Month: January 2021

Islamic State (IS) militants have been defeated in northern Syria by rebel fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, according to sources close to the fighting. Military airplanes bombed…

More people moved to the Houston, Texas area in one year than to any other metropolitan area in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released information about the…

The United States sent two Libyans from its detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Senegal earlier this week. U.S. State Department officials called the move a “humanitarian resettlement.” “The…

A 9-year-old reporter is defending her work after people in her small Pennsylvania town criticized her for covering a murder. They said Hilde Kate Lysiak should be “playing with dolls,”…

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says she is a candidate to become the first woman secretary-general of the United Nations. Clark is among eight candidates for the office,…

This is What’s Trending Today. It may be the month of April, but Americans are still talking about March Madness. March Madness is the nickname for college basketball tournaments each…

The prime minister of Iceland, Sigmunder Gunnlaugsson, resigned Tuesday. On Monday, thousands of protesters had gathered outside the Icelandic Parliament to call for his resignation. The opposition grew after a…

United States officials say 21 people were arrested for their reported involvement in a plot to help foreign nationals stay in the country illegally. The program enabled over 1,000 foreigners…

Myanmar’s parliament has created a new position for the head of the newly elected ruling party, Aung San Suu Kyi. Lawmakers voted Tuesday to establish the position of State Counselor.…

People opposed to the government exchanged gunfire with police in the Republic of Congo capital of Brazzaville Monday. A police station and a government building were attacked in the Makelekele…

Jaelyn Young seemed both excited and frightened about what her life would be like when she joined the Islamic State in Syria. Twenty-year-old Young is a former high-school cheerleader and…

France’s national airline will allow female staff to volunteer for a new route to Iran rather than require them. Air France announced that female flight attendants must wear a headscarf,…

American women who work as computer programmers, chefs and dentists earn 28 percent less than men doing the same jobs. Those are the jobs with the biggest wage differences between…

Security agencies trying to break up Islamic State (IS) terror cells in Europe fear that IS supporters will use guerrilla tactics to attack major targets. Concerns were raised when images…

Amnesty International says Turkey has been forcing about 100 refugees back to Syria every day since January. The rights group recently released a report that said many people in southern…