Charity boss Justin Forsyth resigns from Unicef
Charity boss Justin Forsyth resigns from Unicef
Ex-Save the Children chief executive Justin Forsyth has resigned from Unicef saying he does not want coverage of his past to "damage" the charities.
Mr Forsyth faced three complaints...
Jamaican women’s bobsleigh team makes debut at the Winter Olympics
Jamaican women's bobsleigh team makes debut at the Winter Olympics
The Jamaican women's bobsleigh team made their Winter Olympics debut on Tuesday, thirty years after the country's first appearance at the Games in Calgary.
Pilot Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and...
Police arrest five who killed orangutan in Borneo with airgun
Police arrest five who killed orangutan in Borneo with airgun
An x-ray showed at least 130 airgun pellets in the great ape's body, including more than 70 in its head, the Center for Orangutan Protection...
New Zealand declares state of emergency as cyclone Gita hits South Island
New Zealand declares state of emergency as cyclone Gita hits South Island
Heavy rains brought floods to the southern city of Christchurch but the cyclone has not yet hit the island nation in full force.
Cyclone...
North Korea cancelled meeting with Pence at last minute
North Korea cancelled meeting with Pence at last minute
The prospective meeting was the most highly anticipated moment expected during US Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Pyeongchang.
US Vice President Mike Pence, North Korea's nominal...
Prisoners of Greek Islands
Prisoners of Greek Islands
Refugee families trapped in Greek Islands are surviving various odds — from tackling violence to rape threats — with the hope that the European Union may agree to assimilate them into...
5.9 quake hits southern Mexico, but no damage reported
5.9 quake hits southern Mexico, but no damage reported
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Monday, days after a more powerful temblor hit the same area.
State and national emergency...
Venezuela’s medicine shortage sends cancer mortality rates soaring
Venezuela's medicine shortage sends cancer mortality rates soaring
The Pharmaceutical Federation of Venezuela says the country is experiencing a 95 percent shortage in medicines needed to treat high-cost diseases like cancer.
The political and economic crisis...
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south and central Mexico
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south and central Mexico
A powerful earthquake shook south and central Mexico on Friday, causing people to flee buildings and office towers in the country's capital, and setting off quake alert...
Iranian rescue teams find site and wreckage of crashed plane
Iranian rescue teams find site and wreckage of crashed plane
The Aseman Airlines ATR-72 crashed into Mount Dena in southern Iran on Sunday. The airline said all 65 on board Flight EP3704 were killed, including...
