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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court ruled Thursday that it can hear a case between South American neighbors Guyana and Venezuela about a border dispute that dates back to 1899. The decision to reject Venezuela’s challenge to the case’s admissibility means it will go ahead at […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey closed its airspace to flights to and from an airport in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq, a top Turkish official announced Wednesday, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant activity threatening flight safety. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic said the Turkish airspace has been closed to flights […]

Egypt’s new Grand Mosque covers more than 19,000 sq m and is capable of hosting 107,000 worshippers Egypt has opened a record-breaking mosque in its new administrative capital city – but has been widely criticised for the costs involved. The government has been building a new city in the desert, […]

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused some $2.6 billion worth of damage to the country’s heritage and cultural sites, a United Nations agency said on Monday. Culture, tourism, sports and entertainment have lost a combined $15.1 billion in revenues since the Russian invasion in February 2022, the UN’s educational, […]

Suella Braverman has insisted Rwanda is a safe country for migrants, despite evidence that 12 Congolese refugees were shot dead by police there in 2018. When presented with the evidence on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, the home secretary said she was “not familiar” with the case. The […]

With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked through the aisles with anticipation. The author was on a mission: See for herself that her children’s book about a boy and his grandmother baking for an Islamic feast was actually carried by her local Target […]

June Steenkamp, arriving at the prison, said she did not believe Oscar Pistorius had been rehabilitated The mother of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman who was murdered by Oscar Pistorius, says she does not feel the former Paralympics star is remorseful. June Steenkamp spoke as she arrived for a parole board […]

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 30, 2023 / Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, published its second annual Impact Report, detailing the company’s corporate responsibility approach and announcing progress against goals in three core areas: ethical business practices; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); and community impact. Demonstrating a […]

ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president invited his powerful Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit the war-torn nation, saying they haven’t been in contact since the war began and he is “ready to see him here.” “I want to speak with him,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]

Photos of Kim inspecting multiple warheads at a visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute were released by the official KCNA newswire – STR North Korea has for the first time unveiled smaller nuclear warheads which it claims are capable of striking its neighbours. Photos showing Kim Jong Un inspecting the […]