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More than 5 million children are at risk of famine in Yemen as the ongoing war causes food and fuel prices to soar across the country, charity Save the Children warned Wednesday. Disruption to supplies coming through the embattled Red Sea port of Hodeida could ...
Arlington National Cemetery returned to its roots as a resting place for the Civil War dead with a burial Thursday of two unknown Union soldiers. The burials marked the dedication of an $87 million expansion of the cemetery that officials hope will extend the cemetery's ...
Hundreds of African migrants flee detention center amid Tripoli bloodshed: aid official
Hundreds of African migrants escaped from a detention center in Tripoli on Tuesday as fighting between rival groups raged nearby, an aid official said, though the Libyan government department set up to combat illegal migration denied the report. A video posted on social media on ...
Yemenis find solace in cinema after years of war in flick about their plight
Yemenis filed into a makeshift cinema for the first time since fighting broke out in their city of Aden more than three years ago — and watch some of their own story reflected back at them on the projector screen. The film they have come ...
Ebola survivors returning home to fear, stigma in Congo war zone
Leoni Kahumbu remembers the night her 15-year-old daughter, Pascaline, first showed signs of Ebola. She found her fainted on the bathroom floor, blood everywhere. "She did not even have the strength to get up. ... I called an ambulance," Kahumbu said. Experts came to their ...
U.N. reports 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen and pace is rising
The United Nations says nearly 120,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported in conflict-wracked Yemen between January and mid-August and the pace has been increasing. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday that although the 120,000 figure is lower than during the same period in ...
Seven arrested in protest over torn-down Confederate statue at University of North Carolina
Seven people were arrested Saturday at a rally calling for a century-old Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina to be returned after it was yanked down five days ago. Officials did not release their names or say if they were protesting for ...
Given its proximity to borders, Congo Ebola outbreak poses high regional risk: WHO
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread and poses a high regional risk, given its proximity to borders, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. Four people have tested positive for Ebola in and around Mangina, a town ...
Russian trio 'carrying press cards' slain in Central African Republic ambush
Three Russians carrying press cards have been killed in the troubled Central African Republic (CAR), Russia's foreign ministry said Tuesday. "According to information received on July 30 (Monday), three people were killed not far from the town of Sibut, 300 km (185 miles) north of ...
Yemenis can keep special U.S. immigration status amid shrinking group
The Trump administration said Thursday that Yemenis granted special immigration status in the U.S. after an escalating civil war can keep the designation, making them among a shrinking group of people from countries wracked by violence and natural disaster to have permission to remain ...
Mass rape, cannibalism, dismemberment: U.N. team finds atrocities in Congo war
Rebels and government troops in Congo have committed atrocities including mass rape, cannibalism and the dismemberment of civilians, according to testimony published on Tuesday by a team of U.N. human rights experts who said the world must pay heed. The team investigating a conflict in ...
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday gave South Sudan's warring sides a month to reach a peace deal or face possible sanctions. A resolution drafted by the United States narrowly won backing in the 15-member council, picking up nine votes. Six countries abstained, including Russia, ...
