Click to expand Image Burkina Faso soldiers patrol aboard a pickup truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp, on February 3, 2020. © 2020 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images On January 29, the junta’s Council of Ministers approved a decree dissolving all political parties in the country and a draft law […]
Reacting to the Russian Ministry of Justice’s move to seek to ban as “extremist” the leading LGBTI organizations in Russia – Russian LGBT Network and the Saint Petersburg-based group Vykhod (Exit) – Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The Russian authorities are once again abusing vague ‘extremism’ laws to criminalize […]
The mixed doubles curling event kicked off the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics two days before the official opening of the Games.
Click to expand Image An M23 fighter guards detained Congolese soldiers at the Stade de l’Unité in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 30, 2025. © 2025 Daniel Buuma/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Abuses against civilians by government forces and armed groups have become rampant in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of […]
Click to expand Image A girl on a swing looks at an apartment building in the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaged by a Russian drone attack that killed 7 people (including children) and injured 23, on August 18, 2025. © 2025 Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (Kyiv, February 4, 2026) – Civilians in […]
Click to expand Image A Venezuelan migrant allegedly linked to criminal organizations sits inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. © 2025 Salvadoran Government via Getty Images (Mexico City) – Some Latin American and Caribbean governments are violating rights of noncitizens at the Trump administration’s behest, while others are […]
The flags of the two Pacific nations are reportedly being used to disguise the movements of the "shadow fleet" illegally transporting Iranian oil to China.
Nigerian militants have attacked villages in western Kwara state, killing at least 162 people, according to the Red Cross. A member of parliament said that two villages, Woro and Nuku, bore the brunt of the attack.
Asian rivals have pushed Turkey’s manufacturers out of EU markets. Factories are closing and jobs are vanishing. Is there still hope the industry can survive?
Despite disagreements over the possible agenda, US and Iranian officials confirmed that the countries will hold talks in Oman.
