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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The decision by four Arab nations to cut ties with Qatar marks the culmination of years of tension among a historically tightknit alliance of energy-rich Gulf Arab states that share borders, a common heritage and a strong alliance with Washington....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries severed ties to Qatar on Monday and moved to cut off land, sea and air routes to the energy-rich nation that is home to a major U.S. military base, accusing it of supporting regional terror groups....
TORONTO (AP) -- Canadian social worker Christine Archibald is being remembered as a "bright light" for her profession as those who loved her launch an online campaign of compassionate acts after she was struck by a van of terrorists on London Bridge and died in her fiance's arms....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump can't be counted on to give accurate information to Americans when violent acts are unfolding abroad....
Christine Lui Chen, a 36-year-old health care executive in New Jersey and mother of two small children, had never considered entering politics, focusing instead on her family, her career and her community....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Accompanied into the courthouse by a member of the TV family who cemented his nice-guy image as America's Dad, Bill Cosby went on trial Monday on sexual assault charges, his legacy and his freedom on the line....
LONDON (AP) -- British counterterrorism investigators searched homes and detained more people Monday in the London attack investigation as an intense political firestorm developed over Prime Minister Theresa May's role in reducing police ranks....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump for a second day lashed out at London's mayor on Twitter in the wake of a deadly terror attack in the city....
Thousands of indigenous people in south-east Bangladesh are fleeing the wrath of Bengali Muslims settlers who blame them for the death of a local youth leader of Bangladesh’s ruling party, AsiaNews reported. Members of the mostly Buddhist Chakma community in Rangamati district fled after their homes were torched by angry Muslim mobs following the death of Nurul Islam Nayan, a leader of Jubo League, the youth organization of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Awami League. It is still unclear how Nayan died, but his body was found near a road on 1 June, but Bengali settlers nearby blamed it on the indigenous people, who reject the accusation."The culture of impunity and the state's failure to protect indigenous people on the hills show that a slow genocide is taking place," Theophil Nokrek, secretary of Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) said. "The violence was pre-pla...
(Vatican Radio) The staff and students of the schools of Miao Diocese in north-east India kicked off their new academic year on Monday, marking World Environment Day. Schools under the Newman Educational Society (NES), the educational wing of Diocese of Miao in east Arunachal Pradesh state, made the most of the first day of the new academic year, June 5th, planting saplings around school campuses to mark this year World Environment Day. Staff and students of the 45 schools of the Newman Educational Society spread across 8 districts of east Arunachal Pradesh planted saplings around their school campus to remind themselves of the urgent need to fight global warming and climate change and of the duty to leave a safe world to the coming generations. “These trees will not only help improve the environment but also make you feel proud of visiting your school in future and it will make you feel nostalgic,” said Fr. Felix Anthony, the Principal of Newman...
