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The United Nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen's Houthi rebels after they detained eight more U.N. staffers. In a statement Monday, the U.N. said the ...

President Trump on Sunday announced that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the one cent ...

Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa is likely to fall short of securing an outright majority in the country’s ...

The U.N. suspends humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen's Houthi rebels after more staffers are detained.

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Fr. Jens Petzold, a Swiss priest based in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, speaks to Vatican News about his work ...

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