Dozens of people have died after a ferry carrying about 200 people celebrating the Nowruz holiday capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul. Many of the dead were women and

SINJAR: For decades, his land was his life. Now, like other Sunni Arab farmers in Iraq’s diverse north, Mahdi Abu Enad is cut off from his fields, fearing reprisal attacks. He hails from the mountainous

SINJAR: For decades, his land was his life. Now, like other Sunni Arab farmers in Iraq’s diverse north, Mahdi Abu Enad is cut off from his fields, fearing reprisal attacks. He hails from the mountainous

CAIRO: An international research group has warned of “dire humanitarian consequences” if a controversial Ethiopian project to dam the Nile leads to conflict with Egypt and neighboring Sudan. The $5 billion dam is a source

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - As Ho Chi Minh City's iconic French colonial architecture fades away and shiny skyscrapers punctuate the new skyline in the Southeast Asia megacity of 13 million people, there

The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights has pledged to sue over a new law introducing the strictest abortion laws in the United States. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Thursday signed the law, which

Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader.  Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election

Gabonese President Ali Bongo, who is convalescing in Morocco after suffering a stroke five months ago, will return home this weekend for the third time since he fell ill, his office has said. Bongo

The stage is set for unprecedented major flooding this spring for most of the nation, US weather officials said on Thursday. More than 200 million people in the United States are at risk of

SINJAR: For decades, his land was his life. Now, like other Sunni Arab farmers in Iraq’s diverse north, Mahdi Abu Enad is cut off from his fields, fearing reprisal attacks. He hails from the mountainous