Dozens detained in Armenia during anti-government protests
YEREVAN, Armenia—Police in the Armenian capital detained dozens of people on Dec. 25 during protests against the country’s prime minister, who is being pressured...
Activists call for end to recruitment of Canadian citizens by Israeli army
Human rights activists have called for an end to the recruitment of Canadian citizens by the Israeli military, which is against the laws of Canada. These activists...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thousands of migrants lose shelter, after camp destroyed in fire
The closure and subsequent fire, on Dec. 23, at a migrant camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina has left thousands of migrants without shelter and...
Kashmir parties opposed to Modi win seats in local polls
SRINAGAR, India—An alliance of political parties opposed to India’s policies in Kashmir has won a majority of seats in local elections, the first since...
Growing movement demands return of cultural art, artifacts
Two-years-ago, a study, “The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage,” found at least 90 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa’s cultural legacy remains preserved outside of the...
Indonesia rebuffs Israeli media allegations about imminent norma-lization with Tel Aviv
Indonesia has dismissed Israeli media allegations that the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country is seeking to establish diplomatic ties with the Tel Aviv regime, after Israel...
Syria: Millions displaced, impoverished and traumatized, Security Council hears
As the end of another year of war looms, “families in Syria remain without respite after almost a decade of conflict,” the UN Emergency Relief...
Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed; calls for more security
KATSINA, Nigeria—Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their...
Time for Black South Africans to control the economy?
During a wide-ranging interview with Africa Watch, Redge Nkosi, the Pretoria-based founder and executive director of First Source Money and Public Banking of South...
Palestinians: West Bank teen wounded by Israeli gunfire dies
RAMALLAH, West Bank—A 13-year-old Palestinian died after being shot by Israeli troops during clashes with a stone-throwing crowd in the occupied West Bank, the...