DHAKA: The UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer met with Bangladeshi officials on Wednesday amid growing pressure for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.Although Bangladesh is not a signatory to…
Michelle Bachelet says her office will try to release the report before she leaves at the end of the month. The United Nations human rights chief said a long overdue…
Driving through the Wyoming sagebrush west of Cheyenne, the clouds of dust rising from the road give way to giant plumes of steam shooting into the warming sky. This is…
After drought shriveled US corn plants in the western crop belt, all eyes have been turning to Iowa to help save the national harvest. Instead, the fields in that state…
Volodymyr Zelenskiy had warned of risks of ‘radiation disaster’ as supply disrupted by fighting at power plant Ukraine has said it has managed to partly reconnect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant…
Wife of founder of People of Praise says members ‘were always crying’ during discussions about women’s subservience to men The People of Praise, a secretive Christian faith group that counts…
LONDON (AP) — A cost-of-living crisis in Britain is about to get worse, with millions of people paying about 80% more a year on their household energy bills starting in October. The…
Being a major college football coach is as much a lifestyle as it is a career. Long hours. Rare days off. It’s a job that can pull those who do…
Picture this scenario: An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor lies on his back while a white-coated dentist with pliers approaches, preparing to pull an infected tooth. Feeling frail, helpless and a little…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run…