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Jose Maria Balcazar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Peru's Congress late Wednesday elected legislator Jose Maria Balcazar as the country's eighth president in a decade, replacing another interim leader who was ousted the previous ... Read More


A Kenyan school like no other may be an African education blueprint

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- At a special school in Kenya, the classrooms look like few others. Instead of standing and lecturing at Rare Gem Talent School, teachers use hands-on lessons focused on sights, s... Read More


Drone strikes in Sudan's Kordofan region take a toll on civilians and aid operations

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- A surge in drone strikes in the Sudanese region of Kordofan has taken a growing toll on civilians and hampered aid operations, analysts and humanitarian workers said Wednesday, a... Read More


UK police band together to assess Epstein revelations as scandal rocks royals and politics

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- British police forces are working together to assess potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department's investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffr... Read More


Gabon suspends access to social media as critics accuse its leader of crackdown on dissent

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice, the authorities said as critics accuse the country's ... Read More


Inside the bribery plot that led to a DEA supervisor's downfall in the Dominican Republic

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The scheme began, investigators say, with a hushed message passed along by a music promoter in the Caribbean: Instead of the usual years-long wait to apply for permission to ente... Read More


Sierra Leone officials facilitated illegal mansion-building in a key national park

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Scores of illegal luxury mansions have been built in a national park that serves as an important environmental buffer for Sierra Leone 's capital and the government has done litt... Read More


8 backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California's Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation's deadliest in ... Read More


Alcoa pays Australian feds $36 million for 'unlawful' forest clearing

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Pittsburgh-based Alcoa will pay the Australian government a settlement the company put at $36 million for "unlawfully" clearing tracts of endangered forest without approvals betw... Read More


Somalia renews its US-backed fight against al-Shabab militant group. Here is why it matters

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- U.S.-backed airstrikes and recently expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in Somalia 's long-running war against al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group, the governme... Read More