End to Martial Law in Thailand Not Seen as Cause for Celebration

Thailand's King is expected to give permission for an end to months of martial law in the country. But many in Bangkok, including legal ...

Nigerians Welcome Buhari's Return to Power

Crowds of jubilant Nigerians nationwide have celebrated the return to power of former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. The retired army gene...

Indiana Controversy Highlights Divergent Meanings of Religious Freedom

Indiana’s state government has triggered a nationwide controversy by approving a law that critics say is aimed at allowing discrimination ag...

The Rolling Stones Return to US With 15-city 'Zip Code' Tour

British veteran rockers The Rolling Stones are bringing their classic rock'n'roll to the United States in a 15-city tour beginning i...

CERN Resolves Snag, Will Restart Collider Soon

CERN engineers said Tuesday that they had resolved a problem that delayed the relaunch after a two-year refit of the Large Hadron Collider p...

With iCow and M-Farm, Smartphones Reboot African Agriculture

Wider smartphone and Internet access has allowed technology firms to reach remote African farmers with apps providing veterinary diagnoses, ...

Bosnia Cabinet Confirmed After Six-Month Wait

Bosnia's national parliament on Tuesday approved a long-awaited central cabinet that the European Union expects to pursue economic refor...

UNICEF Denies North Korean Measles Outbreak

The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday denied a media report that measles has broken out in North Korea. North Korea’s govern...

Tragedies Move Germany, France Closer, Leaders Say

The leaders of Germany and France announced plans Tuesday to work more closely on economic and security issues after years of strain, saying...

South Africa Extends DRC Force Participation for One Year

South Africa said Tuesday that it was extending the deployment of members of its defense force taking part in a U.N. mission in eastern Demo...

Prosecutor, 2 Kidnappers Dead in Turkish Hostage Drama

A day-long hostage drama in Turkey ended Tuesday with two kidnappers and their hostage dead. Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz died duri...

Argentine Workers Strike Over Income Tax Rate

Argentina's public transport networks ground to a halt Tuesday, while port workers at the grains export hub of Rosario refused to work a...

Nigerian Diaspora Rejoices at Buhari's Presidential Win

They were not able to vote in their country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, but the Nigerian diaspora has been watching developm...

Azerbaijan Expels Human Rights Watch Representative

Azerbaijan expelled a Human Rights Watch researcher Tuesday after barring him from entering the country to attend the trial of two Azeri rig...

Turkey Seen Taking Harder Stance Against Militant Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be taking an increasingly hard line toward militant Kurds with continued strikes against P...

Tickets Go on Sale for 2016 Rio Olympics

Tickets for the 2016 Rio Olympics went on sale Tuesday in Brazil, with top prices comparable to those at the London Games and more than half...

Kenyan Report Alleges Official Corruption

Kenya's anti-graft watchdog published a report detailing corruption allegations against 175 government officials on Tuesday, with some c...

US Releases Military Aid to Egypt

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Iraq Declares Victory in Tikrit as Fighting Goes On

Fighting continued in the center of the strategic Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, even as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory i...

New 'Daily Show' Host's Tweets Spur Criticism

A day after Trevor Noah was declared the new host of "The Daily Show,'' complete with the blessing of the exiting Jon Stewart, ...

A Look at the Boston Bombing Suspect's Most Troubling Tweets

Prosecutors portraying accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a cold-hearted killer have pointed to his Twitter accounts to hel...

Indiana Will 'Fix' Religious Freedom Law, Governor Says

Indiana's Republican Governor Mike Pence, responding to national outrage over the state's new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, sai...

Turkish Court Acquits All Defendants in Coup Plot Trial

A Turkish court acquitted all 236 military officers in a retrial over an alleged 2003 plot to unseat then-prime minister Tayyip Erdogan, aft...

March 31, 2015

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US, Cuba Hold First Formal Talks on Human Rights

The United States and Cuba met on Tuesday to discuss how they intend to treat future dialog on the thorny issue of human rights as the count...

Voters React to Goodluck Jonathan's Election Concession in Abuja, Nigeria

Voters in Abuja, Nigeria took to the streets, honking their horns and cheering news that President Goodluck Jonathan had conceded to rival M...

Report: State of Black America a 'Tale of Two Nations'

The National Urban League has described this year's "State of Black America" report as a "tale of two nations." The ...

Defense Resumes in Trial of Boston Bombing Suspect

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court Tuesday for day two of the defense portion of his trial. Tsarnaev's ...

Iraq Premier: Troops in Center of Islamic State-Held Tikrit

Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants Tuesday holed up in downtown Tikrit as the country's prime minister announced security forc...

Rihanna, Chris Martin Back Jay-Z's New Streaming Music Service

Some of the world's biggest names in music including Beyonce, Cold Play's Chris Martin and Rihanna are backing Jay Z's new globa...

Major Power Outage Leaves Turkey in Darkness

A major power outage hit cities and provinces across Turkey on Tuesday, including the capital of Ankara and the biggest city, Istanbul, wher...

Psychological Profiling, Doors Focus of French Germanwings Probe

French air accident authority BEA said its probe into the Germanwings crash would study “systemic weaknesses” that might have led to the dis...

India Skips Iran Oil Imports in March Under US Pressure

India halted oil imports from Iran for the first time in at least a decade in March as New Delhi responded to U.S. pressure to keep its ship...

Close Race in Nigerian Election as Vote Tally Continues

A Buhari victory would end the 16-year rule of Jonathan's People's Democratic Party, and return Buhari to power after a 30-year abse...

Rise in Illegal Fishing Threatens to Revive Somalia Piracy

A rise in illegal fishing off Somalia could spark a resurgence in piracy, United Nations and Somali fishing officials have warned, nearly th...

Syria Donor Event Opens With More Than $1 Billion in Pledges

The United States pledged $507 million and Kuwait promised $500 million toward humanitarian aid for Syria as the United Nations issued its l...

Myanmar Government, Rebels Sign Draft Peace Deal

The government of Myanmar and representatives from 16 major ethnic rebel groups have signed a draft cease-fire accord that aims to end decad...

Malaysian Authorities Arrest 5 Members of Media for Sedition

Malaysian authorities have arrested five employees of a private news website and placed them under investigation for sedition, in what is se...

UN Urges Donors to Help Prevent Humanitarian Disaster in Syria

The United Nations refugee agency is urging international donors to help prevent a serious humanitarian disaster in Syria. The U.N. aims to ...

Senior Cambodian Opposition Official Summoned to Court After Hun Sen Threat

Kem Sokha, the vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, has been summoned to appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court a ...

US State Dept Official: Cuba Aims to Ramp Up Internet Access

Cuba, a few decades late to the Internet era, is committed to getting the web into 50 percent of its households by 2020, as well as achievin...

What's What in Iran Nuclear Deal

As a deadline nears for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the talk centers around centrifuges, enriched uranium, and heavy-water reactors. S...

Washington DC Has First Marijuana Seed Exchange

It is now legal in Washington, D.C. for people 21 and older to possess marijuana for recreational use. People are allowed to have a small am...

Ebola Vaccine Trials Underway in West Africa

Ebola has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people in West Africa. Since last summer, researchers have rushed to get anti-Ebola vaccines...

Pentagon Denies Iran Report that Coalition Airstrikes Killed 2 Iranians

The Pentagon is denying claims by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that U.S. airstrikes killed two of its guardsmen in the Islamic State-held Iraq...

Nigeria Africa 54 Post Vote Analysis

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Gamma Ray Observatory to Open Soon in Mexico

American and Mexican scientists have completed construction of the world's largest gamma ray observatory, situated high in central Mexic...

What's What in Iran Nuclear Deal

As a deadline nears for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the talk centers around centrifuges, enriched uranium, and heavy-water reactors. T...

Film Tells Story of Musicians in Mali Threatened by Jihadists

[[At this year's annual South by Southwest film and music festival in Austin, Texas, some musicians from Mali were on hand to promote a ...

March 30, 2015

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National Parks Campaign Calls on Americans to 'Find Your Park'

After nearly 100 years, the National Park Service http://ift.tt/1bIPlny holds some of the most beautiful and historic places in the country,...

Obama to Visit Kenya

President Barack Obama is planning to visit his ancestral homeland of Kenya, in what would be his first visit there as president. White Hous...

NDI Gives Preliminary Critique of Nigerian Vote

The National Democratic Institute has praised Nigerian voters for their “perseverance, creativity and discipline” when they went to the poll...

Diplomat: Hurdles Remain in Iran Nuclear Talks

The talks on Iran's nuclear program continued in Switzerland Monday, with a Western diplomat saying there were major outstanding issues ...

Lebanon Takes the Lead in Monitoring Donor Pledges

Weighed down by a refugee crisis that shows no signs of abating, Lebanon's government aims to step out from the shadows of the United Na...