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U.S. Air Force retires first HC-130 search and rescue aircraft
Mar 07, 2017 (UPI)
U.S. Air Force personnel have formally retired King 52, the branch's first HC-130P/N combat search and rescue aircraft. The HC-130P/N is the Air Force's only de...
War-scarred Syrian children may be 'lost to trauma': aid group
Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)
Syrian children terrified by shelling and airstrikes are showing signs of severe emotional distress and could grow up to be a generation "lost to trauma," Save ...
Thousands flee anti-IS offensives in Iraq and Syria
Mar 05, 2017 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled offensives against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, where the jihadists are battling to keep what remains of ...
115 migrants rescued, 25 missing: Libya navy
Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)
The Libyan navy said it rescued 115 migrants Friday headed for Europe whose overloaded rubber boat was sinking off the coast near Tripoli, and that another 25 p...
McMurdo to enhance U.K. coast guard's search-and-rescue technology
Mar 02, 2017 (UPI)
Orolia subsidiary McMurdo secured a contract to enhance existing search-and-rescue technology for the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the company announced...
Haitians' ire over carnival spending amid hurricane's ruins
Feb 27, 2017 (AFP)
Starjuin Regent is still waiting for Haitian government aid to help him rebuild his fishing business, which was destroyed last year by Hurricane Matthew. In the...
In Mosul, a long-term battle to repair Iraq's heritage
Feb 26, 2017 (AFP)
The city of Mosul is intertwined with human history, tracing its roots to 4,400 years ago when civilisation rose in fabled, fertile Mesopotamia. Today, as Iraqi...
Canada conservationist warns of 'cyber poaching
Feb 25, 2017 (AFP)
Photographers, poachers and eco-tour operators are in the crosshairs of a Canadian conservationist who warns that tracking tags are being hacked and misused to ...
Rio sets aside recession, violence fears for carnival
Feb 24, 2017 (AFP)
The economy is crumbling and street protests are turning violent, but Rio de Janeiro put all worries aside for the opening of carnival Friday. The annual extrav...
Study shows parks, greenways may help reduce crime in Chicago
Feb 24, 2017 (UPI)
New research suggests urban green space like parks and greenways may play a role in diminishing crime. When scientists analyzed crime statistics from a diverse ...
Carnival helps Rio put crime, recession on back burner
Feb 24, 2017 (AFP)
The economy is crumbling, public coffers are empty and street protests are turning violent. What's Rio de Janeiro going to do? Party! Carnival starts Friday and...
'Anybody could be a refugee': Ai Weiwei films global crisis
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has a message for US President Donald Trump, Europe's populist right and those who would shut their national borders to migra...
Berlusconi lunch on auction to help Italy quake victims
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
Fancy a lunch with Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media tycoon and disgraced ex-prime minister of Italy? You'll be helping the country's earthquake victims ...
Fukushima operator eyes plan to clean up plant
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Thursday it will craft a plan this summer to extract highly radioactive fuel from the damaged reac...
Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' sought by Sri Lanka agents: lawyer
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
Sri Lankan refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong have been targeted by agents from their home country, a lawyer and legislat...
Brazilian troops withdraw from Rio ahead of carnival
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities on Wednesday began withdrawing 9,000 army soldiers who had been deployed to Rio de Janeiro to provide security ahead of this week's carnival celebra...
Assault weapon fans in US are dealt legal setback
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
A US appeals court has ruled that military-style assault weapons are not protected under the US Constitution, dealing a blow to gun rights activists. "Put simpl...
Saving Simba and Lula, last two survivors of Mosul zoo
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Simba the lion and Lula the bear are the Mosul zoo's only survivors -- the other animals were killed by shelling, starved to death or ate each other during the ...
When Brazil ran 'concentration camps' during droughts
Feb 21, 2017 (AFP)
Even as northeastern Brazil suffers a devastating drought, few remember a grim chapter of a past drought when the government forced mass internment of peasants ...
Drug shortages and malnutrition in Mosul
Feb 21, 2017 (AFP)
Malnutrition, child deaths and drug shortages -- healthcare in west Mosul is getting worse by the day as Iraqi forces press an offensive to wrest it from the Is...
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