Greece: Protests over teenager’s shooting in police chase
THESSALONIKI, Greece—Clashes broke out Dec. 6 at a police station outside Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki as residents of a nearby Roma settlement protested...
Venezuela’s Maduro calls for ‘complete lifting’ of oil sanctions
Venezuela’s president has called on the U.S. to fully lift its sanctions on the country’s oil sector, saying the easing of an oil embargo on his...
2023 will be challenging, but it will also be a better year
Cuba’s Council of Ministers holds November meeting First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, presided...
Minority communities in France faced surge in police fines during pandemic: Report
Police in France fined minority communities more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic than the majority community, a new report has revealed, confirming discriminatory practices...
Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta Stone
CAIRO—The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on...
Numbers forced to flee passes 100 million; many displaced for decades: UNDP
Humanitarian aid alone cannot overcome record levels of internal displacement globally, the UN Development Program (UNDP) said in a report published on November 28,...
Israeli-Palestinian conflict nearing ‘boiling point’, UN envoy warns
Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians “is again reaching a boiling point,” the UN Middle East envoy told the Security Council on Nov. 28, warning...
UK army to take wheel as ambulance drivers, healthcare workers plan to strike
Reports say British troops will be brought in to drive ambulances and fill hospital roles as thousands of health workers plan to go on strike...
Progress of West African nations must be forged through cooperative economics
Last month Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja, called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to remove what...
Sudan’s military regime wants U.S. support for stability, but at what cost?
Sudan is geo-strategically important to the United States’ interests in both Africa and the Middle East. The country’s military rulers are the October 2021...