Mexico pushes back after top U.S. court favors Trump on shunning migrants
Mexico pushed back on Thursday against a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting a Trump administration request to fully enforce a new rule curtailing asylum applications...
Aspen’s drug to prevent preterm birth approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Aspen Pharmacare’s hydroxyprogesterone caproate (HPC), which is used to prevent preterm birth in pregnant women, the...
Cancer patients use crowdfunding for medical bills, expenses
(Reuters Health) – Even cancer patients who seemingly have health insurance are seeking donations online to help with medical bills, travel, drug costs and sometimes...
Taliban car bomb blast kills four Afghan special forces in Kabul
A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan Special Forces base in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least four commandos, officials said, as violence continued to escalate...
U.S. House passes bill to repeal drilling in Alaska refuge
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to reverse a 2017 law that allowed oil and gas drilling in part of Alaska’s Arctic...
New Italian government reaches EU deal on migrant rescue boat
Italy said on Thursday it had done a deal with EU countries to share out migrants aboard a charity ship at sea in the Mediterranean,...
Indonesia’s Habibie, president during transition to democracy, dies at 83
Thousands of people gathered in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday to mourn the death of former president B.J. Habibie, who came to power as...
Middle East shipping stabilized by UK navy, says Fleet Commander
Britain’s decision to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz has helped to stabilize commercial shipping through the critical chokepoint weeks after Iran seized a...
House passes two bills to ban new offshore drilling
(This September 11 story corrects name to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, not Reserve in first paragraph)...
Bahamas’ count of missing people post-Dorian drops to 1,300 – official
The Bahamian government now believes there are 1,300 people missing after Hurricane Dorian plowed into the islands, a sharp decline from the 2,500 listed on...