Young US Muslims clean up US parks as govt shutdown continuesYoung Muslim men from across the United Statesspent Saturday clearing rubbish from American national parks impacted by the government shutdown. Following US President Donald Trump's warning last week...
‘Naive, reckless’ tourists couchsurfing in war-torn AfghanistanSeeking an "authentic" experience as he backpacked through war-torn Afghanistan, Dutch tourist Ciaran Barr searched the Couchsurfing website for locals to stay with. He found an astonishing number of...
15 killed in attack on Kenya’s hotel complexFifteen people have died in an Islamist attack on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenyan police sources said Wednesday, as fresh explosions and gunfire rang out in the siege which stretched into...
Ghana urges people of African heritage to ‘come home’Sicley Williams was ready to escape what she found an unfriendly climate in the United States and take a leap of faith, leaving her native Chicago for Ghana. She had previously visited the West Africa...
Indian opposition seeks scrapping of 1870 sedition law after students chargedIndia opposition politicians and media called for a colonial-era sedition law to be scrapped on Wednesday, accusing authorities of trying to suppress dissent after it was invoked against students mark...
Los Angeles teachers strike for second day as mayor seeks to restart talksSome 30,000 Los Angeles teachers on strike for higher pay, smaller classes and more staff walked picket lines in the rain for a second day on Tuesday as Mayor Eric Garcetti embraced their cause while...
One in three UN employees have been sexually harassed: surveyA third of United Nations employees have reported experiencing sexual harassment at the world body over the last two years, according to the findings of the first-ever survey on such misconduct releas...
Democratic US Senator Gillibrand to launch 2020 White House bidUS Senator Kirsten Gillibrand told CBS' "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" that she would file paperwork on Tuesday night to explore a run for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2020 elec...
Australian towns among hottest spots on Earth as heatwave sizzlesAustralian towns were among the hottest places on Earth this week as a severe heatwave hit the continent's southeast, with forecasters warning of more record-breaking temperatures before the weekend....
Panamanians make their own wall against racism for Pope’s massWhen Pope Francis, with his miter and robes, ceremoniously takes to the altar to say mass as part of World Youth Day celebrations in Panama next week, behind him will loom a giant mural its creator sa...
Hundreds in new US-bound migrant caravan cross into GuatemalaSeveral hundred Honduran migrants in a new US-bound caravan crossed into Guatemala on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump seized on news of the advancing group to try to build support for a wall alo...
Report raises fresh doubts over Trump’s NATO commitmentFresh doubts surfaced Tuesday over President Donald Trump’s commitment to NATO, after he was reported to have discussed a desire to pull out of the trans-Atlantic military alliance. Last year, Trump r...
Malaysia says it won’t host any more events involving IsraelMalaysia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the government will not budge over a ban on Israeli athletes in a para swimming competition and has decided that the country will not host any events in...