China, DR Congo Most Affected By Displacements In 2016
More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with China ...
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Twenty Policemen, Dozens of Taliban Killed In Shah Joi
At least 20 policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as security forces sought to dislodge ...
German and Afghan Guard Killed In Kabul Guest House Attack
A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed as gunmen stormed an international guest house in central Kabul, ...
Taliban Raid Kills 20 Policemen In Southern Afghanistan
At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed early Sunday when Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in the volatile southern ...
Bongo MP, It Was NDC That Came Out of A Coup d’Etat!
Bongo MP, it was NDC that came out of a coup d’état! I read with a glint of incredulity all ...
Australia Declares Game-Up For ‘fake Refugees’
Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to prove they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the "game ...
Assad Vows To Continue Working With Iran After Rouhani Win
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad lauded his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani Saturday on his election victory and vowed to continue cooperating ...
Afghan VP Dostum Departs For Turkey Amid Rape Probe
Afghanistan's embattled vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum has left for Turkey, officials said Saturday, in what could be another long ...
US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are ...
American War Photographer Stanley Greene Dies Aged 68
American war photographer Stanley Greene, who won five World Press Photo awards, died in Paris on Friday aged 68, the ...
Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Members of Afghan Family
Eleven members of an Afghan family, mostly women and children, were killed Friday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb ...
India’s Karthik Recalled For Champions Trophy Cricket
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has earned a recall to India's one-day international squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy, replacing injured Manish ...
Which Countries Have the Best Healthcare?
Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a dismal 35th, according to a much ...
How ‘dark Genius’ Ailes Reshaped US Television News
Championed by conservatives as a visionary, reviled by liberals as a menace, Fox News founder Roger Ailes re-shaped US television ...
Some NATO Allies Favour Joining Anti-IS Coalition
Some NATO allies believe joining the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq could send a ...
Pakistan Buzkashi Game Faces Final Whistle
In a remote northern Pakistani valley surrounded by giant ice-capped peaks, villagers gather to watch a game of Buzkashi, an ...
From Antisecrecy Activist To Transgender Idol
Chelsea Manning was a meek, geeky army private who stunned the world in 2010 by leaking a massive trove of ...
Newly-Freed Chelsea Manning Says Putting Past Behind Her
Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for giving US secrets to WikiLeaks, said Wednesday she was looking to put ...
From Combat Videos To Candid Comments
From graphic videos of US military assaults in Iraq and Afghanistan, to candid comments by heads of state, secrets leaked ...
WikiLeaks Source Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released
Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, is ...