Costa Rica tightens overwhelmed asylum system
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—Costa Rica, one of the world’s great refuges for people fleeing persecution, is tightening its generous asylum policies in the face...
More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen conflict: UNICEF
More than 11,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Yemen—an average of four a day since fighting escalated...
Lusaka demands probe of Zambian student killed on battlefield in the Ukraine
(GIN)—Zambian officials are seeking an explanation of the death of Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda, a former student of nuclear engineering in Moscow, who died in September fighting...
100,000 British nurses begin first-ever strike amid dispute over pay
Around 100,000 nurses went on strike in their first-ever national walkout as the government has ruled out negotiation over a pay rise. The strike, which has...
Some observers wary of the deal between Sudan’s military and civilian political parties
Knee-deep in Sudanese political formulations is how I’m defining my 2021-2022. While I’m writing this, my wife Zakia who is from Sudan, is appearing...
African groups discuss goals ahead of U.S.-Africa summit
A collective of organizations met days ahead of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit to discuss several pressing crises on the African continent that they said...
Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests
BERLIN—German police seized dozens of people including a self-styled prince, a retired paratrooper and a former judge on Dec. 7, accusing the suspects of...
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...