UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Agencies): Hunger is growing and the world is not on track to end extreme poverty by 2030 and meet other UN goals, mainly because progress is being undermined by the impact of climate change and increasing inequality, a UN report said on Tuesday.The report on progress...
Read moreWASHINGTON, July 10 (AP): Ivanka Trump is applauding the recent passage of legislation in Ivory Coast related to changes she pushed during her April trip to Africa.The country is in the process of updating its family code to make it more equitable to women - a move President Donald Trump's...
Read moreNEW YORK, July 10 (BBC): The US says it wants to create a multinational military coalition to safeguard waters around Iran and Yemen.Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he wanted to "ensure freedom of navigation" in the region, which provides essential trade routes.The...
Read morePORT MORESBY, July 10 (AFP): Twenty-four people have died - including two pregnant women with their unborn children - in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea's lawless highlands, prompting the prime minister on Wednesday to promise swift justice.Local officials said at least 24 people had been killed in Hela province,...
Read moreRIYADH, July 10 (AFP): The cancellation of a concert by rapper Nicki Minaj in Saudi Arabia triggered a fresh social media storm on Wednesday, with many fans in the ultra-conservative kingdom voicing disappointment and demanding ticket refunds.The American star on Tuesday said she pulled out of the July 18 concert...
Read moreLONDON, July 10 (AFP): Britain's ambassador to Washington Kim Darroch said Wednesday he was resigning after drawing Donald Trump's ire for calling the US president "inept" in leaked confidential cables to London.Darroch said in a resignation letter to the Foreign Office that the scandal made it "impossible" for him to...
Read moreBANGKOK, July 10 (AP): The leader of Thailand's military junta has revoked dozens of special executive orders and vowed to stop issuing more as he prepares to lead an elected civilian government.Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha signed an order on Tuesday revoking 66 of the more than 500 orders he has...
Read moreMOSCOW, July 10 (AP): More than two dozen people have rallied on Red Square in a rare public protest against the crackdown on Tatars in Russian-occupied Crimea.The protesters, mostly elderly men, on Wednesday carried posters saying "Our children are not terrorists" and "Stop ethnic and religious repressions in Crimea."Rights group...
Read moreSomalia executes three over deadly 2017 hotel attackMOGADISHU, July 10: Somalia's military says it executed three men convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in 2017. A statement issued by the military said the three were shot dead by a firing squad at a...
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