Japan urges South Korea to drop wartime compensation demands
TOKYO—Japan’s foreign minister accused South Korea on Jan. 18 of worsening already strained ties by making “illegal” demands for compensation for the sexual abuse...
‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns
Two months after conflict forced humanitarian workers to withdraw from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Jan. 19, stressed...
Vaccine News from Cuba: Soberana 02 clinical trials expanded
(GRANMA)—Expanded phase II B clinical trials of Cuba’s anti-Covid-19 candidate vaccine Soberana 02 with volunteers between 19 and 80 years of age, began at...
Cuban drug Nasalferon administered to travelers arriving in Cuba
(GRANMA)—As a preventative measure, given the COVID-19 situation in the country, this immune system booster is being administered to travelers arriving in Cuba, as...
Dr. King civil rights leader or Pan Africanist?
Every year we in the United States celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights icon Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The celebrations...
Fifty years on the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
MANILA SULTAN, Egypt—Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam....
Families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists sue U.S. for supporting Israel’s acts of terror
The families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against the United States for supporting Israel’s acts of terror against the Iranian...
Leading human rights group calls Israel an ‘apartheid’ state
JERUSALEM—A leading Israeli human rights group has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single “apartheid” regime, using...
Second prayer app caught harvesting user location data may have snitched on Muslims to ICE and FBI—media
A popular Muslim prayer app has been secretly collecting its users’ location data, according to Vice. A network of data brokers links the app...
Rouhani: Foreign companies not allowed to test Covid-19 vaccines on Iranians
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says foreign companies will not be allowed to test their Covid-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, voicing his support for...