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Max Hudson,Oana MarocicoandSarah Buckley,BBC Eye InvestigationsShutterstockThe lack of strict regulation around the use of chemicals in water cannon is a problem she would like addressed: "It does lead me to consider as an experimental weapon. And populations should...

Kostas KoukoumakasThessaly, central GreeceAFP via Getty ImagesYet the situation now seems to be getting out of control.Members of the National Committee for the Management and Control of Sheep and Goat Pox recently told journalists that livestock farmers in different...

Meanwhile, the coming week could see President Donald Trump nominate a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and a special election in Tennessee could further narrow the GOP’s House majority.Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average fell 48 points...

President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was convicted of defrauding investors — the latest in a series of clemency actions Trump has taken in white-collar criminal cases.Gentile had reported to prison on Nov. 14, just...

Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order...

Aleem MaqboolReligion Editor, Travelling with the Pope, BeirutGetty ImagesThere are, of course, limits to the ambition of togetherness. In Turkey when the Pope wanted to bring together different Christian traditions to celebrate a time when they had all been...

The top vaccine chief at the Food and Drug Administration sent out a memo saying the FDA will seek a stricter review and approval protocol for vaccine trials. In the memo on Friday, Dr. Vinay Prasad claimed a new review of...

Sergey Brin gave away more than $1.1 billion worth of Alphabet Inc. stock this week, with most of the money going to a nonprofit the Google co-founder created.The donation was disclosed Friday in a regulatory filing, which didn’t specify who...

Barbara Plett UsherAfrica correspondent, Al-Dabbah, SudanEd Habershon / BBCMr Mohamed told the BBC that RSF foot soldiers were more brutal when their officers were not present, while Mr Adam dismissed what he described as attempts by the paramilitary group...

Three people were killed on Saturday when a catamaran they were aboard flipped over and ejected them into the Caloosahatchee River on Florida's Gulf Coast, authorities said.The tragedy unfolded around 4 p.m. local time near the Cape Coral Yacht...