admin Colombia’s earthquake is déjà vu for Venezuelans. The government response is anything but
Two powerful earthquakes less than two months apart have exposed stark differences in how neighboring Venezuela and Colombia respond to…
What to know from AP’s report about pregnant women and babies dying in Nepal amid USAID cuts
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year…
USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year…
Putin threatens retaliation for Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened retaliation against Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels, calling them "piracy." Speaking from a…
US strikes targeting Houthis killed 153 civilians in Yemen last year, Pentagon review says
A Pentagon review has found that U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150…
Iranian-backed Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel, and other developments in the Mideast
Authorities in Yemen say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles on a vessel in…
WHO says Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history
The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in…
Rescuers evacuate more than 200 from a ferry fire that left at least 1 dead near Bali
Authorities in Indonesia say rescuers evacuated 211 people and recovered the body of a passenger from a ferry that caught…
Death toll rises to 44 after an overloaded ferry capsized on a Zimbabwe lake
The death toll from a ferry capsizing on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has risen to 44, police say. The ferry,…
Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, architect of growth, dies of illness at 97
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died, according to state media. The impatient, sharp-tongued reformer helped ignite China’s explosive economic…