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Migrant death toll increases on Atlantic route to Europe

MADRID—At least 11 people are feared dead after another boat crossing the Atlantic Ocean to get from North Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands became a trap...

Brazil’s Indigenous march to pressure court on land ruling

BRASILIA, Brazil—Thousands of Indigenous people marched toward Brazil’s Supreme Court in late August to pressure justices expected to issue a ruling with far-reaching implications...

Humiliated in Afghanistan: America’s warmongering results in major failure

Even as the United States sought to exit Afghanistan, the horror of violence and war followed her. Things do not portend well for the...

Sudan: Its diversity, economics and history

KHARTOUM, Sudan—Nothing says diversity like Sudan. Once Africa’s largest country, now divided by neocolonial and neoliberal machinations the U.S. help to engineer, it’s separated...

Venezuela asks ICC to probe U.S. sanctions as crime against humanity

Venezuela says it has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate U.S. sanctions imposed on the Latin American country as crimes against humanity...

UK police risk ‘eroding public confidence,’ watchdog warns af-ter report finds Black people more likely to be tasered for longer

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has warned that the use of tasers by UK police risks “eroding public confidence” after a review...

Lebanese lawyers sue British firm over Beirut blast in 2020

Lebanon’s lawyers have sued a British chemical firm linked to the devastating explosion of 2020 at Beirut’s port at the High Court in London. The...

U.S. foreign policy mess leaves fear, uncertainty in Afghanistan

“And the devil will say, when the matter is decided: Surely Allah promised you a promise of truth, and I promised you, then failed...

Failure to hold Israel to account emboldens regime to breach intl. law, Palestine tells UN

The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations says a failure to hold Israel to account over its various acts of aggression against Palestinians across...

Peru’s foreign minister resigns after suggesting former rebel group had CIA support

Peru’s Foreign Minister Hector Bejar has resigned under pressure after footage emerged in which he suggests that the Peruvian navy and U.S. spy agency...