Tag: International News

BOGOTA, Colombia (news agencies) — Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the U.S. and have ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (news agencies) — A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on ...

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — As Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by media show what appears to be a new ...

ACCRA, Ghana (news agencies) — Misper Apawu is a photographer who works with media in Ghana. She has covered politics, breaking news and sports.This feature is part of a series ...

GENEVA (news agencies) — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in general ...

BENGALURU, India (news agencies) — Bhavani Mani Muthuvel and her family of nine have around five 20-liter (5-gallon) buckets worth of water for the week for cooking, cleaning and household ...

LONDON (news agencies) — Britain’s Conservative government said Wednesday that the party does not plan to give back 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) it received in the past year from ...

PARIS (news agencies) — France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, a powerful message of support for women’s rights on International Women’s Day.Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti ...

JERUSALEM (news agencies) — Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh says his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to U.S.-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority.President Mahmoud ...