends a meeting following a weekly meeting of the National Security Council’s standing committee at the presidential Blue...

Issued on Thursday by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2019 revealed that the...

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TEKNAF, BANGLADESH - A fresh push to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar fall flat on Thursday, with no one turning up to hop on...

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MADRID - A Spanish navy frigate sailed from Cadiz Wednesday to escort the humanitarian vessel Open Arms back from Italy with a token...

There have been multiple fatalities in SW China after a series of mudslides © AFP / STR By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, BEIJING, Aug...

SYDNEY - Australia is seeing an increase in interest in its millionaires-only visa program from wealthy Hong Kong residents who are eyeing a...

In April, Reuters reported that automakers are investing heavily in electric vehicles despite still-low demand. They are releasing “a flurry...

Neither Facebook or Twitter are legally accessible in China © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP / SPENCER PLATT By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, BEIJING, Aug...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 24, 2019 people watch a television news showing a file footage of a meeting between US...

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mark Green and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz sign a historic memorandum of understanding...

UNITED NATIONS - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged greater international cooperation to stop Iran's objectionable behavior in the region and beyond...

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WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in...

The prospect of a peaceful Afghanistan is only realistic if the Taliban breaks ties with other terrorist groups, agrees to...