2 Massachusetts Reps. back GOP bill to curb Syrian refugees
BOSTON - Massachusetts' all-Democratic U.S. House delegation has split on the issue of whether to establish fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the United States.
View ArticleCarson after tour: Syrian refugees don't want to come to US
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan - After touring Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Saturday suggested that camps should serve as a long-term solution for...
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Carson after tour: Syrian refugees don't want to come to US
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan - After touring Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Saturday suggested that camps should serve as a long-term solution for...
View ArticleSenate confirms Obama's pick for USAID administrator
WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development after months of delay rooted in a separate dispute over the international...
View ArticleKansas clergy says refugee order violates religious liberty
TOPEKA, Kansas - A coalition of Kansas clergy has submitted a petition to Gov. Sam Brownback's administration asking the governor to rescind an executive order attempting to halt the relocation of...
View ArticleUN envoy says Yemen's warring sides agree to peace talks
GENEVA - Yemen's warring parties have agreed to hold peace talks in Switzerland next week, the U.N. special envoy said Monday.
View ArticleUN rights expert says Greece faces 'humanitarian crisis'
ATHENS, Greece - A United Nations human rights expert is backing the Greek left-wing government's claim that the country's financial problems have triggered a humanitarian crisis, and advocates debt...
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Nigerians: Cameroon troops burned our village, forced us out
FUFORE, Nigeria - Cameroonian troops crossed the border into Nigeria, killed about 150 villagers, burned their huts and forced them to flee, Nigerian refugees said Tuesday after walking for days to...
View ArticleSyrian rebels fire barrage of mortar shells into capital
DAMASCUS, Syria - Rebels entrenched in an eastern suburb of Damascus fired volleys of mortar shells into the Syrian capital on Sunday, killing three people, including a child, and wounding 33, Syria's...
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New airstrikes hit Damascus suburb day after 45 were killed
BEIRUT - Syrian government helicopter gunships on Monday struck a suburb of the capital, Damascus, a day after airstrikes in the area killed at least 45 people, activists said as a visiting U.N....
View ArticleOfficial: Insufficient funds to host unaccompanied children
SAN ANTONIO - After a spike in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in the past two months, a top health official has voiced renewed concern that too little...
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US announces $88 million in food aid to Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The United States government has announced $88 million to help feed hungry people in drought-stricken areas of Ethiopia, bringing the total amount of humanitarian aid to the...
View ArticleUN demands Syria allow urgent aid deliveries to 13.5 million
UNITED NATIONS - Facing a worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday demanding that all combatants but especially the Syrian...
View ArticleIran accuses Saudi of promoting poverty, terrorism
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused archrival Saudi Arabia Sunday of promoting poverty and terrorism by continuing to bomb Yemeni rebels and supporting armed rebels fighting to...
View ArticleUS criticizes Russia over civilian deaths in Syria
WASHINGTON - The United States criticized Russia on Tuesday for killing hundreds of civilians in airstrikes in Syria and accused Moscow of undermining hopes for a cease-fire between Bashar Assad's...
View ArticleGhana takes in 2 Yemenis released from Guantanamo by US
ACCRA, Ghana - Two men who were captured in Afghanistan and held at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly 14 years without charge have been released and sent to the West African nation of...
View ArticleUN to meet on humanitarian crisis in Syrian town of Madaya
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council is meeting Monday afternoon on the humanitarian crisis in a Syrian town where activist groups have reported several deaths from starvation in recent weeks.
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FDA gives OK for company's genetically engineered potato
BOISE, Idaho - A potato genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine is as safe as any other potato on the market, the Food and Drug Administration says.
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UN chief says deliberate starvation in Syria is a war crime
BEIRUT - Trucks carrying humanitarian aid on Thursday entered a rebel-held town besieged by government troops for the second time this week, following reports of starvation, grave deprivation and...
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UN agency: Starving Syrian teen died 'in front of our eyes'
BEIRUT - The U.N. children's agency said Friday that it witnessed the death of a teenager who died of starvation "in front of our eyes," as well as several cases of severe malnutrition among children...
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