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Texas mulls history curriculum that cuts Helen Keller, Hillary Clinton, keeps Moses
The Texas Board of Education is discussing changes to the history curriculum that could scrap lessons featuring Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller and Barry Goldwater, but keep instruction about how Moses influenced the nation's Founding Fathers and the ways states' rights helped cause the Civil ...
Tripoli clashes leave 115 dead, 383 wounded: health ministry
At least 115 people have been killed and 383 wounded in month-long clashes between rival factions in Tripoli, Libya's health ministry said on Sunday. The fighting pitted the Seventh Brigade, or Kaniyat, from Tarhouna, a town 65 km (45 miles) southeast of Tripoli, against the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
War-wracked Yemen facing 'catastrophic' situation as famine and cholera risks rage: U.N.
Living conditions in Yemen are "catastrophic" after three years of war, with a growing risk of famine and cholera still raging in the world's worst humanitarian crisis, a senior U.N. aid official said Tuesday. The U.N. Security Council was meeting to discuss Yemen a day ...
U.N. sounds alarm on South Sudan as Africa's biggest refugee crisis looms, pleas for $3.2 billion
Nearly 7 million people from South Sudan need emergency aid such as food, water and basic medicines due to a protracted civil war in the country, the United Nations said on Thursday, appealing to international donors for $3.2 billion. The violence in the world's youngest ...
