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Flood victims standing in water receive foods from private donors near half-submerged residences in Nyaung Tone, Ayeyarwaddy Delta, about 60 miles southwest of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Aug 7, 2015.

Myanmar Holds Onto Title Of World's Most Generous Nation

When it comes to generosity, few countries can match Myanmar, CNN reports. For the third year in a row, Myanmar topped the Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index, which averages out the percentage of people in each country who donated money, volunteered or helped a stranger in the previous month. The Southeast Asia nation again edged out the United States, which was No. 2

Local and foreign people flock Japan's tourist spots, filled with food, souvenirs, and consumer goods.

Japan Records First Population Decline Since 1920

Japan’s population declined between 2010 and 2015, marking the nation’s first net loss since the first census was taken in 1920, The Japan Times reported. Japan’s population stood at 127,094,745 as of Oct. 1, 2015, the final results of the census showed Wednesday, down 0.8 percent from the previous census five years earlier. Of the total population, including non-Japanese

Russia President Vladmir Poutine joint press conference with Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras

Greek TV License Law Declared Unconstitutional By Greek Court

Senior Greek judges declared that the auction of TV licenses performed by the left-led government back in September was flawed on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The Council of State ruled that the auction process was

An aerial view of Minato, Japan, a week after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area.

Japanese Court Awards $13.67 Million To Families Of Children Killed In Tsunami

A Japanese court has awarded millions of dollars in damages to the families of 23 schoolchildren who died in the March 2011 tsunami, after their teachers failed to evacuate them to safe ground, even as loudspeakers urged residents to flee, The Guardian reports. A total of 74 children and 10 teachers died at Okawa primary school in the city of Ishinomaki, one of the most

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VIDEO: Racists Anonymous Begins To Catch On Across United States

While the issue of racism gains more coverage in the U.S., some are forming groups to help discuss matters in their local communities using a known approach through Racists Anonymous, according to CBS News. Using usually unspeakable conversation topics, the groups hope to get participants to be more aware of their own biases and abolish racism in their own communities by first

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Population of Vertebrate Animals Fell 58% From 1970-2012

The population of vertebrate animals fell by more than half in the 42-year period between 1970 and 2012, the World Wildlife Fund said in its biannual Living Planet report. ...

A BQM-74E drone is launched with jet assisted takeoff packs from the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) for an air gunnery exercise.

Two Senior al-Qaeda Fighters Targeted Via Drone in Afghanistan By US

The Pentagon made an announcement on Wednesday detailing how they conducted strikes in Afghanistan against two senior al-Qaeda figures, according to The Washington Post. The targets were Farouq al-Qatani, whose real name is Nayf Salam Mohammed Ujaym al-Hababi, is a veteran jihadist who was in charge of the operations in eastern Afghanistan named a "specially designated global

Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces advance toward Islamic State positions in the village of Tob Zawa, about 9 kilometers (5½ miles) from Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016.

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Offensive on ISIS base Raqqa will be harder than Mosul: U.S. general

Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend also said American intelligence has detected indistinct signs of ISIS plotting against the West from Raqqa ...

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Kashmir a matter for India, Pak to sort out: British PM Theresa May

--> Thu, 27 Oct 2016-09:40am , PTI British Prime Minister Theresa May said, "The issue of Kashmir is a matter for India and Pakistan to deal with and sort out." British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that the UK's stand on Kashmir remains unchanged and it is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan to

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Afghan girl from iconic National Geographic cover arrested in Pakistan

--> Thu, 27 Oct 2016-09:34am , Peshawar , PTI If convicted, Sharbat Gula, who was depicted on the cover of the magazine in 1984, could face 14 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Sharbat Gula, the famed green-eyed Afghan girl who was immortalised in 1985 when the National Geographic magazine published her haunting picture on its cover, was arrested on Wednesday for staying in

Migrants and refugees fleeing Libya are assisted by members of a Spanish NGO, during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 25 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

More than 90 migrants believed missing after boat sinks off Libya: coastguard

TRIPOLI: More than 90 migrants are believed missing after their boat sank off the coast of western Libya on Wednesday, a coastguard spokesman said. Ayoub Qassem said coastguards had rescued 29 migrants some 26 miles off the shore east of Tripoli, and that survivors said 126

A Warrior armoured vehicle. The 850-strong Black Watch battle group is settling back into its Basra base ahead of the troops´ anticipated return to the UK in time for Christma

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Britain to send hundreds more troops close to Russia border in largest deployment since Cold War

Britain will send hundreds more troops close to Russia's border, the Government has said, as the Prime Minister also called for "pressure" on Moscow over the Syria crisis.Around 800 soldiers along with tanks, armoured vehicles and... ...

In this image taken off the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 and released by Xinhua News Agency, two Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, left and Chen Dong salute in the space lab Tiangong 2.

China's space lab searches for strongest blasts in universe

BEIJING: A square-shaped probe dubbed as "Little Bee" and placed atop China's second space lab currently orbiting the Earth is searching for gamma-ray bursts, the strongest explosions in the universe. The formal name of the probe, placed on Tiangong-2, is POLAR (an abbreviation of Polarimetry of Gamma-ray Bursts), state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Tiangong-2,

File - A U.S. soldier provides security and scans the area through a mud wall as Czech and Afghan soldiers conduct a mission through a village in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2015.

Afghanistan is the dirty little secret of the US presidential campaign

Fight against Taliban is now America’s longest war but has been all but ignored by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

A migrant is followed by French police officers as he leaves the makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.

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Calais 'Jungle': Aid groups warn of children with nowhere to go

Calais, France (CNN)Aid groups raised serious concerns Thursday over the plight of unaccompanied children left without shelter overnight at a migrant camp in Calais that French authorities have declared closed. Officials had processed and bussed at least 4,400 migrants out of Calais to other parts of the country as of Wednesday. They had vowed to resettle all of the migrants

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, signs the Paris Agreement.

Impasse Broken, EU-Canada CETA Agreement Sailing Toward European Union Passage

An impasse holding up a landmark free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada has been broken and an agreement could be signed within days after the Belgian government overcame issues troubling its regional authorities on Thursday, The Associated Press reported. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said his national government had reached a deal with the holdout

File - A young girl stands in Maluku transit camp, where DRC citizens recently deported from Brazaville wait to be reunited with their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 23rd of May 2014.

Why You Can’t Call Congo a Failed State

Mention the Democratic Republic of Congo, and you’re likely to hear it called it a “failed state.” Almost every service that a government is supposed to provide is barely functioning: average Congolese citizens earn less than they did in the 1970s in real prices, and Congolese suffer from abysmal security, health care and education. About in conflict during

Shah Mehmood Qureshi (centre)- Pakistan-Politics

India Expels Pakistani Diplomat Alleging Espionage Activities

A Pakistani diplomat has until Oct. 29 to leave the country after Indian authorities briefly detained him for involvement in alleged espionage activities, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday. According to The Associated Press, India informed Pakistan’s high commissioner – the top Pakistani diplomat in the country – staff member Mehmood Akhtar was involved in the incident

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Broward College in Coconut Creek, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016.

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Early Voting: More Good Signs for Clinton in Key States

The millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for Hillary Clinton in critical battleground states, as well as signs of strength in traditionally Republican territory. The strong early-voting turnout by those likely to support Clinton — registered Democrats, minorities, and young people among others — could leave Donald

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2015 file photo, a Apple iPhone 6S is displayed at an Apple store on Chicago.

Apple iPhone Sales Fall But Beat Estimates; Shares; Stock Price Slips

Apple Inc posted its third quarter in a row of declining iPhone sales on Tuesday, but beat Wall Street targets for its flagship product and forecast higher-than-expected revenue for the critical holiday shopping season, Reuters reports. Shares of the world's most valuable publicly traded company fell 2.6 percent to $115.10 in after-hours trading. Apple executives said demand

Global Mass Extinction Has Wiped Out 60 Percent of World's Wildlife

Mike Pence and Staff Have Scary Runway Skid In NYC

Clashes as Police Remove Pipeline Protesters From Camp

Jury Acquits Oregon Standoff Bundy Family of Federal Charges

VIDEO: Suspect Arrested Over Donald Trump Hollywood Star Vandalism

Lucky Lottery Winners Laughing All The Way To The Bank

Mysterious UFO Spotted Over Siberia Leaves Experts Baffled

[VIDEO]: Texas College Student In Trouble After Topless Selfie, Striking Police Car