It is a world-stage confirmation that the US government now lacks the interest, competence, and capacity to launch a global response to disaster.

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The official death toll from Myanmar’s earthquake disaster has surpassed 3,600, with more than 5,000 people injured and 160 still missing, as international rescue efforts wind down amid a relief ...

IRAQ: An axe-wielding man attacked an annual parade of Assyrian Christians in the Kurdish-run northern Iraq city of Dohuk, injuring three people while reportedly shouting “the Islamic State remains”.