Lebanese parties, Hezbollah denounce U.S. for new sanctions
Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah and two political parties have denounced Washington’s new sanctions imposed on two former Lebanese ministers. The White House on Sept. 8...
Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya
BANGKOK—Two soldiers who deserted from Myanmar’s army have testified on video that they were instructed by commanding officers to “shoot all that you see...
Iranians protest French magazine’s reprinting of offensive cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
Iranians protest in front of France’s embassy in the capital, Tehran, to vent their spleen at a French weekly satirical magazine for its recent...
Leveraging innovation, partnership to shore up food security in Asia and the Pacific
Transforming food systems in Asia and the Pacific to make them more sustainable, resilient and productive, is vital for countries to rebound from the...
UK publishes controversial bill it says breaks Brexit treaty
The British government has published the controversial new UK Internal Market Bill which it’s been argued necessitates the rewriting of parts of the Brexit...
Burkina Faso: Over 535,000 children under five ‘acutely’ malnourished
New data from UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed worsening nutritional situation for children in Burkina Faso, with more than 535,000 children under the...
Kushner tours Arab states to push for more normalization deals with Israel
U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, has begun a tour of Persian Gulf Arab countries to push them to follow in...
‘We are not a vassal state’: Philippines’s Duterte won’t stop infrastructure projects with U.S.-sanctioned Chinese firms
The Philippines will not be cowed by a U.S. blacklist on Chinese companies and will continue doing business with the sanctioned firms, a spokesman...
Cuba medical school trained doctors share lessons for dealing with Covid-19
“First and foremost, we have to understand and look at ourselves and say we have the power to make change,” said Dr. Arabia Mollete,...
Migrants trying to reach Europe pushed to deadly Atlantic
FUERTEVENTURA, Spain—The only person who wasn’t crying on the boat was two-year-old Noura. Noura’s mother, Hawa Diabaté, was fleeing her native Ivory Coast to what...