Aug 12 Watch 3:30 How the battle for Ghazni could impact upcoming polls in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Hundreds have been killed in the battle for Ghazni between the Afghan troops and the Taliban over the last three days. Taking back the city, which lies on the highway connecting Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city, would give… Continue watching
Aug 12 Skin poaching of Asian elephants, a crisis unfolding in Myanmar, could crush the species By Nsikan Akpan Asian elephants are 10 times more endangered than African savanna elephant and facing a new serious threat. Poachers are taking the skin of Asian elephants in Myanmar and turning it into ruby red jewelry. Continue reading
Aug 12 V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85 By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing made him one of the world's most admired writers, died at his London home, his family said. He was 85. Continue reading
Aug 11 3 Jordan policemen killed in storming of militants' hideout By Fares Akram, Associated Press Three members of Jordan's security forces were killed Saturday when they stormed a hideout of suspected militants that had been rigged with explosives, the government spokeswoman said. Continue reading
Aug 11 New U.S. sanctions could pitch Russia relations to new low By Susannah George, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russia typically brushes off new U.S. sanctions. Not this time. Continue reading
Aug 11 Romanians protest government corruption for a second straight day By Alison Mutler, Associated Press Thousands of Romanians staged another anti-government protest Saturday a day after a previous demonstration turned violent. Continue reading
Aug 11 Jury awards $289 million to man who blames Roundup for cancer By Paul Elias, Associated Press Dewayne Johnson, 46, alleges that heavy contact with the herbicide caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 4:10 Trump's tariff tweet inflames Turkey's economic crisis and strained U.S. relations President Trump turned a simmering conflict with Turkey to a boil, tweeting that he would double tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey was at economic war, as the country's currency tumbled as much… Continue watching
Aug 10 Why is so little global funding devoted to adolescent health? By Laura Santhanam Adolescents make up a quarter of the population in developing countries, but on average receive less than 2 percent of all global health funding, according to a new report. Continue reading
Aug 10 After Indonesia earthquake, a new worry: deadly aftershocks By Todd Pitman, Ninek Karmini, Associated Press Seismic activity is commonplace across the Indonesian archipelago, which is home to more active volcanoes than anywhere else on Earth. The country straddles the so-called "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines that stretch across the Pacific… Continue reading