HARARE, Zimbabwe — In Zimbabwe, two new surveys show the popularity of President Robert Mugabe’s party is surging while that of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change [MDC] is going down. Analysts say supporters of …
Aid agencies in Syria and neighboring countries are scrambling to relocate refugees sheltered in education facilities before school resumes in mid-September. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says many children will not be able to return to s…
NAIROBI — Security has been restored in the Kenyan city of Mombasa after heavy rioting early this week. On Monday, the assassination of Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo Mohamed triggered the protests, but analysts believe the perceived marginalization of coa…
A group of computer programmers and hackers in Austria is creating a low-cost way of spreading Internet access across communities. “FunkFeuer” which means “network fire” in German, uses everyday technology to create a wireless network, called a “mesh,”…
Authorities said a car bomb has killed at least 11 people at a market in northwest Pakistan.
Friday’s blast hit in Matani near the city of Peshawar and wounded at least 14 people.
No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, but officials have bl…
GENEVA — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports the last of eight barges transporting more than 2,700 South Sudanese returnees and their luggage will dock at Juba Port on Friday after a three-week journey from Renk in Upper Nile S…
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION, South Dakota — Brown and yellow hills and fields stretch out around the Pine Ridge Reservation for miles in all directions. They’re not green because, like much of the rest of the country, South Dakota is in the middle of a …
The head of the U.S. central bank argued for more efforts to stimulate the economy on Friday, but did not say when or how such action might be taken.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said current unemployment rates are too high and economic…
A new program that will allow certain undocumented immigrants to live and work in the United States has shed light on the plight of the many Asians who consider themselves Americans but don’t have legal documentation.
While exact numbers are hard to …
MANILA — A strong earthquake struck an island province in the eastern Philippines, damaging some structures, knocking out power in surrounding towns and prompting a tsunami warning. The civil defense office said there are no confirmed deaths.
The U…
