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Pirates hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, a Somali official said on Tuesday, the first time they have successfully taken a commercial ship since 2012..."The pirates hijacked the oil tan...

Pirates hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, a Somali official said on Tuesday, the first time they have successfully taken a commercial ship since 2012..."The pirates hijacked the oil tan...

The commission on the Status of Women begins today. This year’s theme: “Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. “The Commission is one of the largest annual gathering of global leaders, NGOs...

Many people lived in an informal settlement near the dump. “A mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, killing at least 46 people and leaving several dozen mi...

Mercy Corps provides relief to hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the border. “In the increasing welter of warfare in northern Syria, one of the biggest U.S.-based humanitarian organizations opera...

Today is International Women’s Day. The official hashtag is #BeBoldforChange. The organizers of the massive Women’s March following the US election are also billing this a “day without women” with stayaways exp...

Respiratory illness caused by poor air quality is a major global problem. “Pollution is responsible for one in four deaths among all children under five, according to new World Health Organisation reports, with...

This would be the first confirmed use of chemical weapons in Iraq by ISIS. ”It was one of at least four similar attacks in the past 10 days, prompting international organizations to warn that Islamic State mili...

The EU is stiffing their own. “European countries have accepted less than 10% of the 160,000 refugees they promised to move to safety from unsanitary and cramped camps in Italy and Greece, leading the European ...