Nov 12 China considers changing restrictive one-child policy Photo by China Photos/Getty Images Chinese officials said today the country is prepared to make some changes to its long-standing and controversial one-child, family planning policy. Chun'an Mao, a spokesman for China's top population authority, told China… Continue reading
Nov 12 Poll: Egypt worst on women's rights; Comoros ranks best A Saudi woman and her children get into a taxi in Riyadh on June 14, 2011. Photo by Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images A Thomsen Reuters Foundation poll of women's rights in 22 Arab nations released Tuesday found that… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Why did the Iran nuclear talks fall apart despite signs of hope? Why did the Iran nuclear talks fall apart despite signs of hope?… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Iran nuclear talks fall short of deal, but Kerry reassures 'this is not a race' Iran nuclear talks fall short of deal, but Kerry reassures 'this is not a race'… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Philippines has faced 'one blow after another' in disaster relief efforts Philippines have faced 'one blow after another' in disaster relief efforts… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Relief workers struggle to provide life-saving services to typhoon survivors Relief workers struggle to provide life-saving services to typhoon survivors… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch News Wrap: Leading figure of Haqqani militant group killed in Pakistan News Wrap: Leading figure of Haqqani militant group killed in Pakistan… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Typhoon survivors face desperate conditions as they await aid Typhoon survivors 'growingly desperate' as incapacitated areas await relief… Continue watching
Nov 11 In typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, 'no place to bury the dead' By Larisa Epatko After one of the most powerful typhoons in recorded history struck the Philippines over the weekend, aid organizations and the government scrambled to provide residents with their most basic needs of food and water on Monday. Meanwhile, survivors lined the… Continue reading
Nov 11 100 Dead after typhoon hits Somali coast By News Desk Photo Courtesy of CIA World Factbook According to Somali President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole, 100 people were killed over the weekend, when a tropical cyclone reached Puntland, a north-eastern region of Somalia. Thousands of livestock died and hundreds… Continue reading