U.N. Peacekeepers Accused of Rape in Central African Republic
DAKAR, Senegal — United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and girls last fall, including a young teenager who said she was released only because she had managed to scream, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Thursday...
Pittsburgh shooting: Multiple casualties at Squirrel Hill synagogue
BBC News Eleven people have been killed, officials say, in a gun attack on a synagogue ...
Migrant caravan: Girl dies in custody after crossing Mexico-US border
The Guatemalan girl, who arrived in the US last week as part of a group of migrants, died ...
US mail bombs: Cesar Sayoc charged after campaign against Trump critic...
BBC News A 56-year-old man has been arrested in Florida in connection with a mail-bombing...
Afghanistan gold mine collapse in Badakhshan kills 30
At least 30 people have been killed in the collapse of a gold mine in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The collapse occu...
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim
A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the weedkiller Roundup was responsible for thei...
Jeff Bezos: Amazon boss accuses National Enquirer of blackmail
The world's richest man, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has accused the National Enquirer's owner of trying to blackmail him over ...
US President Donald Trump has strongly defending the US use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants and blame...
Donald Trump’s Syria withdrawal could reverberate for years
As Islamic State crumbled over the past two years, US generals and spies gradually turned their attention to what comes next. Ahea...
‘Growing inequality threatens democracy’
Inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, an Institute for Fiscal St...
Ethics committee raises alarm over ‘predictive policing’ tool
Australia deports French man who was found with extremist propaganda
