In the volatile waters where the Persian Gulf meets the Arabian Sea, Iran maintains a formidable and seemingly permanent influence over the
“The drought really caught up with us. One day, we woke up with our cattle dead due to the extreme dryness and water shortage,” says Asoro, one of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were forced to leave home due to the effects of drought in Ethiopia.
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Iris Marina Mejia, a resident of La Reina in Santa Barbara, Honduras, never imagined that her life would change abruptly
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Samuel believes that being blind in Haiti is a punishment. After being fired from his job because of his disability, he found it impossible to find a new trade. “It has been extremely challenging to feed my family, let alone pay for my children’s tuition,” the father of two says.
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Qatar will represent American interests in Afghanistan beginning December 31, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday
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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to host U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for talks Wednesday at Elysee Palace with an agenda that includes climate change, the economy, global health and supply chain issues.
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India hosted senior officials from Afghanistan’s neighboring countries to discuss the regional security implications of the country’s takeover by the Taliban, but New Delhi’s rivals China and Pakistan did not attend the meeting.
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Royal jewels that belonged to Russia's Romanov imperial dynasty before they were smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution are set to be auctioned off by Sotheby's.
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Police in Tbilisi have arrested dozens of protesters demanding the release of jailed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, as his trial in a case related to the dispersal of a 2007 opposition rally kicked off in Georgia's capital.
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Hundreds of migrants have massed outdoors in freezing temperatures along a razor-wire border between Belarus and Poland, as thousands of Polish border guards sought to block their entry into the European Union member state.
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Clean energy needs may cause years of high prices for copper, nickel, cobalt, and lithium under a net-zero emissions scenario.
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