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The owner of the Tennessee factory where workers drowned after Hurricane Helene won't face charges

New Delhi, July 19 -- The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won't face charges after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found no criminal wrongdoin... Read More


Sudan's humanitarian crisis worsens amid escalating violence in Kordofan and Darfur

New Delhi, July 19 -- Fighting in Sudan's Kordofan region that has killed hundreds and ongoing violence in Darfur - the epicenters of the country's conflict - have worsened Sudan's humanitarian crisis... Read More


Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

New Delhi, July 19 -- The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Tru... Read More


Iraq makes 'decisive findings' about drone attacks without identifying who targeted its bases

New Delhi, July 19 -- Drones used to attack military bases in Iraq during the recent Israel-Iran war were manufactured outside Iraq but were launched inside its territory, according to the "decisive f... Read More


Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

New Delhi, July 19 -- Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and wounded 10, includi... Read More


Cambodia continues raids on scam centers, bringing arrests in past 3 weeks over 2,100

New Delhi, July 19 -- Authorities in Cambodia continued their stepped-up campaign against online scam centers, arresting at least 500 suspects in two provinces on Thursday and Friday, the country's in... Read More


Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

New Delhi, July 19 -- President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tu... Read More


Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival opens after main stage was destroyed by fire

New Delhi, July 19 -- Fans roared in excitement and organizers sighed with relief as the Tomorrowland music festival kicked off Friday - two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw... Read More


The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history

New Delhi, July 19 -- The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. Most Dru... Read More


South African cooks join forces to make 67,000 liters of soup to fight hunger on Mandela Day

New Delhi, July 19 -- Dozens of South African chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students joined forces Friday in Johannesburg to make 67,000 liters (17,700 gallons) of soup to feed the hu... Read More