U.S. cuts African trade benefits, hurting poor
A trade preference program that lets African countries export products to the U.S. tariff-free has been suspended for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea. President Joe...
UK falls into recession in huge blow to PM Sunak
The United Kingdom has slipped into recession just months ahead of the country’s general election, reversing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to generate economic growth. As per...
Families of Indonesian activists tortured by soldiers 25 years ago shocked at general’s election win
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Families of Indonesian activists who were kidnapped and tortured by the military 25 years ago demanded justice in a protest and expressed shock...
Is there an election crisis brewing in Senegal?
“A leap into the void,” is what human rights expert Alioune Tine said in response to Senegalese President Macky Sall’s “unconstitutional delay” of the...
UN’s political chief warns of escalating toll as third year of war in Ukraine looms
With the war in Ukraine about to enter its third year, the damage wrought by the conflict to the country and to global peace...
Youth-led ‘emergency rooms’ shine rays of hope in war-torn Sudan
With the war in Sudan triggering widespread violence and instability, youth-driven emergency response rooms (ERRs) are among a growing number of community-led initiatives reaching...
UNICEF condemns air strike on schools in Myanmar
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strongly condemned the Feb. 5 deadly airstrike on two schools in eastern Myanmar resulting in the deaths of...
ExxonMobil to explore for oil and gas in offshore area under dispute by Guyana and Venezuela
GEORGETOWN, Guyana—ExxonMobil said it plans to explore for oil and gas in a disputed area off South America’s coast where the Venezuelan military had previously expelled...
Chile inferno: National mourning after 123 killed in wildfire; hundreds missing
Chile observed two days of national mourning as at least 123 people have been killed in a raging wildfire, the world’s third deadliest this...
World Court says atrocities committed by Israeli military in Gaza are undeniable ‘facts’
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) took umbrage recently with the Zionist State of Israel and its repeated claim—concerning its war on Gaza—of exercising...