Board of Peace envoy meets with Netanyahu on Gaza disarmament deal, urges halt to strikes
Israeli attacks have killed 1,250 people since the ceasefire deal was reached in October.
Cubans struggle to bounce back after 6th nationwide blackout this year
Cubans are recovering from the sixth islandwide blackout this year. The nation has been in crisis since the Trump administration affectively cut it off from oil in January.
WestJet reaches tentative deal with flight attendants after brief strike snarled traffic
Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers.
Record low Danube levels push some countries in Eastern Europe to the brink of energy emergency
Governments in Central and Eastern Europe are working to conserve electricity as low water levels on the Danube River threaten power plants. Persistent drought and heat waves have reduced the…
Under Taliban, barring Afghan girls from school takes an emotional toll — and a community one, too
The education ban on girls in Afghanistan has a personal cost, as evidenced by one young woman's suicide when she was taken out of school. It also has a larger,…
Oprah Winfrey says she will close her school for girls in South Africa next year
Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year.
Spain’s PM blames trafficking gangs as 60,000 cross into Ceuta from Morocco, with 41 deaths
Some 60,000 migrants have entered Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours and 34 have died in the process, Ceuta’s president says.
Child soldiers recount horrors of Sudan’s war and presence of Colombian mercenaries
Teenagers conscripted by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces to battle the army in the country's war say they were trained by Colombian mercenaries.
Milei empowers Argentina to bar or deport foreigners over hateful remarks about the country
Argentine President Javier Milei has signed an emergency decree allowing the government to deny entry to or expel foreigners who incite discrimination or violence against Argentines.
Cuba loosens control of its private sector in a struggle with a mounting humanitarian crisis
Cuba has loosened restrictions on private businesses to allow imports of foreign goods and medicines, a sector firmly controlled by the Communist-led government.