2017-06-24 Iraq Conflict Deadly for Children, Says UNICEF
The continuing conflict in Iraq has brought destruction to many areas of the country. It also has had an extreme…
2017-06-24 US Military: Islamic State Problem ‘Not Getting Better’ in Afghanistan
In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan. Since that time, the U.S. military has lost lives and spent large amounts…
2017-06-19 US Navy Destroyer Crash: How Could it Happen?
Investigators are looking into the crash of a U.S. Navy destroyer and cargo ship off the coast of Japan that…
2017-06-22 Ikea Designers Live in Mars Research Center to Get Ideas
Ikea is known for designing furniture that people can put together themselves. Recently, a team from the Swedish company spent…
2017-06-23 UN: Deaths, Injuries Rising as Ukraine Enters Fourth Year of Conflict
The United Nations reports that deaths and injuries from the conflict in Ukraine have been rising in recent months. The…
2017-06-22 UN: Amphetamines, Synthetic Drugs a New Threat for Asia
The United Nations says amphetamines and synthetic, or man-made, drugs are a new threat to communities in Asia. UN officials…
2017-06-21 Will Relations Between Two Koreas Affect US?
The new president of South Korea is working to improve relations with North Korea. American experts are watching the efforts…
2017-06-20 Rights Activists Criticize Trial of 17 Reporters in Turkey
A trial of 17 journalists opened this week at a courthouse in Istanbul. The writers and media workers are accused…
2017-06-21 Terror Attacks, Disasters Test European Leaders
How national leaders react to crisis can influence the rest of their term in office. Leaders may be forced from…
2017-06-20 American’s Death Raises Concerns about N. Korean Rights Violations
The death of an American college student is raising concerns about human rights violations in North Korea. Twenty-two-year-old Otto Warmbier…
2017-06-19 UN: One in Every 113 Persons Forcibly Displaced
Last year, more people than ever were refugees or forcibly displaced from their home because of war, violence or persecution.…
2017-06-20 US Court: Offensive Trademarks Are Protected by Free Speech
The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that an Asian-American musical group called “The Slants” has the right to trademark…
2017-06-19 40 Years Later, Vietnamese-American Still Not a Citizen
Kristopher Larsen learned he was not an American citizen while serving time at a prison in the United States. Larsen,…
2017-06-15 Refugees Feel at Home in Maryland Apartment Complex
If you ask a child playing outside at the Parkview Gardens apartment complex in Riverdale, Maryland where he or she…
2017-06-19 Britain Moves to Ease Tensions after Attack on London Muslims
UPDATE: British media have identified the suspect as 47-year-old Darren Osborne. He is from Cardiff, Wales. British officials and Islamic…