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  Afghan health workers carry an injured person outside the emergency hospital after a suicide attack targeted a wedding hall, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2018. (EPA Photo) A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of hundreds of Muslim religious scholars in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 43 people, Afghan officials said. Public Health […]

The Aquarius rescue ship has been seized by Italian authorities. Photo: Boris HorvatAFP Prosecutors in Sicily have ordered a migrant rescue ship seized while they investigate allegations that the NGO operating it illegally dumped potentially hazardous waste at Italian ports. Doctors Without Borders (MSF), one of two charities that operate the Aquarius rescue ship, is […]

President Donald Trump wants to restrict migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. A judge has temporarily halted that plan. | John Moore/Getty Images) A federal judge in San Francisco late Monday temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s move to restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, dealing another blow to the administration’s immigration agenda. Judge […]

IHA Photo At least one irregular migrant died and another 10 were rescued after a boat sank off the coast of Bodrum in Turkey’s Aegean province of Muğla, coast guard sources said. The coast guard started a search and rescue operation off the shore of Bodrum after a Panama-flagged merchant ship reported the incident, said […]

Four people were killed – including a Chicago police officer, an ER doctor, and a hospital worker — Monday afternoon in a shooting at Mercy Hospital on the city’s Near South Side. Four people were killed – including a Chicago police officer, ER doctor, hospital worker — Monday afternoon in a shooting at Mercy Hospital […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday toppling her would risk delaying Brexit and she would not let talk of a leadership challenge distract her from a critical week of negotiations with Brussels. In the days since she unveiled a draft EU divorce deal, May’s premiership has been thrust into crisis. Several ministers, including her Brexit minister, […]

PYONGYANG, North Korea – In a move that has threatened the diplomatic progress it managed to achieve in June year – after several years of bitter relations with the U.S., its neighbor South Korea and other nations – North Korea on Thursday took a bold step. North Korea’s state media declared that the country’s ruler, […]

An Egyptian woman is claiming to be the secret wife of the slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, presenting pictures of the two together at their wedding in the U.S. in June, according to a report by the Washington Post. The 50-year-old woman – identifying herself only by the initial of her first name and last […]

Security officials display a modified AK-47 rifle belonging to a suspected Al-Shabaab militant who was killed in Wajir in a past incident. Police officers at the Kenya-Somalia border let in five Al-Shabaab suicide bombers in February this year after receiving bribes. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP Police officers at the Kenya-Somalia border let […]

President Sauli Niinistö of Finland said he didn’t discuss raking with President Donald Trump during their brief meeting in Paris last weekend. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The leader of Finland denied on Sunday that he’d ever told President Donald Trump that the small Nordic nation relies upon “raking” its forests to prevent wildfires — even […]