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Powerful blast at Havana hotel kills at least 31, injures 54

HAVANA—A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 31 people and injured dozens when it blew away outer walls...

Reflecting on Ramadan

Muslims around the world observed and celebrated the conclusion of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, rejuvenation, service and renewed commitment to faith....

Chinese national gets 20 years for abusing Rwandan worker

By Emmanuel Ali A Chinese businessman was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Kigali, Rwanda, after a video of him beating a worker tied to...

Biden Rebuked for ‘Openly Praising War Profiteering’ at Lockheed Martin

‘This is all the can deliver,’ said one critic. ‘War, policing, capital consolidation for warmongers, and more war.’ While reproductive rights advocates across the...

Haiti: Gang clashes in capital force hundreds to flee their homes

Clashes in Haiti between rival gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince, have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes, the UN Deputy Spokesperson said...

Renowned Iranian media figure Talebzadeh laid to rest in Tehran

Veteran Iranian movie producer, director and researcher Nader Talebzadeh has been laid to rest at a cemetery in southern Tehran. The burial ceremony held at...

Germans fail to pay up for sacking Namibia’s indigenous lands

(GIN)—Reparations, a system of redress for egregious injustices, are not a foreign idea imposed from the outside of the United States. On the contrary,...

Accidents and evictions by mining companies pile up as search heats up for minerals

(GIN)—Seydi Sow, a landowner in Djogo, Senegal, contemplated his eviction by a mining company with joint headquarters in Australia and France and which mines...

Yazidis, displaced again, fear more strife in Iraqi homeland

by Rashid Yahya and Samya Kullab  ZAKHO, Iraq—Iraqis in a northern town still traumatized by memories of the Islamic State group feared more violence...

Virgin Islands protests UK’s direct rule plan after premier’s arrest in U.S.

Hundreds of people in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) protested against a proposal by the Queen of Britain to put the overseas British territory...