Rohingya sue Facebook for $150B, alleging role in violence
LONDON—Rohingya refugees sued social network powerhouse Facebook for more than $150 billion, accusing it of failing to stop hate speech that incited violence against...
Burkina Faso’s prime minister resigns amid security crisis
Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Christophe Dabire has resigned amid a security crisis and protests calling for a government reshuffle. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore accepted Dabire’s...
UN delays action on Myanmar and Afghanistan’s bid for seats
UNITED NATIONS—The UN General Assembly approved a resolution Dec. 6 delaying action on requests by Myanmar’s military junta and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to take...
UK alcohol deaths hit new record
The UK has seen its highest yearly increase in the number of deaths directly related to alcohol consumption, new government figures show, with the...
U.S. military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world
The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried—about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. And so, block by block,...
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...