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Australia & Oceania 10/14/19, 09:20

Upon delivering the 12.9-pound infant last Monday, Oct. 7, an Australian mum jokingly likened her newborn daughter to a "mini sumo wrestler." Wollongong couple Emma and Daniel Millar told Illawarra Mercury, a local news source, that ...

Australia & Oceania 09/03/19, 21:46

A dying father had his final wish granted by kind medics, who went out of their way to help. Brave Chris Shaw, 45, wanted to see his favorite beach one last time after being told his ...

Australia & Oceania 08/13/19, 23:51

Hong Kong hospital staff Tuesday Aug. 13, stepped forward to protest against police brutality and the island territory’s government. Employees from 13 hospitals across Hong Kong participated in the protest, according to a local cable television. Workers ...

Australia & Oceania 08/08/19, 09:09

An angry KFC customer who claimed she was served raw chicken by the fast-food giant has posted pictures of her meal—and claimed her complaint was ignored for nearly a week, according to The Daily Mail. The ...

Australia & Oceania 08/07/19, 20:23

In January 2017, Brendan Lee Burton assaulted his neighbor Anita Christanga, 78, while she was in bed. As a consequence of the assault, the elderly woman suffered many severe wounds, including a broken eye socket, broken ...

Australia & Oceania 08/05/19, 20:38

U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper arrived in Auckland on Monday, Aug. 5, to meet his New Zealand counterpart Defense Minister Ron Mark, after Esper attended the Australia-US Ministerial meetings in Sydney over the ...

Australia & Oceania 07/13/19, 02:56

Nearly 60 native birds died after "falling from the sky" in front of horrified onlookers in a suspected case of mass poisoning in South Australia, rescuers say. Bird rescuers said it was like “something out of ...

Australia & Oceania 06/26/19, 18:30

A self-driving shuttle bus service has taken to the roads on a route around a university district in South Australia as a part of a five-year trial. South Australia is the one of the first to ...

Central America 09/06/19, 13:26

Mexico said it has met a U.S. 90-day deadline to reduce migrant flows across its territory. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard is to deliver a final report on the Mexican government initiatives on Friday, Sept. 6, three ...

Central America 08/22/19, 23:19

U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was in Panama City on Thursday, Aug. 22, to meet with security officials and ministers from Central America and Colombia. He tweeted his arrival for the Ninth Northern Triangle ...

Central America 08/10/19, 11:11

Mexican police discovered 19 dead people, some people hanged from an overpass and others butchered and dumped on the road, in what authorities believe is a gang turf war, according to The Associated Press. In the ...

Central America 08/07/19, 00:19

The United States is ready to target any individual or country that supports Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime. On Tuesday, speaking from Peru's capital Lima, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said the Trump administration will start ...

Central America 08/03/19, 15:54

Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard announced on July 30, that the number of illegal immigrants heading to the United States from Central America has been greatly reduced. Ebrard explained that although 144,278 immigrants ...

Central America 07/25/19, 19:34

Mexico is building a huge shelter for illegal immigrants on its northern border. The facility will allow these people to await for a response to their asylum applications in the United States. In the city of ...

Central America 07/22/19, 15:54

As part of his visit to Latin America, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele met last Sunday at the Presidential House in San Salvador to discuss economic cooperation and measures ...

Central America 07/22/19, 10:30

The Costa Rican Health Ministry said it has confirmed 19 deaths from the consumption of alcohol tainted with methanol. The ministry said in a Friday report that the investigation is continuing, but it has counted 14 ...

Central America 07/12/19, 20:25

Two weeks ago, the Cuban Ministry of Finance published a new list of prices for products sold in CUC (the Cuban equivalent of the dollar) and in pesos. The inventory of prices of food and hygiene ...

Central America 07/12/19, 19:17

As a contingency plan to curb immigration, the Mexican government unveiled the first two U.S. investment projects in the south of the country. The $800 million granted for the region would be for the construction ...

Central America 07/10/19, 19:40

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador fired Mexican doctors or will not renew their contracts this December, and will import Cuban professionals. Due to the socialist president's huge health cut—44%—at least 10,000 Mexican workers in the ...

South America 10/15/19, 20:08

A seven-story building collapsed Tuesday in an upscale part of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, killing one person and leaving others trapped with some communicating with family members by cellphone from under debris, officials said. Fire ...

Inspired Stories 09/18/19, 12:10

A garbage man created a community library in his own home and donates books to children, believing that education can break the cycle of poverty. Jose Alberto Gutierrez, 55, a garbage man who lives in Bogota, ...

South America 09/17/19, 17:45

The former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ordered his subordinates to coordinate actions to flood the United States with cocaine produced by the Marxist guerrilla FARC, since 2005. U.S. federal prosecutors reported these attempts by the ...

South America 09/13/19, 22:24

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met his visiting Brazilian counterpart, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Speaking at the press conference, the two men affirmed the strategic partnerships between ...

South America 08/30/19, 23:01

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and the country's foreign minister visited the White House, on Friday, Aug. 30, seeking U.S. help, as firefighters battled to contain the ravaging wildfires in the Amazon. The Brazilian leader said ...

South America 08/24/19, 17:32

Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. Some 44,000 troops will ...

South America 07/25/19, 19:26

With a clarinet, saxophone, or violin in handcuffed hands, a group of prisoners were transported in a special armored bus to the national theater in the capital of Peru, Lima. The purpose—was for the prisoners to ...

South America 07/13/19, 19:56

Last Friday, the United States government extradited to Colombia former Agriculture Minister Andrés Felipe Arias, who is awaiting conviction in his country for embezzlement among other crimes. The Colombian Embassy in Washington received a note last ...

South America 07/13/19, 18:35

Infant mortality under Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela has soared to the point that analysts are already talking about genocide.  Experts warn that the deterioration of medical and food supplies under Maduro's regime is causing conditions ...

South America 07/12/19, 20:03

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions Thursday on the Maduro regime in Venezuela for assassinating military Captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo. The measure will affect the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence and will increase pressure on Maduro's ...

South America 07/12/19, 18:00

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, revealed on Thursday, July 11, that he is nominating his son, Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, from lower house of the National Congress of Brazil, as Brazil's ambassador to the United ...

South America 07/11/19, 21:50

Will the Bank of Venezuela be able to operate with the "petro"? That is the question that both market agents and politicians ask themselves when faced with the last order given by socialist leader Nicolás ...

South America 07/10/19, 19:51

Admiral Craig Faller, head of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command, confirmed Tuesday the presence of Russian troops in Venezuela, according to Agencia EFE. "There are Russian troops and there are Russian defense contractors in Venezuela, ...

South America 07/09/19, 20:38

The U.S. government yesterday demanded that Nicolás Maduro's regime release U.S. executives detained in Venezuela. Through a statement, the spokeswoman from the State Department, Morgan Ortagus, denounced Venezuela for the six directors of Citgo being " ...

South America 07/09/19, 19:40

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Argentina next week to participate in a summit against terrorism and pay tribute to the victims of the attack on the Israelite Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA) that ...

South America 07/08/19, 20:05

The shortage of gasoline that has paralyzed Venezuela since May has forced dozens of Venezuelan agricultural producers to reduce their area of cultivation, farmer Joandry Santiago told the New York Times. The agricultural industry is on ...

South America 07/06/19, 19:34

The northern province of Jujuy in Argentina signed a contract—for $30 million—with the Chinese technology company ZTE for a complex surveillance system that will make the streets "safer" according to Ekel Meyer, the province's security ...

South America 07/05/19, 17:34

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again said he would like U.S. President Donald Trump to visit South America to discuss the Venezuelan crisis with the presidents of the region. On Wednesday night, July 3, during an ...

South America 07/02/19, 15:23

Tens of thousands of tourists flocked to cities and towns across northern Chile to stake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness Tuesday's total solar eclipse. Millions are expected to gaze at ...

South America 06/28/19, 13:05

About 1,000 guns and hundreds of explosives were seized in Argentina from an international criminal gang on Thursday, June 27. Authorities said that this is the biggest seizure of its kind in the history of ...

America 07/05/19, 21:21

A campaign of pro-life groups has been collecting donations for migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The initiative is called Bottles to the Border and is led by former employees of abortion clinics and pro-life ...

America 07/03/19, 20:23

Mexican authorities are investigating several reports of illegal immigrants trying to buy children to enter the United States, and obtain family unit benefits. According to testimony gathered by the Seattle Times from locals and the police, ...

America 06/28/19, 23:03

An engineer shouted for the young migrant woman to hurry up and climb aboard the freight train or she'd be left behind. In her bright red tennis shoes, she quickened her pace and was the ...

America 06/28/19, 21:28

Megan Rapinoe went from controversy to triumph, scoring twice for the United States in the much-anticipated clash with host France to send the defending champions into the semifinals of the Women's World Cup with a ...

America 06/28/19, 05:35

About 100 Mexican soldiers and immigration agents raided a freight train in the southern state of Chiapas on Thursday and detained dozens of Central American migrants riding atop the cars. Such raids had been rare since ...

America 06/26/19, 14:57

U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams assured that President Donald J. Trump supports political change in Venezuela during a briefing session on Tuesday, June 25. Abrams’s affirmative declaration came after a Washington Post article, citing ...

America 06/25/19, 02:36

Around 15,000 soldiers and National Guard policemen have been deployed by the Mexican government to the U.S. border in a bid to check migration flow from Central America, the country's defense chief told reporters on ...

America 06/21/19, 22:16

Mexico has completed its deployment of 6,000 National Guardsmen to help control the flow of migrants headed to the United States and filled 650 immigration agency posts to regulate border crossings, the government said on ...

America 06/21/19, 21:58

The deaths of eight American tourists in the Dominican Republic this year are not part of a mysterious wave of fatalities but a medically and statistically normal phenomenon that has been lumped together by the ...

America 06/21/19, 00:55

íMexico and El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement Thursday that includes a $30 million Mexican donation for reforestation in the Central American nation, amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of ...

Trending 06/18/19, 18:26

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday, June 17, that it is ready to send women to the moon—50 years after the first Apollo mission! The new space mission is aptly named Artemis, after ...

America 06/17/19, 21:18

The huge blackout that left tens of millions of people in the dark in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay over the weekend raised serious questions about the vulnerability of the power grid in South America and ...

America 06/17/19, 02:27

Mexican authorities increased immigration enforcement along well-traveled routes for migrants in southern Mexico over the weekend, checking identifications, pulling migrants off public transport and intercepting four trucks packed with nearly 800 migrants. The National Migration Institute ...

America 06/16/19, 20:47

A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday after an unexplained failure in the neighboring countries' interconnected power grid. Authorities were working frantically to restore ...

America 06/12/19, 15:58

A Netherlands seed developer is the 2019 winner of the World Food Prize for pioneering high quality and disease-resistant vegetable seeds. The Dutch seed man has already introduced the hybrid seeds to over 60 countries, including ...

America 06/11/19, 13:45

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, June 10, that Canada is planning to ban single-use plastics by 2021 in an attempt to curb plastic pollution. “I'm very happy to announce that as early as ...

America 06/08/19, 20:08

Thousands of people crossed into Colombia on Saturday to buy food and medicine after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reopened a border between the countries that had been shut down for the past four months. Long lines ...

America 06/07/19, 01:11

Mexico's president said Thursday he will hold a "unity" rally on the border in Tijuana two days before the U.S. is set to impose tariffs on all Mexican imports. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that ...

America 06/06/19, 00:49

Some 200 military police, immigration agents and federal police blocked the advance of about 1,000 Central American migrants who were walking north along a southern Mexico highway on Wednesday, once again showing a tougher new ...

America 05/31/19, 04:17

At first they appeared only as weary silhouettes emerging from the dense foliage on the other side of the Tuquesa River. Three women, one leaning on a stick for support, and two others carrying their few ...

Europe 10/16/19, 11:28

Authorities in the Netherlands discovered a family of seven living in a basement of an isolated farm and waiting for the world to end. A 58-year-old man was living with six other people who were siblings, ...

Europe 10/15/19, 22:03

Violent clashes erupted for a second night in Barcelona between police and protesters angry about the conviction of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders, as Spain launched an investigation Tuesday into an activist group organizing the ...

Europe 10/14/19, 19:27

The Latest on the conviction of Catalan politicians and activists (all times local): 9:00 p.m. Health authorities in northeastern Spain say 37 protesters have been injured during ongoing clashes with police at Barcelona's airport. Protesters block the roads ...

Europe 10/11/19, 10:29

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country's two-decade border conflict with Eritrea. The Norwegian Nobel Institute on Friday also praised ...

Europe 10/09/19, 20:58

A heavily armed assailant ranting about Jews tried to force his way into a synagogue in Germany on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day, then shot two people to death nearby in an attack Wednesday that ...

Europe 10/08/19, 11:55

That is a heartwarming video shared on Facebook showing a wonderful picture of true love when an 8-year-old girl burst into tears after her father told her he is cancer-free after six years. Chris Dickson, 43, ...

Europe 10/07/19, 18:46

On Sept. 19, 2019, in Strasbourg, France, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, including Nazism and communism, and stressing the importance of European memory for the victims. ...

Europe 10/04/19, 19:13

The criminal case involving the owner of the natural gas company where Hunter Biden once served on the board is now under review. The case of Burisma Holdings is one of 15 high-profile investigations that is ...

Europe 10/03/19, 14:31

An administrator armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters Thursday, killing at least four before he was fatally shot, officials said. Police union official Loic Travers told reporters the attack appeared to have ...

Europe 10/02/19, 09:12

Hurricane Lorenzo powered across the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, lashing the Azores Islands with heavy rains, powerful winds and high waves but causing only minor damage, according to authorities. The Azores Civil Protection Agency said the ...

Europe 09/28/19, 19:01

During a court hearing this week, a mother who left a 6-month-old child with brain damage and several fractures was spared prison time. A judge at the Glasgow, England High Court sentenced Shannon Soutter, 23, to ...

Europe 09/24/19, 01:38

President Donald Trump’s advisers are debating on whether to publicize to American media the transcript of a phone call he had with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. according to CNN. The president however, is positive that the ...

Europe 09/23/19, 15:27

Russia may have evidence of alleged child abuse by Prince Andrew linked to the case of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the Times of London said. The media reported that a source revealed last week that the British ...

Europe 09/20/19, 04:28

A British man with Down syndrome, who was never expected to live beyond the age of 10 has defied the odds, recently celebrated his 77th birthday. Georgie Wildgust, from Nottinghamshire, UK, is the oldest person in ...

Europe 09/19/19, 19:53

Russia replaced the S-300 missile defense systems on Yuzhuny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in northern Russia with its new S-400 Triumph version as part of its plan to increase military presence in the ...

Inspired Stories 09/17/19, 19:43

A plumber in England is being praised for refusing to take payment for work from a 91-year-old pensioner. James Anderson, 52, from Burnley, charged the elderly woman with acute leukemia 0 pounds. The bill was posted ...

Europe 09/17/19, 18:37

One of Germany's former heads of espionage accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of creating a security crisis in her country and in the European Union with the open border policy of 2015, allowing 1.5 million migrants ...

Europe 09/14/19, 19:35

A female police officer reportedly dived into a river in an attempt to save a drowning baby thrown from a bridge by his dad. It was Wednesday afternoon and Jessica Voiels, 24, was on patrol when ...

Inspired Stories 09/09/19, 13:40

Since birth, Rhys Williams, from Bolton, UK, has suffered from epidermolysis bullosa, a disease that triggers painful skin blisters and sores, and has even caused his fingers to fuse together.  Rhys's mother, Tanya, said when he ...

Europe 09/08/19, 20:27

A Scottish mother who became a record breaker as Britain's first mother to give birth to 10 boys in a row, finally gave birth to her eleventh child, a baby girl, in August 2019. Alexis Brett, ...

Africa 10/17/19, 00:57

An extraordinary haul of 20 wooden coffins dating back to Ancient Egypt and pharaonic times has been revealed by archaeologists. Archaeologists found the coffins in an ancient necropolis in Al-Assasif, an ancient cemetery on the west ...

Africa 10/15/19, 10:05

Mariam Nabatanzi, a 40-year-old woman from the Mukono District of Uganda, was named the most fertile woman in the African country after it was confirmed that she had given birth to 44 children. Nabatanzi is known as ...

Africa 10/11/19, 10:19

The story of a man from Nigeria is proof that dreams come true, especially when you work hard and never lose faith. His dream of becoming a pilot if finally realized after 24 years of ...

Africa 09/06/19, 10:50

A pastor, in south Africa, who has been spearfishing for the past decade miraculously survived without any major injuries after he accidentally shot himself straight through his head with a speargun. The horrific incident occurred on ...

U.S. 08/31/19, 14:52

Thousands of African immigrants who arrived on the southern border of the United States demanded immediate entry into the country. In a statement the 3,000 immigrants from some 16 African countries such as Angola, Burkina Faso, ...

Africa 08/30/19, 19:58

The United States sanctioned a Lebanese bank on Thursday for facilitating the financial activities of the terrorist group Hezbollah. The Treasury Department accused the Jammal Trust Bank, and its subsidiaries, of "brazenly enabling" the financial activities ...

News 05/30/19, 22:55

Over 1,200 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo). According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Border, this is the worst ever reported ...

Africa 05/30/19, 09:24

Sudan's protesters are threatening a civil disobedience campaign if the ruling military refuses to hand over power to civilians.The threat comes after a two-day strike meant to pressure the military showed no tangible effects.The coalition ...

Africa 05/30/19, 08:55

Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this year and left hundreds dead, raising alarm about the effects of ...

Africa 05/30/19, 01:42

The fate of several teams vying for places in the Super Rugby playoffs is likely to be sealed in this weekend's 16th round.If the Chiefs can't beat the Crusaders in Fiji, if the Waratahs can't ...

Africa 05/29/19, 18:35

Farmers in Kenya are swapping high-risk crops for silkworms. In a bid to find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihoods, many farmers are turning to silk production and ditching traditional cash crops such as ...

Africa 05/29/19, 16:36

Yasir Arman says he wants to help resolve the ongoing standoff on who should lead Sudan's transitional government

Africa 05/29/19, 15:15

WHO officials say success hinges on improving security in Congo's conflict zones

Africa 05/29/19, 12:14

A prominent Egyptian militant wanted for scores of terror attacks in his country was handed over by Libyan forces loyal to a commander pushing to take the capital of Tripoli and flown back to Egypt ...

Africa 05/29/19, 12:08

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began his second term as head of Africa's most populous nation on Wednesday, facing heightened pressure to defeat Islamic extremism and boost the oil-dependent economy amid concerns over his health.The 76-year-old ...

Africa 05/28/19, 15:55

Report alleges that security forces, who have been conducting military operations against Islamist insurgents in region, have engaged in unlawful action against civilians

Africa 05/28/19, 14:56

Malawi's President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday called for unity as he was sworn in for a second five-year term after an election in which top opposition parties alleged irregularities.The 78-year-old Mutharika began his acceptance speech ...

Africa 05/28/19, 08:39

Sudan's protest leaders have launched a two-day general strike to press the ruling military to hand over power to a civilian-led authority.Wajdi Saleh, a negotiator for the protesters, says they resorted to holding the strike ...

Africa 05/28/19, 08:13

Government says it has embarked on a safe mining campaign targeting small-scale miners

Africa 05/28/19, 02:00

Ghana cracked down on illegal small-scale gold mining in 2017 but banned small-scale operations continue despite digital monitoring and land reclamation

Asia & Pacific 10/15/19, 20:02

A 4-day-old baby girl, who was found buried alive in a cemetery in northern India, was hospitalized in critical condition, police said. The baby was pulled to safety by a couple in Uttar Pradesh, India, on ...

Asia & Pacific 10/15/19, 18:39

When the ball smashed into a photo of LeBron James' face stuck above the hoop and dropped into the basket, the Hong Kong protesters cheered. They also trampled on jerseys bearing his name and gathered in ...

Asia & Pacific 10/15/19, 15:56

Tens of thousands of people gathered in downtown Hong Kong to ask the international community, and particularly the United States, to help stop the interference of the Chinese communist regime in the semi-autonomous territory, reported ...

Asia & Pacific 10/13/19, 07:22

Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 19 with more than ...

Politics 10/12/19, 18:24

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) accompanied Taiwanese authorities in celebrating the country's National Day on Oct. 10, strengthening U.S. support for this independent democratic nation that had been commemorating this day since 1911. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph ...

Asia & Pacific 10/12/19, 14:23

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan's worst in six decades made landfall and passed over the capital, where streets, nearby ...

Asia & Pacific 10/11/19, 17:24

Iran said Friday two missiles struck one of its oil tankers traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, a mysterious assault not immediately corroborated that still spiked oil prices amid months ...

Asia & Pacific 10/11/19, 11:19

A powerful typhoon is forecast to bring up to 80 centimeters (31 inches) of rain and damaging winds to the Tokyo area and Japan's Pacific coast this weekend, and the government is warning residents to ...

Asia & Pacific 10/10/19, 06:41

Japan is bracing for a super typhoon on track to hit central and eastern regions over the three-day weekend with potential damage from torrential rains and strong winds. Typhoon Hagibis has already caused cancellations of two ...

Asia & Pacific 10/04/19, 12:21

Thousands of defiant masked protesters streamed into Hong Kong streets Friday after the city’s embattled leader invoked rarely used emergency powers to ban masks at rallies in a hardening of the government’s stance after four ...

Politics 09/29/19, 18:19

The battle for democracy continued as Hong Kongers braced themselves against the police’s firing of rubber bullets, tear gas, and blasted water cannons on Sunday, Sept. 29, being one of the most widespread and violent ...

Asia & Pacific 09/29/19, 08:01

Thousands of protesters regrouped after police fired tear gas at them Sunday and marched along a thoroughfare in downtown Hong Kong in a second straight day of defiance, sparking fears of more violence ahead of ...

Asia & Pacific 09/25/19, 01:13

Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion on the wrong woman. In early August, police said a 6-week pregnant woman went to a clinic in Seoul for an injection ...

U.S. 09/22/19, 15:40

President Donald Trump treated Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison to a lavish White House visit on Friday, Sept. 20, celebrating their countries’ “unbreakable bond,” but their hot topic was China. This was only the second state-level ...

Politics 09/21/19, 16:29

President Donald Trump on Friday, Sept. 21, approved the deployment of additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates following last week’s drone attacks on two oil facilities. “The ...

Asia & Pacific 09/14/19, 17:15

The White House on Saturday issued a statement that Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. "The loss of Hamza bin Ladin ...

Asia & Pacific 09/12/19, 09:07

Firefighters in New Zealand performed a traditional haka dance under Auckland's Sky Tower on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown, who tweeted videos of the event, said it was in tribute to the "bravery ...

Asia & Pacific 09/08/19, 14:38

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday, Sept. 8, that the Taliban “overreached” with its car bomb attack in a diplomatic area near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, killing an American soldier. He asserted ...

Asia & Pacific 09/08/19, 00:57

President Donald Trump said on Saturday, Sept. 7, that he had called off a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing this week in Kabul killed 11 people, ...

Asia & Pacific 09/06/19, 22:56

Pro-democracy protests continued in Hong Kong on Friday, Sept. 6, with people taking to the streets and some lighting fires as a burning barricade on city streets. Police retaliated by firing rubber bullets, tear gas, and ...

U.S. 09/18/19, 17:19

U.S. Senator Mr. Patrick Leahy of Vermont issued a statement on September 12 calling on the Chinese government to end its persecution of Falun Gong. His statement has been included in the congressional record. Senator Leahy ...

Asia & Pacific 09/04/19, 21:50

Pro-democracy legislators and activists on Wednesday, Sept. 4, denounced Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s announcement to withdraw the controversial China extradition bill that triggered months of massive demonstrations. They said Lam’s concession came “too little” ...

Asia & Pacific 08/27/19, 20:30

Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Aug. 27, condemned Hong Chief Executive Carrie Lam for “trashing all the conventional, traditional values" of the territory. The legislators denounced Lam for threatening to silence pro-democracy voices with ...

Asia & Pacific 07/26/19, 18:58

If you were a visitor arriving on Friday at the Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport, this would be the scene, you saw on your first steps on to ‘Asia’s world city.’ A sea of ...

Asia & Pacific 07/19/19, 19:49

Hong Kong young activists are no greenhorns when it comes to protests. As another huge rally is organized for Sunday, protesters’ strategies are getting more creative. From hand signs to colorful post-it notes, these young activists ...

World 07/04/19, 21:41

An independent tribunal in the UK recently attracted widespread news coverage after announcing a judgment that the Chinese Communist regime is killing its detained citizens for organs. A 60-page summary of the judgment was released on ...

Asia & Pacific 07/02/19, 17:43

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on Monday afternoon for the annual July 1 march that is held on the anniversary of Britain's return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. This year’s ...

Trending 06/27/19, 16:17

Thousands of residents participated in Hong Kong’s rally on Wednesday night, June 26, to oppose the proposed extradition bill that they fear will take away the city’s freedom. They were rallying to appeal to world leaders ...

Europe 06/25/19, 18:26

Speaking at a meeting in Geneva on Monday, June 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet emphasized human rights violations in several regions of the world. Bachelet expressed disappointment at Saudi Arabia's ...

World 06/24/19, 21:33

There are 25 million adults and children suffering from labor and sex trafficking all over the world, including in the United States, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released ...

Trending 06/20/19, 14:56

Dozens of Filipinos held a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila on Wednesday, June 19, to condemn a statement Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made on Monday. The protesters are angry because President Rodrigo Duterte described ...

Asia & Pacific 06/19/19, 19:38

An activist for pro-democracy group Demosisto and a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, Joshua Wong was released from prison. Wong urged Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam to withdraw the extradition amendment ...

World 06/18/19, 02:05

A panel of experts and lawyers from the China Tribunal in London has concluded that China has in fact been murdering Falun Gong practitioners and harvesting their organs for transplant. The tribunal said on June ...

Politics 06/17/19, 15:19

Hong Kong’s former Chief Secretary Anson Chan said on Friday, June 14, that the territory's current government should drop the proposed extradition bill that has triggered massive weeklong protests. Chan said this past week’s protests involving ...

Politics 06/14/19, 17:41

A group of nine pro-democratic lawmakers condemned the Hong Kong government for describing Wednesday's mass protest on the island nation as a riot. The legislators were specifically referring to comments made by Hong Kong Special Administrative ...

Europe 06/12/19, 17:22

The Russian Interior Affairs Ministry has, under public pressure, dropped drug-dealing charges against a prominent investigative journalist, in a sudden turn of events. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev surprised the nation and the world on Tuesday after ...

World 06/12/19, 14:38

The New York Post carried an article on June 1, 2019, titled “Chinese dissidents are being executed for their organs, former hospital worker says.” The article was written by Steven W. Mosher, the president of the Population Research ...

Europe 06/10/19, 17:31

A prominent Russian investigative journalist was arrested and allegedly beaten while in detention. Ivan Golunov, who works for the independent Latvia-based Meduza online news agency, was charged with drug dealing. Four grams of synthetic stimulant mephedrone ...

World 06/03/19, 21:42

November 1989 marked the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, when thousands of Germans brought down the Berlin Wall—the most visible symbol of the Cold War, built by communists to separate East and West Berlin. The ...

World 06/03/19, 15:56

June 4, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Former Associated Press (AP) journalist Jeff Widener, who was present at the scene to cover the story, recollects his experience of the ...