Concern over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile triggers emergency meeting of global monitor
The global chemical weapons watchdog opened an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation in Syria over concerns ...
Trump invites China’s Xi to his inauguration even as he threatens massive tariffs on Beijing
President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month — extending a ...
Selena Gomez reveals engagement to Benny Blanco
Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it’s being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco. The Grammy- and Emmy-nominated performer announced she was off ...
Rescue group saves 11-year-old girl floating alone in the Mediterranean for days after shipwreck
An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was found floating in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, believed to be the only survivor of a shipwrecked ...
Black denomination upholds stance against same-sex marriage. A gay pastor in its ranks seeks change
When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its ...
Trump again named Time’s Person of the Year
Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime.
Alabama woman charged with nearly $1M dollar charity fraud
The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office said Downs solicited donations for a charity to aid domestic violence victims and ...
UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise
There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said ...
Fresh fin whale meat is auctioned for the first time in decades in Japan
Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as officials ...
At least 110 people have died in 7 weeks of post-election protests in Mozambique, rights groups say
More than 100 people including children have been killed by security forces in post-election protests in Mozambique that have lasted nearly two months, rights and civil ...
Birmingham City Schools announces early college partnership with Lawson State Community College
In an effort to expand their early college initiative, Birmingham City Schools has announced their partnership with Wenonah ...