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Syria’s Warring Factions to meet in Kazakhstan in Attempt for Peace
Rebel fighters carry their weapons on the outskirts of Al-Bab town in Syria. Credit: Reuters/Khalil Ashawi Astana: Syria’s warring sides are set to meet in Kazakhstan’s capital on Monday with Russia,...
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Allies Push Syria’s Warring Sides to Sign Ceasefire
Participants of Syria peace talks attends a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan. Credit: Reuters/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov Astana: Syria’s warring sides met for their first talks in nine months on Monday, with...
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Southern African Women Fight Climate Change Through Smart Farming
Facing incessant droughts due to climate change, many women in southern Africa are adopting alternate practices like goat herding to sustain their families. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/InDepth News Harare:...
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Trump Expands Anti-Abortion Law, Bans Funding Globally
President Donald Trump talks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci United Nations: President Donald Trump has massively expanded the ban on...
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Israel Plans For 2,500 Further Settlement Homes in West Bank
A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Ramot in an area of the occupied West Bank. Credit: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun Jerusalem: Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 2,500 more settlement homes in...
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An Impending Drought Could Cost Sri Lanka Billions
Sri Lanka is heading towards one of its worst droughts in 30 years, which in the long-term could lead to land degradation and seriously impact the country’s economy. In Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province,...
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Trump’s Pro-Life ‘Gag Rule’ Will Cause More Abortions, Not Fewer
The short-sighted policy only increases abortion demand and has consequences for a range of other health matters such as HIV/AIDS, cervical cancer and child well-being. NGOs forced to close because of...
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‘Serious Retreats’ In Indigenous Rights Protection, Says UN Rapporteur
UN special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz noted that there are “serious retreats” in the implementation of indigenous rights, including the threat of tribal displacement. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN...
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US Envoy to UN Warns Allies Against Opposition
Newly appointed US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley makes a statement upon her arrival at UN headquarters. Credit: Reuters/Mike Segar United Nations: The new US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley,...
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Ecuador Revives Campaign For Inter-Governmental UN Tax Body
The current chair of G77, Ecuador is lobbying for an independent UN body that will eliminate tax havens and illicit financial flows which affect the world’s poorer nations. Developing-nation leaders...
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Canada Proves Affordable Universal Health Care Can Help End AIDS
Thanks to universal testing and easy access to treatment, the Canadian province of British Columbia has seen a major decease in HIV-related mortality. Canada is a pioneer in providing universal,...
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Trump’s Travel Ban Leaves Persecuted Yazidis in Limbo
Demonstrators shut down the lower level loop at Los Angeles International Airport during a protest against the travel ban imposed by US President Donald Trump’s executive order. Credit: Reuters/Ted...
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Colombia’s FARC Rebels March One Last Time, to Demobilisation Camps
Leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) patrol a roadway near to San Vicente de Caguan, January 1999. Credit: Reuters/Jose Gomez/File Photo Bogota: Colombia’s Marxist FARC...
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UN Can’t Pick Delegates for Peace Talks, Says Syria’s Opposition
Salim al-Muslit, spokesman for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), attends an interview with Reuters. Credit: Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Beirut: Syria‘s main opposition body said on Wednesday it...
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Japan Says it Hopes US Defence Secretary’s Visit Will Strengthen Regional...
US defence secretary Jim Mattis and Japan’s defense minister Tomomi Inada (L) walk as they review the honour guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo. Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai Tokyo: Japanese defence...
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Syedna Fakhruddin, a Dawoodi Bohra Sect Leader, Condemns FGM as ‘Un-Islamic’
He also criticised people who had “made statements contrary to the faith, limiting the education of the girl child, forcing a glass ceiling on the role women play in society” Syedna Fakhruddin, who...
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ISIS and Air Strikes Drive Spike in Afghan Civilian Casualties
An Afghan man inspects a house destroyed during clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban in Kunduz, Afghanistan November 4, 2016. Credit: Reuters Kabul: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan...
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China Opposes US Proposal on Masood Azhar, India Bring It Up With Beijing
File photo of Masood Azhar in Islamabad, August 26, 2001. Credit: Reuters New Delhi/Beijing: With China opposing the US’s proposal at the UN for designating Pathankot attack mastermind and...
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Steven Bannon’s Real Vision Isn’t US First. It’s the US Alone.
Der Spiegel’s instantly infamous Donald Trump cover. Credit: Der Spiegel/FPIF Donald Trump is holding up the severed head of the Statue of Liberty. It’s a striking image for a magazine cover. But it’s...
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Coalition Air Strikes Killed 18 Afghan Civilians, UN says
In 2016, a total of 1,017 airstrikes were carried out in Afghanistan, yet only 615 airstrikes were recorded and disclosed. Credit: Reuters Kabul: At least 18 civilians were killed last week in air...
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