Un Says Eating Insects Will Solve World Hunger, Global Warming, Pollution, And Create Jobs

A court in central Vietnam sentenced an activist to 20 years in prison Thursday after finding him guilty of attempting to overthrow the Communist government, his lawyer said, in a case decried by international rights groups.

Malaysian judge finds evidence of "well-planned conspiracy" against Kim Jong Nam, extends murder trial to next phase

New gov't has vowed to take away concession from holding company that controls affected highway, before cause of disaster is proven

(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Gunmen besieged a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence service in Kabul on Thursday, police said, as the city’s Shiite residents held funeral services for the victims of a horrific suicide bombing the previous day that left 34 dead. Police officer Abdul Rahman told The Associated Press from the location of the morning siege in a northwestern neighborhood of Kabul that the gunmen were holed up in a partially constructed building near the compound from where they were opening fire. The shooting — which underscored the near-daily, persistent threats in war-battered Afghanistan — was sporadic and it wasn’t immediately clear how many gunmen are involved in the assault.

One of the world's largest urban forests is under threat from a tiny beetle.

The U. S. and Turkey remained locked in a stalemate that has jolted global markets, as the White House said new tariffs on Turkish goods would remain and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received a financial lifeline from Qatar that should buy him time in the standoff. The Trump administration said Wednesday that Erdogan’s imposition of retaliatory tariffs against the U.