Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has been named as a UN Messenger of Peace, with a focus on girls’ education, a topic close to the Pakistani teenager’s heart.
Malala’s father tells us why his daughter is able to connect with so many people
Malala Yousafzai attends a ceremony after being selected a United Nations messenger of peace in New York, NY, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith - RTX34ZRQ
A ‘poke in the eye’ for the Americans
Cambodia’s decision to scrap a US aid program raises concerns Prime Minister Hun Sen is prepared to sacrifice millions of dollars worth of humanitarian work to appease Russia and China.
At a refugee camp far from home, persecuted Myanmar Rohingya worry exile could last forever
It’s has been seven months since a military offensive began against the Muslim minority group, triggering widespread allegations of mass rape and murder, and prompting tens of thousands to flee to ramshackle camps in Bangladesh.
Severe drought is decimating Somalia’s animal population
With nearly one-third of the country’s livestock dead and the remaining animals growing weaker each day, veterinarians fan out across the dry, cracked landscape to care for surviving livestock.
Western countries brace for return of Islamic State fighters
FILE - In this undated file image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria. The Islamic State group may be sprouting tentacles across the region but it is struggling in Syria, part of its heartland, where it has stalled or even lost ground in fighting with multiple enemies on multiple fronts. There are signs of tensions and powers struggles emerging among its ranks of foreign jihadis. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File)
More than 40,100 foreign fighters, including Americans, have traveled to Syria and Iraq since the conflict began.
Why Tillerson’s Moscow trip is a good sign
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, front left, speaks with Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen during a group photo of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday, March 31, 2017. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with his NATO counterparts in Brussels for the first time looking to persuade reluctant allies to increase defense spending and do more to combat terrorism.(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Even though America’s top diplomat accused Moscow of complicity or incompetence, and Russia accused the US of an illegal act of aggression in Syria, Tillerson’s Moscow visit was not canceled which some say is positive development for efforts to prevent a US-Russia conflict.
What will Trump do about America’s sagging infrastructure?
In this photo made on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, a covering is in place under the superstructure as work continues on the Birmingham Bridge that spans the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. The work is part of an ambitious agenda that will accelerate highway and bridge repairs that Pennsylvania is implementing thanks to a $2.3 billion package of higher taxes, fees and fines supported by former Gov. Tom Corbett, who was defeated in his 2014 re-election bid. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
The president has promised to overhaul the crumbling infrastructure of a nation that builds roads, bridges and public works, but has no plan for upkeep once they begin to show their age.
Are ‘Dreamers’ dreaming the impossible dream?
Immigration hardliners want President Donald Trump to follow through on campaign promises to undo DACA, which protects undocumented young people who were brought to the US as children.