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MARIB, Yemen - At a wind-swept camp for those displaced by Yemen’s war, a young Yemeni woman named Leemi, who supports her child and eight others, gratefully accepted aid from Saudi Arabia. That...

HERAT, Afghanistan - A group of young Afghan women in the deeply conservative western Herat province is breaking traditional barriers as their war-torn country’s first female coders in an overwh...

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. - A great white shark named George has been spotted lingering off the Florida coast near the Everglades and Gulf of Mexico. News outlets cite shark-tracking organization OCEARCH ...

SAO PAULO - For Dayana Barros, Carnival always meant leaving Sao Paulo for the northeastern Brazilian city of Salvador, where she participated in its famous street parties throughout her childhood. Bu...

WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s president on Tuesday signed legislation that outlaws blaming Poland as a nation for Holocaust crimes committed by Nazi Germany, defying both criticism from Israel and a...

ATLANTA - Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Georgia gathered inside the state capitol on Tuesday, offering cookies and smiles as they sought to convince lawmakers to get their founder’s name a...

BEIRUT - Russian and Syrian government forces launched a new wave of airstrikes on Tuesday, killing at least 45 civilians in a besieged area just outside of Syria’s capital, Damascus, according ...

Drayton Valley’s second seasonal parking ban of the winter remains in effect Tuesday morning. The ban is in response to recent snowfall over the weekend. Town crews have been out since Sunday mo...

PONOKA- Three people have been charged with multiple offences after a weekend crime spree. On February 3, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Ponoka RCMP were called to a theft at a liquor store. A suspect en...

Hong Kong’s highest court on Tuesday overturned prison sentences for three young pro-democracy activists convicted for their roles in kicking off 2014’s “Umbrella Movement” pro...