19+ hour, 49+ min ago   (329+ words) Exit polls from public broadcaster SVT had initially shown the left-wing parties ahead by several percentage points but with two-thirds of the actual vote counted, the two blocs were nearly dead even. The exit polls set off jubilation at the…...

20+ hour, 58+ min ago   (692+ words) The attack, which the reports said killed one and wounded four, drew attention back to the strait after threats to shipping in the region intensified last week when Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago   (921+ words) The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast after conceding a “painful” defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (566+ words) At least 108 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded around the vessel’s last known position. The ferry, with more than 240 people on board, was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (553+ words) Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is seeking a second four-year term at the helm of the European Union nation that is also NATO’s newest member. Meanwhile, his predecessor hopes to win the job back. Experts say the campaign has been fragmented…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (918+ words) The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag means her country is trying to take full advantage of the abundant raw material produced in Benin. For her, there is also the opportunity to support more women in her community…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1080+ words) Iraq said attacks on a key Saudi oil pipeline were launched from its territory, as U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to blame Iran. Meanwhile, the number of displaced people in Yemen is rising quickly after a swift advance by Iran-backed Houthi…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (402+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The local Muslim community is doing its part to combat Islamophobia a quarter of a century after 9/11. MORE: Events honoring 9/11 victims: Blood drive and vigil on Thursday, ceremonies on Friday Every year since 9/11, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts blood…...

4+ day, 49+ min ago   (836+ words) Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (551+ words) August’s sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States to swelter through the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer scientists have measured. Last month the world averaged 62.53 degrees Fahrenheit (16.96 degrees Celsius), which technically was one-hundredth of a degree Celsius more…...