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Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 49 dead
Rescue teams began a third day searching for missing people Thursday after floods devastated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province and left at ...
UN refugee agency says more than 122 million people forcibly displaced worldwide
The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people forcible displaced by violence and persecution around the world has risen to more than 122 million, up by about 2 million from last ...
Oman foreign minister says there will be sixth round of negotiations between Iran and US on Sunday
Iran and the United States will hold a sixth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program this Sunday in Oman, the ...
Woman arrested after bleeding person dies on sidewalk: CCCSO
A homicide investigation is underway, and a woman is in custody after a person found bleeding on the sidewalk later died from their injuries, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s ...
45 minutes to pack up a lifetime as Pakistan’s foreigner crackdown sends Afghans scrambling
The order was clear and indisputable, the timeline startling. You have 45 minutes to pack up and leave Pakistan forever. Sher Khan, a 42-year-old Afghan, had returned ...
Dozens of LA-area mayors demand the Trump administration stop intensified immigration raids
Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together Wednesday to demand that the Trump administration stop ...
Thunder find themselves in familiar territory in NBA Finals, trailing 2-1 in another series
Game 1, a loss on the opposition’s final shot. Game 2, an easy win. Game 3, another loss to fall behind in the series again. This formula is not the one that would be ...
UN to vote on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire, hostage release and aid access
The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Thursday on a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and the opening of ...
Democrats look for reinvention and a new playbook against Trump in key committee race
House Democrats are quietly engaged in a behind-the-scenes race for a key committee position, the second time in as many months that the party has had to fill one of the most ...
What to know about ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump’s policies on Saturday
Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration are set to rally in hundreds of cities on Saturday during the military parade in Washington for the Army’s 250th anniversary — which coincides ...
Trump’s military parade is a US outlier in peacetime but parades and reviews have a long history
Troops marching in lockstep. Patriotic tunes filling the air. The commander in chief looking on at it all. The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with ...
Trump’s travel ban fuels despair and disgust with politics among Arab Americans in Michigan
The ban on travel from certain countries that took effect Monday — reminiscent of President Donald Trump’s first-term restrictions that became known to many as the “ ...