UK panel asks govt to scrap plan to turn back migrant boats
LONDON—A UK parliamentary committee on Dec. 1 criticized government plans to deter migrants and refugees from trying to reach Britain in small boats, saying...
University of Cape Town students cited for innovated business
(GIN)—Three female students at the University of Cape Town won intervarsity recognition as top student entrepreneurs after a two-day national final in Johannesburg recently. Among...
Moroccans take to streets, call for end to Rabat’s normalization with Israel
Anger and resentment is brewing in Morocco against the butchers of the Palestinian children and those normalizing the savagery in the garb of lucrative military deals. Demonstrators...
Poverty and violence push 378,000 Central Americans North each year
For the past five years, poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence have pushed, on average, some 378,000 Central Americans a year into the...
UN Refugee Agency concerned about indigenous Venezuelans in Guyana
One meal a day, no shelter, and no drinking water are only some of the difficult living conditions that indigenous Warao families from Venezuela are facing in remote locations across...
U.S. removes Colombia’s FARC from terrorism list
The U.S. has removed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a former rebel group, from its list of terrorist organizations, five years after the...
In first U.S. labeled ‘backsliding’ democracy as global authoritarianism grows
A new report calls the rejection of the 2020 election results by many in the Republican Party as an ‘historic turning point’ for the...
At the top of U.S. official’s Africa agenda: Ethiopia, Sudan and concerns about China
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent Africa visit, which included Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal, appeared a lackluster response to U.S. President Biden’s talk...
Exclusive: IAEA chief hails ‘very constructive’ talks with Iran officials
The United Nations nuclear watchdog’s chief says he has held “very constructive” talks with Iranian officials as part of an ongoing visit to the...
Furor over Miss South Africa appearing in pageant in Israel
JOHANNESBURG—Controversy is swirling around the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, as the government has withdrawn its support for the event because of its plans...