"We never wanted to come here" says young Iraqi refugee
Iraqi children, displaced by the siege of Mount Sinjar by Islamic State militants, speak of the lives they left behind. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Iraqi children, displaced by the siege of Mount Sinjar by Islamic State militants, speak of the lives they left behind. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Plus: All-time propaganda high; 'religious extremism' in child abuse case; TikTok worries. It's the week in extremism, from USA TODAY.
Oil-dependent South Sudan is at risk of economic and political turmoil over the shutdown of a key pipeline in its war-torn neighbour, Sudan, experts have warned.Boutros Magaya, head of a South Sudanese parliamentary sub-committee on petroleum, warned of the "grave implications" of the shutdown on people's livelihoods and security and that the country faced an "imminent economic crisis".
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has spent a year behind bars in Russia, is awaiting a trial on espionage charges the White House says are fabricated but could still see him jailed for decades.The Wall Street Journal and the White House vehemently deny Russia's accusation, which they see as a false pretext to secure the release of Russians in custody in the US. President Vladimir Putin said last month he would like to see Gershkovich released as part of a prisoner exchange, b
Weight-loss drugs and insulin cost far less to manufacture than companies charge. A new study pulls back the curtain to reveal the difference.
Spring is officially here. Use our map to find the most common backyard bird sighted in your state during April.
Cities and states need more money to prevent residents from falling into homelessness. But in many cases, the funding decision rests with voters.
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Friday its profits more than doubled in 2023, as it ramps up efforts to bounce back in a year that saw the company apparently defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.Huawei's surge in profits follows a year in which the firm raised eyebrows in Washington with the release of its Mate 60 Pro smartphone.
Eclipse glasses are far darker than regular sunglasses, and they block the sun's intense infrared and ultraviolet lights from harming human eyes.
Today's homebuyers need to earn six figures to comfortably afford a typical US home — an 80% jump from 2020.
References from conservative justices to a long-dormant chastity law during the Supreme Court’s arguments in a major abortion pill case this week are bringing new attention to the 19th century statute, which prohibits the mailing of drugs used for abortions among other “obscene, lewd, lascivious” or “indecent” materials.
A month into the raging war between Israel and Hamas, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland was facing a moral dilemma. As a Jewish lawmaker, he did not support Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s use of the pro-Palestinian chant “from the river to the sea” and told her that. But as a former constitutional law professor — and fellow member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — he deeply believed in her right to free speech.
The administration just sank a historic $8.5 billion into the veteran chipmaker. Now a lot is riding on one company's corporate promises.
The WSJ journalist has been in a Russian jail much longer than we thought. How much longer before Putin lets him go?
A dramatic photo of two gannets fighting for a fish in the waters off Scotland’s Shetland Islands has won first prize at the World Nature Photography Awards.
China’s most popular new police officer is making waves on social media with his stubby legs, wide grin and wagging tail.
Armenian banks on Friday said they would stop processing transactions made by Russian Mir payment cards due to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.In September 2022, the US Treasury Department threatened foreign banks with secondary sanctions for servicing Mir cards, a Russian card payment system.
Japanese authorities have ordered three “red rice” dietary supplements to be pulled from store shelves nationwide after four users died and more than 100 others were hospitalized, sparking a health scare in the country and across the region.
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States on May 9, a Turkish security official said on Friday, setting the stage for his first White House meeting during the Biden Administration. The Washington visit would be Erdogan's first since 2019 when he met then-president Donald Trump, with whom he enjoyed good personal ties. Since President Joe Biden's 2020 election, Ankara has sought another face-to-face meeting.
Also on the losing end was Trump Media & Technology Group. The company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social fell 6.4% after soaring more than 14% in each of the past two days. Its stock has shot well beyond what critics say is reasonable for the money-losing company, driven by fans of Trump and investors hoping to cash in on the mania.
The European Union intends to fast-track some of its aid money to Egypt using an urgent funding procedure that bypasses parliamentary oversight and other safeguards, according to the president of the bloc’s executive branch. The 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) intended for this is part of a larger package of 7.4 billion euros ($8 billion) in financial assistance to the North African country that the EU announced on March 17. Egypt has for years relied on cash handouts, often from wealthy Gulf Arab states, as concerns mount that economic pressure and regional conflicts could drive more migrants from the region to Europe’s shores.