The 120-member state Non-Aligned Movement calls for a ceasefire in Gaza
The 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit kicked off recently in Kampala, Uganda, amid global challenges, including climate and environmental challenges and atrocities occurring in...
French police found guilty of racist brutality, but sentence is light
Three officers who received suspended jail sentences over their violent assault of a French Black man are symbols of out-of-control racist police violence tolerated...
Over 450,000 children institutionalized across Europe, Central Asia
More than 450,000 children are living in residential care homes across Europe and Central Asia, highlighting that a “painful legacy” of neglect, abuse, exploitation...
‘Inhumane’: UK Home Office refuses visas to children of migrant mothers
The UK Home Office is denying visas to the children of migrant single mothers in the health sector saying there are “no compelling reasons”...
Racially diverse Puerto Rico debates bill that aims to ban hair discrimination
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Legislators in racially diverse Puerto Rico have opened a public debate on a bill to explicitly prohibit discrimination against hairstyles such...
South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ gains momentum, support
South Africa’s legal team in the genocide case against the Zionist state of Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague...
Staff from U.S. agencies, Congress join ‘Day of Mourning’ for Gaza
by Jessica Corbett Employees at over two dozen U.S. departments and federal agencies as well as congressional staffers participated in a “Day of Mourning” on...
Nauru switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China
TAIPEI, Taiwan—The Pacific Island nation of Nauru said January 16 that it is switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, a move that reduces...
Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh prime minister for fifth term
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for a fifth term after her party, Awami League won a landslide victory in the general...
Colombia extends cease-fire with FARC splinter group in bid to reduce rural violence
BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombia’s government has extended a cease-fire with the FARC-EMC rebel group that was set in mid-January, as both sides held peace talks in Bogota in...