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Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for Afghanistan

New Delhi, May 26 -- When landlocked Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan started fighting late last year and their border crossings closed, Afghans turned to their western neighbor, Iran, for an alte... Read More


Attacks from suspicious residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola

New Delhi, May 26 -- Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspected cases near 1,000, she faces a d... Read More


Peru's Catholic Church holds a symbolic ceremony in apology for Indigenous land dispossession

New Delhi, May 25 -- After years of allegations of land dispossession by a now-dissolved Catholic group, the highest ecclesiastical authorities in the Andean country on Saturday held a symbolic repara... Read More


Muslims begin the annual Hajj in sweltering heat against a backdrop of war concerns

New Delhi, May 25 -- The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday. More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the country, Saleh... Read More


Dangers from damaged California chemical tank persist. Here's what to know

New Delhi, May 25 -- Authorities scrambled to find a safe resolution as a damaged tank at a Southern California aerospace facility containing a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts prompted a... Read More


Southern California officials trying to prevent explosion or leak from damaged chemical tank

New Delhi, May 25 -- A damaged chemical tank in Southern California cracked over the weekend, which authorities were hopeful would relieve pressure and reduce the risk of an explosion. Some 50,000 re... Read More


Venezuela's Machado vows another run for presidency and eyes return from exile before end of 2026

New Delhi, May 25 -- Venezuela's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado announced Saturday that she plans to run for president again and intends to return to her home country before the end o... Read More


Box Office: 'Mandalorian and Grogu' tops charts and 'Obsession' grows in second weekend

New Delhi, May 25 -- After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates... Read More


A second Ebola treatment center is set ablaze in eastern Congo, with 18 suspected cases fleeing

New Delhi, May 25 -- Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for th... Read More


The shrinking snowfall on Greece's mountains is provoking anxiety and altering the economy

New Delhi, May 25 -- As a child, Giannis Stathas remembers being snowed in for days at a time in Arachova, a village famous for its ski resort and long known as a winter playground for Greeks. "We co... Read More