People from several Latin American countries have held a rally in Argentina to express their support for Venezuela and slam the United States’ new move to call Caracas a security “threat” to America. The protesters ...
Spotlighting the positive actions of women in planning and decision-making to make their communities safer before, during and after disasters strike, senior United Nations, Government and civil society representatives today emphasized that risk reduction efforts ...
WHO today issued its first-ever guidance for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, a viral infection which is spread through blood and body fluids, attacking the liver and resulting in an estimated 650 000 deaths ...
Israeli bulldozers have demolished a number of Palestinian structures in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the Tel Aviv regimes presses ahead with the expropriation of Palestinian lands despite the international outcry. On Wednesday, the bulldozers, escorted ...
Two men, one armed with a gun, were caught on camera late on Tuesday mugging a South African journalist in Johannesburg as he prepared for a live television report on Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s hospital ...
The United Nations human rights chief today urged the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to ensure justice for victims of serious human rights abuses that occurred prior to and during the 2011 conflict in the country. ...
Researchers have long puzzled over why children in India, despite being wealthier, are shorter and smaller than children in sub-Saharan Africa. At least part of the answer may be a patriarchal society that puts young ...
The Daesh group’s Egyptian affiliate, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem), said on Twitter it carried out the assault on the police base. It has been behind the majority of attacks on the security forces ...
Activists protested for a third day in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman, the latest in a string of killings that have intensified concerns ...
Gunmen have attacked a Sufi mosque in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, killing at least six people and wounding five others. According to officials, the attack took place on Saturday at around 7:00 p.m. local ...