It’s been exactly six months since the Fundão Dam in Brazil’s historic mining district of Mariana collapsed, unleashing a torrent of muddy mine waste known in the industry as “tailings” – 62 million gallons...
Donald Trump has virtually secured the GOP presidential candidacy after winning the Indiana primary. Rival Ted Cruz dropped out of the race Tuesday night and John Kasich is expected to announce his withdrawal later...
The United Nations passed a resolution Tuesday reaffirming that war time attacks on medical facilities, health care workers and their patients violate international law. But humanitarian groups say the statement doesn’t go far enough....
Authorities in Honduras have arrested four men allegedly connected to the murder of Berta Cáceres, the country’s most recognized activist. While the president celebrated the arrests as evidence of progress on the case, Cáceres’...
Refugees and asylum seekers from the Middle East trying to reach Europe have dominated the world news in recent months. But this story of desperate people boarding often dangerous boats trying to reach a...
Pentagon announces no charges for Kunduz hospital bombers, another MSF facility targeted in Aleppo International experts release final report on 43 missing students before leaving Mexico Drought and climate change contributing to earlier grape...
A shaky cease fire agreement in Syria has all but collapsed as airstrikes resumed this week. In Aleppo, Friday prayers were cancelled after morning attacks, following an uptick in violence earlier in the week....
Environmentalists rate Nigeria’s Niger Delta as one of the most polluted oil producing regions in the world. For more than fifty years, frequent oil spills have plagued the area, mainly from Western oil companies’...
Human rights and legal experts are calling on Canada to conduct an overhaul of its immigration detention system. The demand comes after two immigrants died in Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) detention last month....
Severe droughts attributed to El Niño are affecting areas far flung around the world; from India to Venezuela to Namibia. In developing nations, major droughts devastate domestic agriculture and compromise food sovereignty. In wealthier...
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