The second pre-COP27 climate summit takes Global-North nations to task
Environment ministers from nearly 50 countries gathered in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the second “pre-COP27” climate summit. The first pre-climate summit occurred...
Nicaragua cuts ties with Netherlands, bars U.S. envoy over meddling
Nicaragua has severed diplomatic ties with the Netherlands over “repeated meddling” by the Dutch government shortly after denying entry to the new U.S. ambassador...
Palestinian deaths toll in occupied West Bank stands at 100 this year as Israeli military escalates crackdown
A recent report has revealed that at least 100 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and East al-Quds this year, as tensions rise...
Libya’s Tripoli government signs economic deals with Turkey
BENGHAZI, Libya—One of Libya’s rival governments signed preliminary economic and maritime deals with Turkey, in a move that has inflamed tensions between it and...
Little progress combating systemic racism against people of African descent: UN report
More than two years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the United States sparked the global Black Lives Matter...
Several reported dead as two migrant boats sink in Greek waters
ATHENS, Greece—At least 15 people have died as two boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters late on October 5, and rescuers were looking...
Female African warriors and their brave fight against the African slave trade
The film “The Woman King,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring award-winning actress Viola Davis, though receiving much acclaim, has also been criticized for...
Mali’s prime minister hits out at ‘neocolonialist’ France in UN speech
Mali has censured France over its deteriorating security situation, accusing Paris of having stabbed the impoverished, though minerals-rich, Sahel country in the back with...
ECB head warns Europe’s economic outlook is ‘darkening’ amid soaring energy, food prices
The chief of the European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that the economic outlook for the continent “is darkening” and that business activity could...
‘The war on Syria has failed,’ Foreign Minister says in UN speech, denouncing the West’s hegemonic ambitions
The current chaotic state of the world—from wars to the spread of terrorism and climate-induced disasters—is the result of hegemonic, wealth-hoarding countries and their...