NAIROBI, Kenya — For the first time, Britain’s government has agreed to pay out millions in pounds to Kenyans to settle a civil lawsuit after its military forces had their legal immunity in Kenya lifted. The payout of 2.9 million British pounds ($3.9 million) to settle damages for a wildfire accidentally started by British soldiers…
Life is fragile and dangerous for Christians living in the northern and Middle Belt regions of Nigeria. They face violence that often leads to death, the destruction of their homes, villages, and places of worship. Ultimately, they are forced to flee from the danger, which creates mass displacement for tens of thousands. It is a…
WASHINGTON — Behind a White House effort to saddle President Trump’s political foes with accusations of mortgage fraud is a 37-year-old home construction executive with a deep partisan past. Bill Pulte, a Florida native, rose in Trump’s orbit toward the end of his first term. After courting Trump for years on social media and through generous donations,…
LA PAZ, Bolivia — LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga was once seen as a sideshow in Bolivia’s presidential races, his pleas for free markets and small government falling on deaf ears in a country dominated by budget-busting populism. Now, after three failed presidential bids, the collapse of Bolivia’s long-ruling leftist party and…
Nurse Mirna treats a young child in a tent in Gaza (Image: Arete/British Red Cross) Medics working for the Palestine Red Crescent Society have shared harrowing accounts of their daily efforts to provide healthcare in a war zone where “everything is lacking”. Nurse Mirna Kalab and Dr Iman Moein Abu Ward, both 28, have been…
On Aug. 13, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration corralled 26 narcotraffickers onto planes destined for the United States, where they will be prosecuted for a litany of drug and violent offenses. One was wanted in the killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy nearly two decades ago. This wasn’t the first prisoner transfer from…