The wildfires in Southern California have been sweeping through many affluent communities near Los Angeles
The tribunal judging the criminal responsibility of former Khmer Rouge leaders for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians will issue verdicts Friday in the latest — and perhaps last — of such trials. Nuon Chea, 92, and Khieu Samphan, 87, are the last two surviving senior leaders of the radical communist group that …
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Mexico’s previous two administrations have relied heavily on the military to combat drug cartels and perform policing duties, in some cases after local police forces deemed deeply corrupt were disbanded
A government task force formed last year has been asked to make recommendations for laws and policies to protect intersex people from discrimination and hate.
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi delivering the keynote address at the Singapore Fintech Festival
The FedEx superhub in Memphis Tennessee works around the clock to get parcels delivered to customers and hopefully – on time
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis travels to the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday to visit some of the thousands of troops that have been called up to assist in security operations there
Josephine Mbela (on screen) of the Congolese Association for Access to Justice, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The royal family is in the midst of a slow, understated transition. The patriarch, 97-year-old Prince Philip, has formally retired from public life, although he makes occasional appearances in support of the queen
The report, “‘Shall I Feed My Daughter, or Educate Her?’: Barriers to Girls’ Education in Pakistan,” concludes that many girls simply have no access to education, including because of a shortage of government schools – especially for girls