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Report: Joblessness, inequality top global concerns in 2015
November 7, 2014
Report: Joblessness, inequality top global concerns in 2015
Unemployment and rising income inequality will top concerns for global leaders in 2015, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said…
Report: One in five youths forced to sleep rough in UK
November 7, 2014
Report: One in five youths forced to sleep rough in UK
One in five young people in the UK have been forced to sleep rough, a charity for homeless people has reported.According to…
US military chief: Israel tried to limit civilian casualties in Gaza
November 7, 2014
US military chief: Israel tried to limit civilian casualties in Gaza
The highest-ranking US military officer said on Thursday that Israel went to "extraordinary lengths" to limit civilian casualties in the recent…
US weighs sanctions on Libyan factions to try to halt proxy war
November 7, 2014
US weighs sanctions on Libyan factions to try to halt proxy war
The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Libya's combative factions to try to prevent a proxy conflict fueled by…
Tony Blair to present keynote address at 2015 African Mining Indaba
November 6, 2014
Tony Blair to present keynote address at 2015 African Mining Indaba
The organizers of the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba announced Thursday that Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,…
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
November 6, 2014
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
From marauding jihadists in Iraq to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and beheadings of Americans in Syria, a world in crisis…
Rights group: At least 5.8 million Syrians displaced
November 6, 2014
Rights group: At least 5.8 million Syrians displaced
Around 5.8 million Syrian refugees have taken shelter in neighboring countries since the beginning of the conflict in March 2011,…
Party of former Yemeni president: US ambassador tells Saleh to leave the country by Friday
November 5, 2014
Party of former Yemeni president: US ambassador tells Saleh to leave the country by Friday
A source at the office of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni president and head of the General People's Congress…
Police: Palestinian man kills one in Jerusalem car attack
November 5, 2014
Police: Palestinian man kills one in Jerusalem car attack
A Palestinian rammed his car into pedestrians in central Jerusalem on Wednesday in the second attack of its kind in…
Jordan recalls envoy to Israel over mosque clashes
November 5, 2014
Jordan recalls envoy to Israel over mosque clashes
Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians inside the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound…