West Africa Does Not Need Your Donations to Fight Ebola
A few days ago, Google announced that it will donate $2 for every $1 people donate to nonprofits such as Médecins Sans Frontières and Save the Children in the fight against Ebola. As well-intentioned...
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Did This Porpoise REALLY Die From Too Much Sex?
Did the media deceive us on porpoise? Headlines from multiple British news outlets late last week stated that a porpoise found dead in an English alleyway died from “too much sex.” If that sounds too...
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Mohamed Nasheed: 'There's Nothing More Conservative Than Conserving The Planet'
For Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives, stopping carbon emissions and adapting to climate change is a necessity. The Maldives sit at an average height of four feet above sea level,...
View ArticleHarold Hamm's Ex-Wife Says $1 Billion Divorce Settlement Is Not Enough
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The ex-wife of multibillionaire energy tycoon Harold Hamm plans to appeal a court ruling that awarded her nearly $1 billion in a divorce settlement, according to her attorney. An...
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Trapped in South Sudan's Civil War
Nearly 50,000 people fleeing violence live in appalling living conditions in the UN base in Bentiu. Photo: Peter Biro / IRC. Bentiu Camp, South Sudan -- "This is a prison," says Peter Malek, pointing...
View ArticleNew York Sikh Student, Iknoor Singh, Sues Army For Barring Him From ROTC
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Sikh college student has sued the Army, saying he cannot join the Reserve Officer Training Corps unless he violates his religious beliefs by removing his turban, shaving and...
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Some Of Colombia's Best Music Is In New York, And This Festival Is Proof
NEW YORK -- The city’s largest Colombian music festival returns on Saturday, where it will honor the work of composer and performer Pablo Mayor on his 50th birthday. Unlike previous years, the...
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France Now Allows Toilets In Kitchens And Living Rooms
French kitchens may soon be going into the toilet, thanks to a new law that allows toilets to be installed in the kitchens. The government's Minister of Housing and Minister of Ecology recently...
View Article'Rosewater' Subject Details The 'Worst Kind Psychological Torture' One Can...
Few will likely ever comprehend the horrors of the Iranian prison system. For journalist Maziar Bahari, this was his reality for 118 days. In 2009, Bahari had been covering the Iranian election for...
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Why The Holy Site At The Heart Of Jerusalem Clashes Is So Contentious
The Jerusalem site known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, is not large -- less than three times the size of New York's Liberty Island....
View ArticleKobane: Hunger Strikes and Air Strikes
Moustafa Mohamad has been consuming nothing but Gatorade for more than two weeks as he stands at the traffic overpass at Dupont Circle and tries to get the attention of passersby, the news media, and...
View ArticleOn the Tragic Deaths and Injuries Sustained by Women in the Indian State of...
Tewodros Melesse, Director-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and I are deeply saddened by the reports of the tragic deaths and injuries sustained by women undergoing...
View ArticleI Married an American: This Is What I Get
When I met my husband in Suva, Fiji, seven years ago, I did not realize that the day would mark the end of my open admiration of Shania Twain, obsession over corned beef or giving freely without...
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Children Are Dying From Measles At An Alarming Rate: Report
The number of measles deaths in children skyrocketed last year largely because of funding cuts for relatively affordable vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday. According...
View Article'No Control' Documentary Explores Layered Absurdity Of The Gun Control Debate
In "No Control," an arresting documentary debuting at DOC NYC, director Jessica Solce aims her camera at a contentious debate roaring in America. Solce explores the murky waters of gun rights, giving...
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Doctor Pulls Hundreds Of Maggots From Patient's Ear (VIDEO)
No matter how bad your day might be, it can't be as bad as the young man who had to have hundreds of maggots removed from his ear -- with tweezers. Last May, an unidentified patient approached Dr....
View ArticleG20 Leaders Must Turn the Tide on Inequality and Climate Change
The two great challenges of our time -- inequality and climate change -- are threatening to undermine the efforts of millions of people to escape poverty and hunger. By concentrating wealth and power...
View ArticleEx-Navy SEAL Makes No Apologies For Going Public About Bin Laden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, who says he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden, played a role in some of the most consequential combat missions of the post-9/11 era,...
View ArticlePutin Under Fire Over Ukraine At G-20 Summit
By Alexei Anishchuk and Jane Wardell BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to...
View ArticleArab Americans Getting Ready for 2016
Next week, Arab American leaders and activists from a dozen key electoral states will convene in Washington to map out a political strategy for 2016. Despite the very real challenges facing the leaders...
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