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Taliban Fighter Returns Home To Dead Family And Ruins After Earthquake

Noor Shah Mohammad was serving as a Taliban soldier hundreds of miles from home when disaster struck early on Wednesday morning.

A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2021.

Reading The Market Tea-leaves For Global Recession Risks

The fastest rate-hiking cycle in decades and inflation nearing double-digits has got investors scouring market moves and data to gauge whether the world economy is headed for recession.

Students wearing protective masks attend a class in person as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 22, 2022.

Latin America's Kids Slid Into Education Black Hole During Pandemic

In Bolivia's highland city La Paz, Maribel Sanchez's children spent much of the last two years huddling over a small smartphone screen to attend online classes amid a lengthy lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 7, 2022.

Wall Street Mints Big Gains To End Strong Week

Wall Street's main indexes soared on Friday in a broad rally as signs of slowing economic growth and a recent pullback in commodity prices tempered expectations for the Federal Reserve's rate-hike plans.

Wall Street Posts Big Gains To End Strong Week

Wall Street's main indexes jumped sharply on Friday in a broad rally as signs of slowing economic growth and a recent pullback in commodity prices tempered expectations for the Federal Reserve's rate-hike plans.

Wall Street Climbs Over 2% At End Of Strong Week

Wall Street's main indexes jumped more than 2% on Friday as signs of slowing economic growth and a recent pullback in commodity prices tempered expectations for the Federal Reserve's rate-hike plans and set stocks on course for strong weekly gains.

Wall St Rallies As Traders Dial Back Rate-hike Bets

Wall Street's main indexes climbed more than 2% on Friday as signs of slowing economic growth and a recent weakening of commodity prices tempered expectations over how high the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to rein in inflation.

Demonstrators hold placards while participating in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, DC, U.S., June 11, 2022.

U.S. House Passes Gun-safety Legislation As Court Expands Gun Rights

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed significant gun-safety legislation for the first time in three decades, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign, a day after a Supreme Court ruling that broadly expanded gun rights.

U.S. House Passes Gun-safety Legislation In Victory For Biden

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed significant gun-safety legislation for the first time in three decades, sending it to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it into law.

U.S. House Passes Gun-safety Legislation, Sends To Biden

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed significant gun-safety legislation for the first time in three decades, sending it to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it into law.

Gun-safety Bill Heads Toward Final Passage In U.S. House

Gun control legislation advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday as lawmakers moved toward final passage of a package of modest steps, one day after a Supreme Court ruling that broadly expanded gun rights.

Landmark Gun-safety Bill Heads To U.S. House After Senate Passage

The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives moved quickly on Friday to take up a package of modest measures intended to stem gun violence, a day after a Supreme Court ruling that broadly expanded gun rights.

Elida Castillo, the program director at Chispa Texas, an organization focused on climate justice, looks at a portion of the Cheniere Texas LNG facility in Portland, Texas, U.S., June 13, 2022. To match Insight USA-LNG/AIRQUALITY

Texas Repeatedly Raises Pollution Limits For Cheniere LNG Plant

Cheniere, the largest U.S. exporter of liquefied natural gas, boasts that it's helping to "improve local air quality in communities globally" because the cleaner burning fuel it ships displaces coal in power plants.

Morocco Says 18 Migrants Died During Mass Crossing Into Spanish Enclave

Morocco said 18 migrants died trying to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla on Friday

Migrants, Melilla Border Guards Clash As Thousands Storm Spanish Enclave

About 2,000 migrants on Friday stormed a high fence that seals off Spain's North African enclave of Melilla in a violent-two hour skirmish with border officers during which five migrants were killed, Spanish and Moroccan authorities said.

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court President Luiz Fux attends a presentation of a supreme court program to combat misinformation at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil May 18, 2022.

Exclusive-Brazil Courts Step Up Meetings With Military To Ease Election Concerns -sources

Brazil's top courts are stepping up meetings with military commanders to ease tensions and reaffirm trust in the democratic process, four senior judiciary sources said, as President Jair Bolsonaro stirs doubt about the integrity of this year's elections.

A picture of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid in Jenin, is displayed at the Al-Jazeera headquarters building in Doha, Qatar, May 11, 2022.

UN Rights Office Says Its Findings Suggest Al Jazeera Journalist Killed By Israeli Forces

Information reviewed by the U.N. human rights office suggests Israeli security forces fired the shot that killed Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in May, not indiscriminate firing from Palestinians, a spokesperson said on Friday.

European Central Bank governing council member Mario Centeno speaks during an interview with Reuters in Lisbon, Portugal, March 15, 2021.

ECB's Centeno Says No Yield Spread Goal In Anti-fragmentation Tool

The new instrument being designed by the European Central Bank will show its determination to fight the risk of bond market fragmentation, but there will be no goal for specific yield spreads, governing council member Mario Centeno said on Friday.

Representations of virtual cryptocurrencies are placed on U.S. Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken November 28, 2021.

Explainer-Can Crypto Holders Recoup Losses In Court?

A downturn in cryptocurrency prices and crash of one stablecoin has led some investors to try to recover their losses in U.S.

U.S. Crypto Firm Harmony Hit By $100 Million Heist

U.S. crypto firm Harmony said on Friday that thieves stole around $100 million worth of digital coins from one of its key products, the latest in a string of cyber heists on a sector long targeted by hackers.

Ukraine issues a daily catalogue of Russia's losses in the four-month long conflict

How Credible Are Ukraine's Battlefield Statistics?

How credible are Ukraine's battlefield statistics?

Africa already showed resilience during the pandemic as its economic contraction was less severe than the rest of the world

African Economies See Reasons For Optimism Despite Crises

African economies see reasons for optimism despite crises

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell

EU Top Diplomat Bids To 'Reverse Tensions' On Surprise Iran Visit

EU top diplomat bids to 'reverse tensions' on surprise Iran visit

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2017.

Analysis: Up-ended Global LNG Markets Deepen Australia's Power Woes

Top liquefied natural gas exporter Australia is in the depths of a power crunch just as traditional buyers are scrambling to meet shortfalls of Russian gas and winter takes hold Down Under.

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a news conference to address his relocation plans of the presidential office, at his transition team office, in Seoul, South Korea, March 20, 2022.Jung Yeon-je/Pool via REUTERS

S.Korean Leader's Informal Media Events Are A Break With Tradition

South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol has departed from years of tradition by holding informal daily media events to field questions on topics ranging from inflation and ties with neighbouring North Korea to the first lady and even boyband BTS.

A Ryanair plane prepares to take off from Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport on the first of three days cabin crew strike in Lisbon, Portugal, June 24, 2022.

Ryanair Cabin Staff Strike As Labour Unrest Spreads Across Europe

Some cabin crew at Ryanair went on strike in Belgium, Spain and Portugal on Friday in a dispute over pay and working conditions, the latest in a wave of walkouts staged by workers across different sectors in Europe.

Ryanair Cabin Staff Strike Cancels Dozens Of Flights In Europe

A stacker unloads iron ore onto a pile at a mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 2, 2013.

Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner Calls For Urgent Change In Mining Sector

Australia's sex discrimination commissioner has called for urgent changes in the country's mining industry after a state government report found that sexual harassment and assault were rife in the sector.

Britain's Prince Charles speaks at a reception to celebrate the British Asian Trust, at The British Museum, in London, Britain, February 9, 2022. Tristan Fewings/Pool via REUTERS

Commonwealth's Royal Succession Stirs Unease Among Caribbean Members

Commonwealth leaders settled in 2018 that Britain's Prince Charles should succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth as head of the organisation, but as they gathered again in Rwanda some Caribbean member states were not at ease with the decision.