Migrants Being Raped at Mexico Border as They Await Entry to US

When Carolina's captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in the Mexican border city of Reynosa in late May, she thought they were going to force her to call her family in Venezuela again to beg them to pay $2,000 ransom

7 Months Into Hospice Care, Jimmy Carter to Celebrate 99th Birthday

Former President Jimmy Carter is set to mark his 99th birthday on October 1 while in hospice care

With Federal Shutdown Looming, House Passes Stopgap Funding

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Pope Francis Creates 21 New Cardinals to Help Reform Church

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Roman Catholic Chu[..]

US Supreme Court Will Take Up Abortion, Gun Cases in New Term

The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — while concerns about ethics swirl around the justices

Suicide Bombings, Militant Raid Kill 62 in Pakistan

Pakistani officials said Friday that a series of attacks, including suicide bombings and a militant raid, killed at least 62 people and injured many more, marking one of the deadliest days the nation has witnessed in recent months

Desperate for More Children, China Urges Soldiers to Procreate

As China faces a demographic dilemma with a ballooning number of elderly citizens and fewer newborns, the country's leader, Xi Jinping, has given soldiers and their spouses a new order — lead the charge in childbearing

Taiwan Launches Its First Submarine for Testing in Face of China's Threats

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen launched the self-governing island's first domestically made submarine Thursday for testing after seven years of design and construction and increasingly aggressive moves by China

Afghan Women Defy Taliban, Will Participate in Asian Games

Exiled Afghan female athletes are participating in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, which end Oct

Bangkok's New Chinatown Offers Mixed Bag of Economic Changes

At sunset, Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district comes alive with Chinese-speaking pedestrians bustling to their favorite hot pot restaurants among the many lining Pracharat Bamphen Road

Critics Skewer Meta for Not Suspending Former Cambodia Leader's Facebook Account

Meta's decision to not suspend the Facebook account of a former Cambodian prime minister who had used the platform to physically threaten political opponents is drawing criticism from the tech giant's Oversight Board, human rights groups and digital [..]

Appointment of Ambassador Signals China's Ambition in Afghanistan, Experts Say

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi attended talks Friday in the Russian city of Kazan, where he praised China for sending a new ambassador to Afghanistan and urged other countries to follow China's example

Niger Junta Says Dozen Soldiers Killed in Militant Attack

At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed in connection with an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country's southwest on Thursday morning, the West African nation's defense ministry said in a statement

Gabonese Press for Change as Military Junta Asks for Patience

September 30 marks exactly 30 days since Gabon's military seized power and ended the nearly 60-year rule of the Bongo family

Somalia Arrests Suspected Al-Shabab Arms Dealer

Somali security forces on Friday arrested a man believed to be one of the country’s main illegal arms dealers suspected of supplying weapons to al-Shabab militants