QUANDARY IN SOUTH SUDAN SHOULD IT LOSE ITS HARD-WON INDEPENDENCE

Of all the quixotic rebel armies fighting for freedom in Africa, the South Sudanese actually won... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN REJECTS 4,000 ADDITIONAL UN PEACEKEEPERS

South Sudan has announced it will no longer accept the deployment of an additional 4,000 United Nations peacekeepers, saying the security situation in the county has improved... READ MORE›

HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY GAMBLING PROBLEMS?

Up to 1 percent of the adult population are believed to have a gambling problem... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN ACCEPTS UN PEACEKEEPERS WITH NO CONDITIONS

JUBA, South Sudan AP -- South Sudan's government has accepted with no conditions increase the peacekeeping force in the country as mandated by the U.N... READ MORE›

U.S. SEEKS SANCTIONS ON SOUTH SUDAN REBEL LEADER, ARMY CHIEF

The Security Council has already imposed sanctions on six South Sudanese commanders three from the government and three from the opposition... READ MORE›

THE SARTO SETA REVIEW: A FRAME PRETTY CLOSE TO PERFECTION

The Sarto Seta is that in a bike, and the sartorial comparison is totally appropriate... READ MORE›

U.S., IN SHIFT, BACKS ARMS EMBARGO FOR SOUTH SUDAN AS GENOCIDE RISK RISES

The United States helped South Sudan gain independence from Sudan in 2011, after decades of war... READ MORE›

WORLD SERIES OF POKER CHAMPION TO BE CROWNED, WIN $8 MILLION

The 47th annual World Series of Poker returned to the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino with the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event... READ MORE›

NASTY FIGHT ERUPTS OVER LIFE-CHANGING WORLD SERIES OF POKER HAND

Deep into the tournament with the final table in sight, Benger -- holding pocket aces -- raised Kassouf to 5.6 million in chips... READ MORE›

POPE FRANCIS: THE WORLD IS NEAR 'SUICIDE' ON CLIMATE CHANGE; 'IT'S NOW OR NEVER'

Environmental negotiators meeting in Paris should strike a climate change deal to save a world at the limits of suicide, Pope Francis said on Monday... READ MORE›

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY

MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›

POLLS SUGGEST ICELAND'S PIRATE PARTY MAY FORM NEXT GOVERNMENT

Onnudottir said she could "very easily see" the party winning 20-25% of the vote... READ MORE›

SYRIAN CHILDREN HOLD POKA(C)MON PHOTOS PRAYING 'WORLD WILL FIND THEM'A

Meanwhile, these Syrian refugees have joined volunteers helping to feed homeless US war veterans... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN SPENDS BUDGET ON FIGHTING AS PEOPLE STARVE

South Sudan spends budget on fighting as people starve... READ MORE›

PLAYING POKEMON GO IS BECOMING DANGEROUS

LOS ANGELES -- Beware Pokemon Go, a new smartphone game based on cute Nintendo characters like Squirtle and Pikachu, can be harmful to your health... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN 'BACK TO WAR', SAYS VP RIEK MACHAR'S SPOKESMAN

Forces loyal to Vice-President Riek Machar say government troops attacked their positions in the capital, Juba... READ MORE›

AS THE WORLD'S NEWEST COUNTRY SLIPPED INTO CHAOS, ITS LEADERS STOLE MILLIONS, REPORT SAYS

The United States is by far and away the largest contributor of foreign aid to the South Sudanese government... READ MORE›

THERE'S A POKEMON IN MY RESTAURANT, AND BUSINESS IS BOOMING

The amount of people has been astonishing, said Tom Lattanzio, the owner of L'inizio Pizza Bar in Long Island City, Queens... READ MORE›

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States may have midwifed the birth of South Sudan, the world's youngest nation... READ MORE›

GEORGE CLOONEY-BACKED REPORT: SOUTH SUDAN PRESIDENT PROFITS FROM CIVIL WAR

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, but plunged into conflict soon after Kiir fired Machar as vice-president in 2013... READ MORE›

'WOMEN ARE UNDER A LOT OF DOMESTIC PRESSURE'

100 Women Live The pressures on women across the world... READ MORE›

BITS SPECIAL SECTION INGRESS HAS THE WORLD AS ITS GAME BOARD

Last year, Google spun out the development team into a separate company called Niantic... READ MORE›

IN SOUTH SUDAN CITY OF HOPE IS NOW CITY OF FEAR

There's massive access constraints, roadblocks everywhere, widespread extortion, said Jonathan Veitch, head of Unicef's South Sudan office... READ MORE›

SYRIA CIVIL WAR: AIR STRIKES HIT ALEPPO HOSPITALS

Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith, reporting from Gazientep along the Turkey-Syria border, said that several of the hospitals hit are still able to function... READ MORE›

POKEMON GO FINALLY LAUNCHES IN JAPAN

Nintendo's Pokemon Go has finally launched in Japan, the birthplace of the little virtual monsters... READ MORE›

POPE URGES KENYANS TO END TRIBALISM AND CORRUPTION

Pope Francis urges Kenyans to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism by asking a stadium of people to hold hands... READ MORE›

THE PUSSY RIOT-INSPIRED RUSSIAN LAW THAT GOT A POKEMON GO PLAYER ARRESTED

Screen grab via YouTube Sokolovsky Ruslan Sokolovsky is an irreverent 21-year-old Russian video blogger in Yekaterinburg, in the steppes about 800 miles east of Moscow... READ MORE›

THE WORLD'S NEWEST COUNTRY IS TOO BROKE TO CELEBRATE ITS INDEPENDENCE DAY

After years of fighting that saw tens of thousands killed and over 2 million displaced, South Sudan's government signed a peace deal with rebels last year... READ MORE›

WE NEED NEW LEADERS: WOMEN OF SOUTH SUDAN'S BENTIU CAMP SPEAK

I cannot help my children because South Sudan is at war and in a mess... READ MORE›

OBAMA AND AFRICAN LEADERS TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS IN SOUTH SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR

US president and top officials from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan to consider a??plan Ba?? to address conflict, including possible arms embargo... READ MORE›

WHEN WILL POKEMON GO RELEASE GLOBALLY?

His former employer, marketing company 99.co recognized that fellow Singaporeans found the tweet insulting, and in a statement confirmed that the Pokemon trainer had been fired... READ MORE›

GUNMEN KILL SCORES IN WESTERN ETHIOPIA OFFICIAL SAYS

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Gunmen have killed more than 140 civilians near Ethiopia's western border with South Sudan, an Ethiopian official said on Saturday... READ MORE›

TECH FIRMS ON ALERT AS U.S. TOP COURT TAKES UP CLASS ACTION CASE

To close the door on non-injury class actions, said Jason Matthes, Spokeo's general counsel... READ MORE›

WASHINGTON STATE NAACP CHAPTER LEADER INVESTIGATED OVER RACIAL IDENTITY

NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal is enduring a legal issue with her family, and we respect her privacy in this matter, the NAACP said... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN: WORLD'S NEWEST NATION 'NEEDS INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT'

Divisions are also apparent among South Sudan's neighbours, notably between Uganda, which backs Kiir, and President Omar al-Bashir's Sudan, the SPLM's old enemy... READ MORE›

AMID FRENZY, POKEMON GO LEADS TO ROBBERIES AND INJURIES

Police in O'Fallon, a suburb of St. Louis, said they arrested the four teens on Sunday after a robbery victim called police from a convenience store... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA MAYOR CHARGED IN YOUTH CAMP STRIP POKER SCANDAL

Silva was elected mayor of Stockton, a city of about 300,000 east of San Francisco, in November 2012, months after the municipality filed for bankruptcy... READ MORE›

TOYKO'S SURREAL AND SHADOWY WORLD OF POKEMON GO AFTER DARK

Dim colorful street lamps illuminate hundreds of people otherwise cloaked by the darkness of one of Tokyo's public parks... READ MORE›

IN CHINA, FEARS THAT POKEMON GO MAY AID LOCATING MILITARY BASES

Not only is the game not on Chinese app stores, but Google services are blocked in China... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO COLLECT FUNDS FOR SYRIANS DISPLACED BY WAR

X Edition United States Saudi Arabia launches campaign to collect funds for Syrians displaced by w..... READ MORE›

ASSAD'S WIFE: I TURNED DOWN CHANCE TO 'RUN FROM SYRIA'

Syria's first lady - Al-Assad stands in the hull of a replica of a Phoenician ship being build on the Syrian island of Arwad, on July 19, 2008... READ MORE›

U.S., RUSSIA TRY SYRIA DIPLOMACY AS BOMBS RISK DEEPER RIFT

Kerry told reporters that participants in the talks were working very hard to help the people of Aleppo... READ MORE›

'COLLECTIVE MADNESS TAKING HOLD OF AMERICANS OVER RUSSIA'

The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has called for Russia and Syria to be investigated for alleged war crimes in Aleppo... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING ON US AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights SOHR, a UK-based group that has tracked casualties of the war, reported that about 80 Syrian soldiers were killed... READ MORE›

'SAUDI ARABIA STANDS ALONE IN DEMANDING SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S REMOVAL'

'Saudi Arabia stands alone in demanding Syrian president's removal' -- RT Op-Edge... READ MORE›

'WE RUN TOWARD THE SCREAMS': MEET THE ALEPPO RESCUE TEAM THAT SAVED 5-YEAR-OLD OMRAN

Khatib is a member of Syria's civil defense force, nicknamed the White Helmets... READ MORE›

IS POKEMON GO GOOD FOR THE WORLD? SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN ASK FOR HELP WITH PICTURES OF POKEMON MONSTERS

Syrian Refugee Children Ask For Help With Pictures Of Pokemon Monsters By On 07 21 16 AT 6 57 PM Close Wanna catch them all?... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN ARTILLERY DEPLOYED FOR ALEPPO OFFENSIVE AS SYRIA TALKS FALTER

The opposition official Mohammed Alloush said Syrian government forces must stop massacres and release thousands of prisoners before talks could resume... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA PREPARED TO SEND TROOPS TO SYRIA IF ASSAD WON'T LEAVE PEACEFULLY

Syrian Ceasefire Update Saudi Arabia Prepared To Send Troops To Syria If Assad Won't Leave Peacefully... READ MORE›

IRAN MOCKS SAUDI OFFER TO SEND GROUND TROOPS TO SYRIA

Even if they send troops, they would be definitely defeated ..... READ MORE›

U.S. ADDS NEARLY $1 BILLION TO SYRIAN AID AS CONFERENCE WEIGHS LONG-TERM NEEDS

U.S. adds nearly 1 billion to Syrian aid as conference weighs long-term needs... READ MORE›