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Jordan: Palestinian refugees struggle amid UNRWA funding cuts

Inside Jordan, Ali is a foreigner from the Gaza Strip. But outside, he is regarded as a Jordanian. “How?” the 35-year-old asks. “I’m stuck in between; not here, nor there.” Although he was born and raised in Jordan, Ali does not have Jordanian citizenship. His ID says he is a...

Typhoon leaves 19 dead, many homes roofless in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon left at least 19 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces and wrought widespread destruction mostly in the central Philippines, officials said Saturday. A governor said her island province has been “leveled to the...

Afghans push through snowy Alps toward new lives in Europe

When suicide attackers and gunmen massacred crowds flocking to Kabul's airport, they also severed the escape route that Ali Rezaie hoped would take him to a new life abroad, far from the Taliban and their suspicions of well-educated, middle-class people who worked with foreigners in Afghanistan....

An uncrowned king: Saudi's Prince Mohammed takes the reins

Riyadh (AFP) – From greeting foreign leaders to heading regional summits, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is taking over the reins from his elderly father and becoming Saudi Arabia's uncrowned king. With increased concerns over the nearly 86-year-old King Salman's health, Prince Mohammed,...