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Famine threat returns to Yemen, amid upsurge in fighting

The specter of famine has returned to Yemen as donor countries fail to make good on their 2020 pledges, amidst an upsurge in fighting,...

Mid-East peace deal leaves Palestinians, Iran fuming

The Middle East is going through a regional shift of relations as two Arab nations signed bilateral agreements with the Zionist state of Israel....

South Sudan: Progress on peace agreement ‘limps along,’ UN envoy tells security council

Although the transitional government in South Sudan continues to function, with state governors now appointed, among other developments, progress on the 2018 peace agreement...

Campaign demands: Get out of Cuba’s way and let their doctors help treat Covid-19 in U.S.!

While billion-dollar deals are being made with biotech companies speculating on untested Covid-19 vaccines and political banter promising results in a short few months,...

Africa’s development tied monetary sovereignty and an alternative economic development model

In an open letter signed by 550 internationally renowned personalities, which includes African economists, in a move that’s the intellectual equivalent of marching in...

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...