KABUL - A leading rights group Monday accused the Afghan government of failing to protect women from endemic violence such as rape and murder and from discrimination, warning that their plight risks getting worse. The US-based Human Rights Watch ur
BERLIN -- Midway through a propaganda video released last month by a group calling itself the German Taliban, a surprise guest made an appearance: a cleanshaven, muscular gunman sporting the alias Abu Ibrahim the American. The gunman did not speak b
ROME - Even before the economic crisis pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion, declining aid and investment in agriculture had been steadily increasing the number of undernourished people for more than a decade, a U.N. food age
LONDON - The latest militant attack in Pakistan shows an increasing threat to the state, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday, but voiced confidence Islamabad was in control of its nuclear arsenal. She said the militants' brazen bid
There has been a massive increase in the number of bed bug infestations, according to a survey.Statistics from councils in London and the Midlands show the rate increased three-fold in the last decade. The figures were obtained under the Freedom of
WASHINGTON - Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains. Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain snowmelt, bringing life-giving water to greening plants so they can blossom and renew their species. But now
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