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White House Hopes for Uptick in Ties with Pakistan After Rescue of US Family
The couple was kidnapped in 2012, in Afghanistan, while on a backpacking trip. Their three children were born while the pair was in captivity. The hostages were recovered on Thursday after an operation by Pakistani forces based on actionable intelligence...
Dove Under Fire for 'Racist' Body Wash Ad on Facebook
Dove has removed the post from its Facebook page and posted comments on social media on Saturday, saying it “missed the mark in representing women of color thoughtfully.”
Scottish Independence Case Helped by 'Brexit Chaos,' Says Nicola Sturgeon
Brexit has put the union of the UK's four nations under strain because Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain while Wales and the larger England voted to leave.
Che Guevara's Daughter Fears Donald Trump Could 'Destroy' Humanity
Dr. Aleida Guevara March, Guevara's eldest daughter who often acts as the family's spokesperson, also accused the US of using war to crush the strength of peoples.
Angela Merkel Pushes For 3-way 'Jamaica' Coalition in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose conservatives won a fourth term in the September 24 election but bled support to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), needs to form a coalition, most likely a Jamaica alliance, named for the black, yellow and...
Donald Trump Says He Has 'Total Confidence' in Rex Tillerson
There were reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson came close to resigning this summer but was requested to stay in the job until the end of the year. The White House and the State Department denied the story.
Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson Win Nobel Chemistry Prize
Cryo-electron microscopy has enabled scientists to fill in previously blank spaces in research, generating images of everything from proteins that cause antibiotic resistance, to the surface of the Zika virus.
IS Hostages, Strongholds Stand Between US-backed Forces And Raqqa's Capture
The Islamic State terrorists are holding civilian hostages in the hospital and stadium and using sniper fire, booby traps and tunnels that emerge behind SDF lines to slow the battle.
Cold War Radiation Testing in US Widespread, Author Claims
The health ramifications of the tests are unknown. Lisa Martino-Taylor, an associate professor of sociology at St. Louis who wrote "Behind the Fog: How the US Cold War Radiological Weapons Program Exposed Innocent Americans," acknowledged that tracing dis...
World Food Program Seeks 75 Million Dollars for Rohingya Crisis
Since August 25, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes in majority Buddhist Myanmar, overwhelming aid agencies in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Sikh-Canadian Becomes First Non-White to Head Party, Begins 'Run for PM'
Jagmeet Singh, 38, won almost 54 percent of votes in the first round of voting against three other candidates. He will replace charismatic Thomas Mulcair as the leader of the party.
Spanish Police Storm Polling Station in Catalonia Independence Vote
Catalan emergency services said 38 people were hurt, mostly with minor injuries, as a result of police action.
Air France A380 Makes Emergency Landing with Damaged Engine in Canada
Air France Flight 66, originating at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, landed at Goose Bay in Labrador at 1542 GMT, the airline said, and no one was hurt in the incident.
Hafiz Saeed Slaps Rs 100 Million Defamation Notice on Pakistan FM for 'Darling of US' Remark
Saeed's counsel A K Dogar sent the notice to the foreign minister on behalf of his client who heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a front for the LeT militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack.
Oxford University College Removes Suu Kyi Portrait Amid Rohingya Crisis
The portrait, which was on display in the main entrance of St Hugh's College, has been placed in storage and was replaced on Thursday with a new painting gifted by Japanese artist Yoshihiro Takada.
Melania Trump Donates Books, School Librarian Rejects Them as 'Racist'
In an open letter to US First Lady Melania Trump, a library media specialist at the Cambridge Port School in Massachusetts, said that while she was grateful for the books, she would not be accepting them.