US asks Central America to do more on illegal immigration
Vice President Mike Pence has told leaders of three Central American countries that the U.S. is ready to do more to help their economies if they make a greater effort to fight illegal immigration.Pence addressed President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras, President Jimmy Morales of Guatemala and Vice President Oscar ...
UN Committee Blasts Saudi Arabia on Yemen Child Deaths
Around 1,300 children have been killed and an equal number injured by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes since start of civil war in the country in 2015, UN says
Saudi crown prince’s carefully managed rise hides dark side
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stands out as the youthful face of a youthful nation, and is next in line to the throne. But behind the public-relations campaign pushing images of the smiling prince meeting with the world's top leaders lurks a darker side.FILE - In this March 7, ...
Africa’s Youngest Billionaire Abducted in Tanzania
Police say Mohammed Dewji was kidnapped from a hotel in Dar es Salaam
Malaysia to End Death Penalty and Sedition Act
Malaysian administration plans to halt 1,200 scheduled executions and end the British colonial law
PHOTOS: Growing up female, across the globe
As the world marks the International Day of the Girl Child, women's rights activists point to progress on a wide array of issues but say more needs to be done to protect girls from child marriage, sexual assault and other forms of exploitation.Experts say girls in their first decade are ...
Brazil foreign minister seeks to allay election fears
Brazil's foreign minister says whoever wins his country's presidential election won't be able to throw out human rights safeguards.Aloysio Nunes insisted Thursday that Brazil has "well-established parameters" on an independent judiciary, a free press and foreign policy, whoever comes to power in the Oct. 28 runoff vote.Nunes made the remarks ...
Former UK envoy says May’s Brexit plan a ‘pipe dream’
Britain's former ambassador to the European Union says Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint for Brexit is a "pipe dream" that has no chance of being accepted by the bloc.Ivan Rogers says that, more than two years after voting to leave the EU, Britain is "on fantasy island" about what kind ...
Cameroon’s Election Body Reviewing Petitions to Cancel Presidential Poll
President Paul Biya's supporters call it a distraction
Russia’s launch failures affect manned, unmanned spacecraft
The booster rocket failure that forced an emergency landing for two astronauts headed to the International Space Station was the first launch accident for Russia's manned-space program in 35 years. But several launches of unmanned Progress cargo ships have not gone as planned in the past decade.Emergency services wait as ...
Bosnian Croat nationalists protest election of moderate
Several thousand Bosnian Croat nationalists have protested the election victory of a moderate politician last weekend in the race for the Croat seat in Bosnia's three-person presidency.People lace candles by a poster reading "not my president" during protest in Mostar, Bosnia, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. Several thousand Bosnian Croat nationalists ...
US stocks turn higher after report shows modest inflation
U.S. stocks are slightly higher in unsteady trading one day after their biggest drop since February. A report indicating that inflation remains limited seemed to calm U.S. investors.Following yesterday's sell-off in the U.S., markets in Asia tumbled and European stocks suffered more modest losses.Bond yields, which have spiked over the ...
Italy’s PM visits Ethiopia and soon Eritrea to support peace
Italy's prime minister is visiting Ethiopia and is awaited in Eritrea after the neighbors and once-bitter rivals made surprising peace earlier this year.Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says this is the first visit by a Western leader since the peace accord that ended years of deadly border tensions.Italy's Prime Minister ...
Analysis: Macron too busy to rush French govt reshuffle
Emmanuel Macron won't be rushed. The 24-hour news cycle? The French leader isn't interested. At least, that's what he wants people to think.France's president is turning a government reshuffle into a soapbox against the time-pressures of modern politics and wall-to-wall news coverage.Behind the scenes, Macron's government is struggling to quickly ...
UK’s Prince William warns of criminal threat to wildlife
Britain's Prince William has told a two-day international wildlife protection conference that he could not face his children if his generation allows elephants, tigers and other species to become extinct.Britain's Prince William, officially opens the 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference at St James' Palace in London, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2018. ...
Bishop: Possible pope trip to North Korea ‘a gigantic step’
A South Korean bishop says a visit by Pope Francis to North Korea would mark a "gigantic step" for peace on the peninsula but that there are many issues about religious freedom that must be resolved. South Korean President Moon Jae-in is expected to relay North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's ...
For the Next Big Thing in Tech, Look to … Africa?
African technology and innovation hubs banking on finding next big thing here, on the continent
Medical Charity Sounds Alarm on Detained Refugees on Nauru
Doctors Without Borders say asylum seekers held under Australia's indefinite detention program have lost hope, with some driven to attempt suicide
Police: Trump’s UK visit used 10,000 officers, cost $24M
British police chiefs say security for U.S. President Donald Trump's visit in July involved almost 10,000 officers and cost nearly 18 million pounds ($24 million), making it the biggest police operation since riots swept England in 2011.National Police Chiefs' Council chairwoman Sara Thornton said Thursday that nearly every police force ...
India’s #MeToo comes amid calls for 2013 law’s enforcement
A complaint by a retired Bollywood actress living in the United States alleging sexual harassment on a 2008 movie set has galvanized women in India, but for the country's burgeoning #MeToo movement to reach broader swaths of society, a little-known labor law must be more aggressively implemented, lawyers and activists ...
