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CAPE TOWN (AP): At least 120 children have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique in recent days, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, warning of a rise in abductions in the country’s troubled Cabo Delgado province. The...

NEW YORK (AP) — Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity piled up into a steaming mess as the heat dome crushing the Eastern half of the US sizzled to what should be its worst Tuesday. New York City's John...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are dropping further, and stocks are rallying worldwide Tuesday on hopes that Israel's war with Iran will not damage the global flow of crude, even if a tentative truce seemed to fray under fire in the morning. The S...

DUBAI (AP): Iran launched missile attacks Monday on US military bases in Qatar and Iraq, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the volatile region. Qatar condemned the attack on Al Udeid Air Base...

WASHINGTON (AP): The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs. The justices will review an appellate ruling that held...

SAN DIEGO (CMC): The San Diego, California-based immigrant advocacy group Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has called for justice for black and brown refugees as it honours the “strength, dignity, and resilience” of the more than 100 million people...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homelands, lifting for now a court order requiring they get a chance to challenge the...

PORTICELLO (AP) A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing UK tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, started its final trip to the Sicilian port of Termini Imerese on Sunday, a day after recovery crews completed...

GLOUCESTER(AP) David ‘Syd’ Lawrence, the first Britain-born black cricketer to play for England, has died. He was 61. Lawrence’s family made the announcement on Sunday in a statement through Gloucestershire, where Lawrence was the club president....

Several close US allies urged a return to the negotiating table in the wake of American strikes on Iran that fuelled fears of a wider conflict, while noting the threat posed by Tehran's nuclear programme. Some countries and groups in the region...