A podcast explores the parts of the US being ignored as the nation tries to ramp up degree completion.

Congressional Republicans’ collective sigh of relief after passing tax legislation may seem confusing. Won’t voters hold them accountable in 2018 for passing such an historically unpopular bill? The answer is “no,” for several reasons.

Strongmen fear losing power—and their lives.

More than 20 journalists have been killed in the last 15 years. Lack of information is the key reason for the culture of impunity.

The UN Secretary-General has called for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen and the resumption of all commercial imports to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in the country.  The warring parties should stop all ground and air assaults because “millions of children, women and men risk mass hunger, disease and death”, he said. 

Former air force chief and government minister Ahmed Shafik seen as strongest potential challenger for President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in 2018 poll.

It's possible South Dakota's public utilities commission could revoke the pipeline's permit.

The US and South Korea have begun their largest-ever combined aerial drills, days after the North fired its latest ICBM. Pyongyang has labelled the drills an 'all-out provocation' and accused the US of 'begging for war'.