Belgium’s ex-King Albert II submits DNA in paternity case
BBC News : Former Belgian King Albert II has submitted a DNA sample to avoid fines of €5,000 (£4,370) a day over claims he fathered a love-child in the 1960s. The 84-year-old, who has been fighting the paternity claim of Belgian artist Delphine Boël, 51, for over a decade, provided a ...
Visually Impaired Photography Workshop Sponsored by Her Highness Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi
This past summer, Sightsavers—a development organization that focuses on preventing blindn...
From apps to specialists, technology and workshops, there are a myriad of ways visually imp...
The Blind View: New Visions, Hidden Perspectives with Help of Her Highness Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi
A Photography Project by Blind People Our modern, mobile, internet connected devices—la...
Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the Whit...
5 Czechs Who Were Missing in Lebanon Arrive Home
PRAGUE — Five Czechs who had been missing in Lebanon since July and presumed kidnapped arr...
U.N. Peacekeepers Accused of Rape in Central African Republic
DAKAR, Senegal — United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexu...
Unicef Report Finds Female Genital Cutting to Be Common in Indonesia
Female genital cutting has always been seen as an ancient ritual practiced in Africa and to ...
Disappointed With Europe, Thousands of Iraqi Migrants Return Home
BAGHDAD — Night after night, Mohammed al-Jabiry tossed and turned in his bed at a refugee ...
More than 100 homes destroyed in Australia wildfire
SYDNEY – More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore throug...
5 face charges of plotting terror attack in Australia
Five people, including a 15-year-old boy, were facing terrorism charges in Sydney Thursday a...
Sparks fly at Clinton, Sanders debate over who is more progressive
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply Thursday over who is more progressive, at...
Photography by the blind present us with a unique glimpse into their w...
To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the New Delhi chapter of the Bri...
School-based mindfulness training may reduce stress, trauma
Middle-school students in urban areas may benefit from in-school mindfulness programs, a new...
‘Alone in the world’: Canada squeezed by superpowers in Huawei dispute
When Wenran Jiang heard the news that Canada had detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, he knew it spelled trouble. In an op-ed...
North Korea’s Madrid embassy intruder contacted FBI, judge says
The leader of 10 intruders who raided North Korea's embassy in Madrid last month contacted the FBI days later, a Spanish high cour...
Toll rises to 44 dead in Japan earthquake; Toyota Motors suspends operations in 16 assembly plants
Tokyo: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in northern Japan last week rose to 44, with 660 injured, the government said on Mon...
Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base
Iraq's President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to maintain a US military presence there t...
Russian rescue amid deadly blaze on two cargo ships off Crimea
At least 11 people have died in a fire involving two Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessels in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, autho...
Bafta: Queen director Singer suspended from nomination
Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been removed from his film's Bafta Awards nomination due to allegations he sexually ab...
Adware, beware! Microsoft plans to retaliate against software that doesn’t behave
US shutdown: Trump renews national emergency threat over wall
India election 2019: Voting to begin in world’s largest election
