Families and Ethiopian farmers feel in the dark over Boeing’s aid offer
A week after Boeing Co offered $100 million to help families and communities affected by the deadly crashes of its 737 MAX planes in Ethiopia...
Many teen girls pressured by partners to get pregnant
(Reuters Health) – Nearly one in eight sexually active teen girls are pressured by their partners to have unprotected sex and try to conceive when...
Sudan’s military rulers say coup attempt thwarted
Sudan’s military rulers said on Thursday that several officers had attempted a coup in an effort to undermine an agreement between the military and the...
Blast kills 11, wounds many in Syria’s rebel-held Afrin
A car bomb killed 11 people and wounded many others on Thursday in the Syrian city of Afrin, which Turkey-backed rebels captured from Kurdish fighters...
Asylum deal at the fore as Guatemalan president visits White House
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will travel to Washington next week to discuss migration, and sources said he may sign an agreement declaring the Central American...
Norway says Venezuela opposition and government talks to continue
Talks between Venezuela’s government and the opposition will continue, Norway’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after a top Socialist Party leader announced the end of...
Taiwan president in U.S. after warning of threat from ‘overseas forces’
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning that democracy must be defended and...
UK will not escort all its ships near Iran, does not want to escalate tensions -source
Britain does not intend to escort every British-flagged merchant vessel through the Strait of Hormuz, a security source said on Thursday, after a Royal Navy...
Britain says it fended off Iranian attempt to block oil tanker
Three Iranian vessels tried to block a British-owned tanker passing through the strait that controls the flow of Middle East oil to the world, but...
Sneakers give art a run for its money at first-of-a-kind Sotheby’s auction
Move over Monet. Nike is hot on your heels....