NewsAFP News'Abused' Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong risk deportation
Two Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong say chronic physical abuse by male family members prompted them to flee the kingdom, where they now fear they will be forcibly returned. The siblings are the latest example of Saudi women plotting their escape from the ultra-conservative kingdom only to find themselves
NewsAFP NewsYoung and restless: Albanian youth see a future elsewhere
After emerging from his hiding place inside a truck packed with children's toys at a British port, Alban Tufa saw the police and realised his attempt to slip into the country had failed. Several weeks later, the 21-year-old was put on a plane back to Albania.
NewsAFP NewsNigeria votes for a new president after delay
Some 120,000 polling stations were due to open at 0700 GMT, from megacity Lagos and the oil hub Port Harcourt in the south, to ancient Kano in the north and the country's rural heartlands. In a crowded field of 73 presidential hopefuls, the two frontrunners -- incumbent Muhammadu Buhari, 76, and
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'The Late Show' Introduces Superheroes Fighting The Science Of Climate Change
> On LSSC tonight: With the power of five special rings, Trump’s ClimateCommittee is fighting the science of climate change
NewsReutersSudan's Bashir declares state of emergency, dissolves government
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country's biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declared a one-year state of emergency on Friday and called on parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to seek another term in a 2020 presidential election
NewsAFP NewsVenezuela's Guaido defies travel ban as aid row turns deadly
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed the military helped him defy a travel ban by the government of President Nicolas Maduro as he joined thousands over the Colombian border on Friday for a charity concert to push for humanitarian aid deliveries. Maduro is trying to prevent food and
NewsAFP NewsMarshall Islands consider radical measures to survive rising sea levels
The far-flung Marshall Islands needs to raise its islands if it is to avoid being drowned by rising sea levels, President Hilda Heine has warned. Plans are underway for national talks on which of the 1,156 islands, scattered over 29 coral atolls, can be elevated in a dramatic intervention to ensure
FinanceReutersTrump says he's inclined to extend China trade deadline and meet Xi soon
President Donald Trump said on Friday there was "a very good chance" the United States would strike a deal with China to end their trade war and that he was inclined to extend his March 1 tariff deadline and meet soon with Chinese President Xi Jinping. U.S. and Chinese negotiators had made
NewsReutersU.S. threatens new sanctions on Venezuela if aid convoys blocked - official
The U.S. government could announce new sanctions to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as early as next week unless his military defies orders to block convoys of humanitarian aid planned for this weekend, a senior administration official said on Friday. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and
FinanceReutersTrump says could include Huawei and ZTE in trade deal
U.S. President Donald trump said on Friday he may or may not include Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp in the trade deal being negotiated between the United States and China. The Justice Department has charged Huawei and its chief financial officer with conspiring
NewsAFP NewsCuracao blocks Venezuela aid ship cargo, citing security
Curacao authorities Friday blocked Venezuelan opposition supporters from loading aid donations onto a ship to sail to their country, the vessel's captain said, with the island's government citing security concerns. The Venezuelans have flown containers to Curacao from private donors in the United
NewsReutersTrump picks envoy to Canada Kelly Craft for U.N. ambassador
President Donald Trump said on Friday he was nominating Kelly Craft, currently the U.S. ambassador to Canada, to replace Nikki Haley as his envoy to the United Nations after a four-month search. Craft, a top Republican donor from Kentucky, rose this week as a serious contender for the post based on
NewsAFP NewsVietnam readying for Kim train arrival next week: sources
Vietnamese authorities are preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to arrive by train next week ahead of his summit with US president Donald Trump, several sources told AFP Friday. The leaders are slated to meet in Hanoi on February 27-28 to follow up on their first meeting last June in Singapore
NewsAFP NewsWashington Post reporter's memoir recounts imprisonment in Iran
A pawn in a game of international chess, Jason Rezaian, the Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post, spent 544 days in an Iranian prison. As Rezaian languished behind bars in Evin Prison, the high-stakes match was being played over the future of Iran's nuclear program. "I was treated
NewsAFP NewsWorld Court to rule in Chagos islands row
The UN' top court will hand down its view Monday in a bitter dispute between Britain and Mauritius over the fate of the Chagos islands, home to key UK and US military base. Judges at the International Court of Justice will give their opinion on the future status of the remote Indian Ocean archipelago
NewsAFP NewsTrump says China trade deal likely as talks extended
US President Donald Trump said on Friday a trade summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping was likely next month, and hailed two days of "very good talks" by negotiators. "Probably fairly soon in the month of March." Xi also sounded a positive note in a letter delivered to Trump by China
TechReutersMicrosoft workers demand it drop $480 million U.S. Army contract
Microsoft won a contract in November to supply the Army with at least 2,500 prototypes of augmented reality headsets, which digitally display contextual information in front of a user's eyes. The government has said the devices would be used on the battlefield and in training to improve soldiers
NewsReutersRussia accuses U.S. of planning to arm the opposition in Venezuela
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday accused the United States and its NATO allies of discussing how to arm the opposition in Venezuela and alleged Washington was deploying special forces and equipment near the South American nation. Moscow said it had information to back its assertion
NewsReutersSudan's Bashir appoints new caretaker administration, leaves other posts unchanged
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir early on Saturday appointed a new caretaker administration, but left the country's current defense, foreign and justice ministers in place following an earlier declaration of a one-year state of emergency.
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Video Shows Dianne Feinstein Dismissing Kids Asking About Green New Deal
A climate advocacy group is calling a foul against Sen
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Unapologetic Alabama Editor Who Urged KKK To 'Ride Again' Finally Resigns
"Goodloe Sutton told the Montgomery Advertiser on Friday that the Democrat-Reporter now has a new "publisher, owner and editor
NewsReutersHaiti police fire rubber pellets at mourners as protests resume
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian police wary of renewed unrest after days of nationwide protests fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Friday to disperse about 200 protesters and mourners carrying the casket of a man killed last week in anti-government riots. Police confronted the march near Haiti&
NewsReutersAfter false start, Nigerians focus on economy in tight presidential vote
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's hold on power faces a strong challenge on Saturday in a delayed election that hinges on the fate of the economy, Africa's biggest. The presidential vote in the continent's top oil producer and most populous nation is too close to call between Buhari
NewsReutersEx-Trump lawyer Cohen gave prosecutors information on Trump family business: NYT
The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, said prosecutors in the Southern District of New York also asked Cohen questions about Imaad Zuberi, a venture capitalist and donor to the president's inaugural committee. Cohen, a former employee at the Trump Organization, provided the prosecutors
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Trump Won't Say If He Thinks Rep. Steve King Should Seek Re-election
President Donald Trump wouldn't say Friday whether he thinks Iowa Rep
