Calm waters lap the shore beneath stately coconut palms. Mango trees display their bounty alongside mangrove forests. Goats graze peacefully on hillsides. Ile à Vache is “the Caribbean’s last treasure island,” says Haiti’s Ministry of Tourism. Just 10.5 km off Haiti’s southwest coast, the 13 by 3. |
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Pope Francis' upcoming trip to South Korea will provide him with an unusual opportunity to speak directly to the Chinese leadership: His plane is due to fly through Chinese airspace, and Vatican protocol calls for the pope to send greetings to leaders of all the countries he flies over. |
A Brazilian husband and wife have discovered - live on the radio - that they were brother and sister. Both had searched for their mothers, who abandoned them as children, but it turned out they were looking for the same woman.
Adriana, 39, and her husband Leandro, 37, who did not want to share.... |
Faced with threat from a dreaded disease that has neither cure nor vaccine, panicking Nigerians are turning to salt water bath recommended by a Nigerian |
Pope Francis' coming trip to South Korea will provide an unusual opportunity to speak directly to the leadership in Beijing. His plane is due to fly through Chinese airspace, and Vatican protocol calls for the pope to send greetings to leaders of all the countries he flies over. |
Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing today after it was taken by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) on Wednesday night. |
The Israeli military has announced the withdrawal of all its ground forces to defensive positions outside of the Gaza Strip. Senior military officials declared that the aims of the conflict, to destroy militants' tunnels, had been achieved, and that Israeli forces would have left Gaza before the.... |
Julie Bishop has described the shelling of three United Nations schools sheltering civilians in Gaza as "indefensible", saying Australia wants a full investigation. On Tuesday, Israel said it would pull all of its ground forces out of Gaza before the beginning of a 72-hour ceasefire, which began at 3:00pm AEST. |
Israel and Palestinian militants are trading fire across the Gaza Strip, after Egyptian-mediated talks fail to extend a 72-hour truce. |
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says it is disappointing Russia has retaliated over Australian sanctions imposed over the crisis in Ukraine and she has promised to assist affected Australian farmers. Russia has announced a ban on most food imports from a range of Western nations, including Australia, in response to sanctions imposed on Moscow. |
Israel and Palestinian militants are trading fire across the Gaza Strip, after Egyptian-mediated talks fail to extend a 72-hour truce. |
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