2019-09-30 Study: White Supremacists Lead New Wave of Foreign Fighters
A new kind of foreign fighter is on the move. These individuals are arriving by the thousands in areas where…
2019-09-30 Saudi Crown Prince Takes Responsibility for Khashoggi Death
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon says he takes “full responsibility” for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But…
2019-09-30 Scientists Discover ‘Cute’ Prehistoric Baby Bottles
Scientists say ceramic containers were used in prehistoric times to feed animal milk to human babies. Archaeologists recently published their…
2019-09-29 Charcoal Trade Is Destroying Africa’s Forest Cover
Across Africa, men carrying tools for cutting down trees spend weeks deep inside forests. They cut down the trees to…
2019-09-29 Rights Group Says Migrant Workers Unpaid, Trapped in Qatar
The human rights group Amnesty International says thousands of migrant workers in Qatar are not getting paid by their employers.…
2019-09-29 Shipwrecks Part of New US Marine Sanctuary
Remains of more than 200 wooden ships lie at the bottom of Mallows Bay near Nanjemoy in the state of…
2019-09-26 What is Causing Cuba’s Fuel Shortage?
Cubans wait hours for buses to arrive. In Havana, drivers wait in long lines at gasoline stations. Both are signs…
2019-09-25 Placido Domingo Withdraws from Met Opera After Harassment Reports
New York’s Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Plácido Domingo had agreed to cancel plans to perform at the opera house.…
2019-09-24 Britain’s Supreme Court Rules Parliament Suspension ‘Unlawful’
Britain’s highest court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson violated the law when he asked Queen Elizabeth to suspend…
2019-09-25 A Nobel Prize for Sweden’s Greta Thunberg?
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s shaming of world leaders and air travelers over climate change has won her millions of supporters.…
2019-09-25 Nigeria Becomes Africa’s Center for Illegal Pangolin Trade with Asia
In the Nigerian port of Lagos, customs agents open a shipping container filled with scales from pangolins. Pangolins are the…
2019-09-28 In Amazon, Married Catholics Lead Services, Pray for Priesthood
Just before sunrise, Shainkiam Yampik beats a drum at the start of a Roman Catholic prayer service in Wijint, a…
2019-09-27 Afghans Prepare for Presidential Elections
Millions of Afghans are expected to vote in presidential elections on Saturday. The Taliban is telling Afghans to stay away…
2019-09-24 Spanish Court Approves Request to Move Francisco Franco’s Remains
Spain’s highest court has ruled the government can remove the remains of Francisco Franco from their current resting place. The…
2019-09-22 From the US to Ghana, a Taste of Home in the Homeland
Many African Americans are visiting Ghana because of its historic links to the slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean hundreds…