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US Military Airlifts Embassy Personnel From Haiti, Bolsters Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said on Sunday it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S. forces bolster embassy security, as Caribbean nation reels under a state of emergency....
Analysts: Effect of Libya's Killer Storm Made Worse by Decade of Conflict
AMMAN, JORDAN — Just hours after epic storm Daniel dumped torrential rains on Libya's coast, breaching dams and killing thousands, some called it perhaps the deadliest and costliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone ever recorded. Described by...
Thousands of Migrants Stranded in Niger Because of Border Closures
NIAMEY, NIGER — After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his failed attempt to reach Europe, Sahr John Yambasu gave up on getting across the Mediterranean and decided to go back home. The 29-year-old...
Sudan War Drives 1 Million Children From Homes: UN
KHARTOUM, SUDAN — The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children, 270,000 of them in the Darfur region, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) has said, warning more were at "grave risk." Fighting has raged in Sudan since mid-April...
UN Chief: Sudan Facing ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Wednesday for an end to the fighting in Sudan and international support for the Sudanese people, who he said are facing a humanitarian catastrophe. “Aid must be allowed into Sudan,...
Nigeria Suspects Islamic State of Killing 40 in Catholic Church
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigerian authorities suspect the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out a massacre in a Catholic church on Sunday in which 40 people were killed, Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said on...
At Least Eight Killed in Texas School Shooting
Published: May 18, 2018 At least eight people were killed in an active shooter situation Friday morning at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, according to Ed Gonzalez, the sheriff in neighboring Harris County. "Could be anywhere between eight...