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Bianca Ortega | Aug 06, 2014 07:30 AM EDT
International surrogacy laws are now under scrutiny amid a controversy over an Australian couple abandoning their biological baby with Down’s syndrome to his Thai surrogate mother. read more
Bianca Ortega | Aug 06, 2014 05:49 AM EDT
As the U.S. aims to change its focus in Africa from aid to trade, President Barack Obama said the growth of the African economy gives his country new opportunities for business expansion and investment. read more
Patricia Villaceran & Renee Benavidez | Aug 06, 2014 05:28 AM EDT
China has imposed a ban in the Xinjiang region, saying that people who wear veils, scarves and long beards are not allowed to board city buses to maintain peace and security read more
Patricia Villaceran | Aug 06, 2014 04:31 AM EDT
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton joined the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Tuesday to promote healthy trade among the two nations. read more
Staff Reporter | Aug 06, 2014 04:13 AM EDT
China receives sympathies worldwide as the death toll reaches almost 600 in three days after a massive earthquake shook its southwestern province of Yunnan on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. read more
Bianca Ortega | Aug 06, 2014 03:54 AM EDT
The recent investigation into two Canadians suspected of stealing Chinese state secrets widens the existing rift between Ottawa and Beijing and is expected to affect Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s upcoming visit to Beijing. read more
Bianca Ortega | Aug 06, 2014 02:03 AM EDT
A United Nations (U.N.) official urged Security Council members to come up with an immediate action to the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine as the residents’ power and water supplies sustained damage from the violence. read more
Bianca Ortega | Aug 05, 2014 11:22 PM EDT
The U.S. stepped up its security at its embassies ahead of the release of the Senate’s report on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s report on harsh interrogations, fearing it could trigger protests in countries where the agency operated secret interrogation prisons. read more
Marcel Woo | Aug 05, 2014 11:14 PM EDT
The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened a two-day emergency meeting starting Wednesday to determine if the current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa constitutes an international public health emergency. read more
Ron B. Lopez | Aug 06, 2014 02:23 AM EDT
The Palestinian government is considering joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a member to hold Israel accountable over its military invasion in the Gaza Strip and other territories that killed thousands of its people. read more
Patricia Villaceran | Aug 05, 2014 05:12 PM EDT
The Egyptian government stated Tuesday that it has plans on building a new Suez Canal near the existing waterway. read more
Staff Reporter | Aug 05, 2014 06:51 PM EDT
Government officials swarmed the offices of corporations linked to the disastrous natural gas explosions that ripped through southern Taiwan and killed 28 people. Prosecutors removed critical documents and other evidence that may lead to more clues about the tragic blasts on July 31. read more
Staff Reporter | Aug 05, 2014 02:01 PM EDT
The U.S. Defense Department confirmed that an American general was killed in an attack at a military base in the Afghan capital Kabul. read more
Franz Ludwig Bernardo | Aug 05, 2014 05:05 PM EDT
Libya’s newly elected Parliament held its first formal session in the city of Tobruk read more
Bianca Ortega | Aug 05, 2014 11:44 AM EDT
An Iranian official confirmed that Tehran shared its missile technology to Hamas militants in Gaza to give them the ability to produce their own weapons and fight Israel. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
