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Now displaying: April, 2016
Apr 29, 2016

Colombia's constitutional court makes a historic ruling, China blocks U.S. Navy vessels from Hong Kong and a weasel shuts down the Hadron Collider.

Apr 29, 2016

A Syrian government airstrike on a pediatric hospital in Aleppo symbolizes Syria's steady return to all-out war after a February ceasefire.

Apr 28, 2016

Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea have launched more than 40 attacks this year, including an increasing number of kidnappings against international seamen.

Apr 26, 2016

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa weighs emergency measures to pay for a multi-billion dollar recovery effort, and the U.N. says more than 60 million are affected by the ongoing El NiƱo cycle.

Apr 25, 2016

Rodrigo Duterte is enraging his opponents and stirring up controversy, but he's sitting pretty in the polls.

Apr 23, 2016

The United States and more than 170 other countries sign on to the 2015 Paris climate change agreement during a New York ceremony.

Apr 22, 2016

The British group 'Republic' is marking Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday by repeating its call to abolish the monarchy and create a new, elected head of state.

Apr 21, 2016

Reformers had hoped a major UN General Summit would see meaningful progress made to ending the war on drugs.

Apr 20, 2016

South Sudan's unity government isn't uniting as planned, and Russians are now spending 50.1 percent of their income on groceries.

Apr 19, 2016

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vows to fight an impeachment push against her, and opposition groups back out of Syrian peace talks, citing a government military offensive.

Apr 15, 2016

Political pressure from Turkish President Recep Erdogan has convinced Angela Merkel to charge a German citizen for insulting the foreign leader in a satirical video.

Apr 14, 2016

A US Navy missile destroyer patrolling North of Poland has reported dozens of close Russian fly-bys in recent days.

Apr 13, 2016

As Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff faces impeachment, a leaked voice memo from her vice president is casting doubts on her political fortunes.

Apr 11, 2016

Warring parties in Yemen tentatively lower their weapons, but aid groups say much more is needed to remedy widespread civilian strife

Apr 8, 2016

Egypt and Saudi Arabia announce plans for a new bridge to connect them across the Red Sea and Pope Francis clarifies church doctrine on the family

Apr 7, 2016

Venezuela shortens its work week to cope with power outages, and Wikileaks says outlets reporting on the Panama Papers are being too respectful of the privacy of Mossack Fonseca's clients.

Apr 6, 2016

China ratchets up the pressure on North Korea, and Iceland and Brazil see leadership changes amid Panama Papers, corruption probes.

Apr 6, 2016

Ahead of a key U.N. summit on drugs, activists say China and Russia are pursuing the wrong strategies for fighting drug abuse, and forcing the rest of the world to accommodate them.

Apr 4, 2016

Fighting flares up between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Apr 1, 2016

A U.N.-backed Libyan government arrives in Tripoli to begin work, and Belgium plans to ask those moving to the country to sign a "newcomers agreement."

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