2016-01-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably” approved the killing of a Russian spy turned dissident, says a top British government investigator.Alexander Litvinenko was

2016-01-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…In less than two weeks, the state of Iowa will vote on its choices for the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential nominees. The Iowa

2016-01-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Four attackers used guns and bombs to kill at least 21 students and teachers Wednesday morning at Bacha Khan University in northwest Pakistan.Officials say many more were wounded.P

2016-01-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Police are investigating threats against dozens of schools this week in seven U.S. states.Searches failed to find bombs or other dangers.Threats were called in to at least 26 schoo

2016-01-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Actor Jamie Foxx won an Academy Award for playing singer Ray Charles in the film “Ray.”Foxx is famous for his work in movies, his jo

2016-01-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for women immigrants to Britain to learn English within 30 months or be deported.The plan targets Muslim women joining their husband

2016-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Two news organizations say corruption in professional tennis continues because tennis authorities do not stop it.The reports were released as the Australian Open tennis tournament

2016-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The richest 62 people on earth now have the same wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion, according to a report from Oxfam.Five years ago, the majority of wealth was in the hands of 388

2016-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Christians and Muslims in Cameroon offered protection to each other following five attacks on mosques by suspected Boko Haram fighters.Christians guarded mosques and Muslims protec

2016-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Iran says it welcomes the easing of economic sanctions, but will remain wary of the United States.Monday, Iran's Defense Minister called the U.S. sanctions “hostile” t

2016-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russia’s Parliament rejected a bill Monday that would have permitted fines or jail time for homosexual acts.Rights groups have welcomed the move. But, they are also calling f

2016-01-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The government of Zimbabwe is denying a report that President Robert Mugabe has suffered a heart attack.Presidential spokesman George Charamba told reporters on Thursday that the r

2016-01-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The government of Sierra Leone is investigating an agreement to import waste from Lebanon.The agreement permits the import of non-hazardous waste into Sierra Leone. It does not per

2016-01-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A day after lifting economic sanctions against Iran for meeting the terms of the nuclear agreement, the U.S. announced new, limited sanctions against several Iranian citizens and c

2016-01-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In Kenya, blind students and those with poor eyesight were still using Braille books for their studies until recently.Their books used the Braille system of raised dots to represen

2016-01-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Nearly 24 million children around the world are unable to attend school because of conflict.That is what UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said recently. UNICEF off

2016-01-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Joshua Yaro unfurled his new scarf with a smile.He is a new player with the Philadelphia Union soccer team in Major League Soccer (MLS). Yesterday he was a college student from Gha

2016-01-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination debated for the sixth time this week.The debate is the second-to-last one before the Iowa caucus on February 1.The

2016-01-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…During Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate, candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump argued about “New York values.&r

2016-01-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A knife attack in France that injured a Jew has started a debate about wearing head coverings that show a person is Jewish.“Even if we don’t wear one, we’ll alway

2016-01-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Arab League foreign ministers said they support Saudi Arabia in its dispute with Iran.Tensions increased after Saudi Arabia executed a top Iranian Shi’ite Muslim religious le

2016-01-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bomb and gun attack Thursday in Indonesia’s capital.The attack left at least seven people dead, including a Canadian

2016-01-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkish forces have killed 200 Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced.The retaliation responds to a suicide bomb attack tha

2016-01-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Al Jazeera America, the three-year-old cable news channel that promised to cover in-depth journalism in the U.S., is closing.The Qatar-based Al Jazeera media company plans to end A

2016-01-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Social media is part of the war in Syria.International aid trucks drove into the town of Madaya, which is held by rebels, on Monday. At the same time, supporters of Syrian Presiden