UK’s Liz Truss quits after turmoil obliterated her authority
LONDON—British Prime Minister Liz Truss quit on October 20—bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and...
Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Rising inflation and the Ukraine war have triggered a 19 percent increase in child poverty across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a...
Academics in Canada face harassment, suppression for pro-Palestinian speech
A new report shows academics, students and activists have been facing harassment, intimidation, repression and reprisals across Canada for their pro-Palestinian views. While the new...
Mali vows to defend nation against French intrusions and meddling
Mali’s foreign minister has slammed France’s continued attempts to undermine the sovereignty and national security of his country, pledging that Bamako is resolved to...
The Gambia says child deaths linked to Indian cough syrup have risen to 70
The Gambia says the number of children who died of acute kidney damage thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups has increased to 70. President Adama...
Upheaval in Iran is from internal problems but is inflamed by outside meddling
For over one-month anti-government protests swept through the streets of the Islamic Republic of Iran sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman...
There is no peace among the nations of the Earth
“For behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:...
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...