2017-09-29 Iraq’s Government Moves to Punish Iraqi Kurdistan for Vote
The Iraqi government has placed a ban on international flights to airports in the country’s Kurdish area. The flight ban…
2017-09-26 Russia May Block Access to Facebook
Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network follows a law requiring the use of Russian…
2017-09-26 Experts Doubt North Korea Would Target US Warplanes
Military experts say North Korea does not have the ability or the desire to attack United States warplanes near the…
2017-09-26 Iraqi Kurds Leader Claims Victory in Independence Vote
Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani claimed victory in the referendum vote for independence and called for a “dialogue” with the…
2017-09-25 North Korea Claims US Has Declared War
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho says the United States has declared war on his country. Ri made the…
2017-09-23 Robot Leads Orchestra in Performance
Earlier this month, the Italian city of Pisa held the First International Festival of Robotics. During the festival, a robot…
2017-09-22 ‘Rocket Man’ Vs. ‘Dotard’ in War of Words
A war of words is rising between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The two…
2017-09-23 Los Angeles Police Departments Explore Use of Drones
A growing number of police departments in the United States now have drones and are exploring different ways to use…
2017-09-23 Russia Celebrates Rifle-Maker Kalashnikov With Statue
Russia has unveiled a monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of one of the most famous firearms in the world. The…
2017-09-24 Fake News Becoming the Norm in Poland
Poland, like many European countries, has been targeted by Russian propagandists with disinformation campaigns. Experts say the effort is aimed…
2017-09-25 Bank Case Reveals Vietnam’s Continued Corruption Problems
The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security recently began investigating three companies under the state-owned gas and oil group PetroVietnam. The…
2017-09-24 African Art Museum Opens in Cape Town
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa officially opened its doors on Friday. The new museum itself is a work…
2017-09-24 Text Messages Connect Farmers in Kenya
When she woke up one morning in February, Catherine Kagendo saw one of her cows on the ground. “It was…
2017-09-25 US Education Chief Cancels Rules on Sexual Assaults
American colleges are deciding whether to change how they investigate sexual assaults after a directive from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.…
2017-09-21 Myanmar Struggles with Rohingya Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya people have been forced out of western Myanmar in what the United Nations is…