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Arab League holds emergency meeting, condemns Israeli aggression on al-Aqsa

The Arab League has vehemently condemned the latest Israeli aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of al-Quds and the brutal...

Racist rhetoric in Tunisia must stop, independent UN experts warn

Tunisia must take swift action to curb racist rhetoric and halt ongoing rights violations of Black Africans, the UN Committee on the Elimination of...

The similarities between two apartheid regimes

Israeli officers beat worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, with batons and butts of riot guns, wounding many before arresting them,...

Thousands of Portuguese hold nationwide demonstrations to protest country’s housing crisis

Thousands of people in Portugal have taken to the streets in the capital city of Lisbon and other cities across the country in protest...

Australian opposition against Indigenous Voice in Parliament

CANBERRA, Australia—Australia’s main opposition party on April 5 decided to oppose the government’s model for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in a development that...

Burkina Faso expels reporters from French newspapers

Foreign reporters working for France’s ‘Le Monde’ and ‘Libération’ dailies have been expelled from Burkina Faso as part of measures the west African country...

Ramadan in Africa comes with food shortages and rising costs

This year on the African continent, Ramadan, the annual month-long fast of the Muslim world, has come as food shortages and rising costs have...

Hague-based ICJ says U.S. violated intl. law by freezing Iran’s assets, orders compensation

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague have ruled that the United States had violated international law by allowing American courts...

Vatican rejects doctrine that fueled centuries of colonialism

VATICAN CITY—The Vatican on March 30 responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls”...

China issues report on U.S. human rights violations

A Chinese report indicates that the United States has experienced a landmark setback for human rights in 2022. China’s State Council Information Office on...