Global Citizen’s Hugh Evans hoping music can mobilize world
Hugh Evans started his fight against extreme poverty by mobilizing his friends when he was growing up in Australia.
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Tunisian president vows new electoral code, transition team
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s president has announced plans to draft a new electoral code and appoint a transitional leadership — and to hang on...
Nerves on edge on Spanish island as quakes, lava threaten
EL PASO, Canary Islands — Several small earthquakes shook the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa in the early hours of Tuesday,...
Ships rescue 190 Europe-bound migrants off Libya
ABOARD THE GEO BARENTS — Two vessels rescued around 190 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the coast of Libya, charities operating the...
South African court OKs new deadline for election candidates
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s Constitutional Court threw a lifeline to the ruling African National Congress party on Monday by allowing the electoral commission to...
Lava from Spanish volcano heads toward sea; no injuries
LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain — Lava continued to flow slowly from a volcano that erupted in Spain’s Canary Islands off northwest Africa, but...
‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a health center last week, a...
‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a health center last week, a...
East Libya forces say 2 helicopters crashed, killing 2
CAIRO — Forces loyal to a powerful Libyan commander said two military planes crashed on Sunday in over a village in eastern Libya, killing...
Former Algerian leader Bouteflika buried with quiet honors
ALGIERS, Algeria — Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was laid to rest on Sunday in the martyrs section of the capital’s main cemetery, quietly...