Myanmar military orders civil servants, veterans to prepare for emergencies
Myanmar’s military rulers have ordered all government staff and those with military experience to prepare to serve in case of emergency after the junta reported...
Kenya’s high court extends a block on sending police to Haiti even as parliament approves deployment
NAIROBI, Kenya—Kenya’s high court on Nov. 16 extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to Haiti, even as parliament approved a government request...
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez reelected prime minister despite controversy over amnesty for separatists
MADRID—Spain’s acting Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, was chosen by a majority of legislators to form a new government in a parliamentary vote Nov. 16. Sánchez was...
Indigenous communities face eviction by environmental profiteers
Kenya’s government is illegally evicting members of the Ogiek community from their ancestral lands in the Mau Forest, to profit from carbon offsetting schemes,...
Mexico City imposes severe, monthslong water restrictions as drought dries up reservoirs
MEXICO CITY—Mexican officials imposed severe, monthslong cuts to Mexico City’s water supply at midnight November 10, acting just a month after initial restrictions were ordered as...
Türkiye is marking its centennial, but a brain drain has cast a shadow on the occasion
ISTANBUL—Huseyin Buyukdag says he loves Türkiye and his job as a teacher. But with the rampant economic crisis and growing repression in his country,...
Bridging an ocean, Angolan king visits Brazilian community descended from slaves
RIO DE JANEIRO—Residents danced and chanted on Nov. 8 in a community descended from runaway slaves in Rio de Janeiro as they welcomed the...
Russia pulls out of arms control treaty with Europe
Russia has pulled out of a decades-long arms non-proliferation treaty with European countries amid rising tensions with Brussels over the Ukraine conflict. Russia’s Foreign Ministry...
At least 128 killed, dozens injured in Nepal’s deadly earthquake
At least 128 have been killed and dozens injured in northwestern Nepal, in the country’s deadliest earthquake since 2015, as houses in the area...
Rwanda announces visa-free travel for all Africans as continent opens up to free movement of people
NAIROBI, Kenya—Rwanda announced in early November that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent...