Brazil’s electoral court has rejected a request by outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro to overturn the results of last month’s election Read Full Article at RT.com
The Pentagon said Turkish airstrikes in Syria “threatened the safety” of American soldiers stationed in the country Read Full Article at RT.com
The Pentagon declined to say how much money would be used to replenish US arms stocks in the White House’s latest aid request for Ukraine Read Full Article at RT.com
An EU-brokered deal would halt Kosovo’s attempts to abolish Serbian license plates in a bid to lower tensions over the breakaway province Read Full Article at RT.com
The Ukrainian military targeted residential areas of Donetsk with heavy artillery late on Wednesday, striking multiple districts of the city Read Full Article at RT.com
Russian missile strikes are targeting Ukrainian military logistics and NATO weapons shipments, Moscow’s UN envoy told the Security Council Read Full Article at RT.com
Nairobi, Nov 23 (IPS) - The Dongria Kondhs say they are the descendants of Niramraja, a mythical god-king who is believed to have created the Niyamgiri range of hills in Odisha, an eastern Indian state on the Bay of Bengal.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 23 (IPS) - Violence against women is a global crisis, prevalent in every community and society around the world. Globally, estimates published by WHO indicate that about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Yet, there is limited coordination and insufficient funding to truly address the scale of the issue.
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Nearly 40 million children are at risk of getting measles due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a joint report published on Wednesday.
The ninth Global Forum for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) concluded its work on Wednesday in the Moroccan city of Fez, emphasizing the values of dialogue and tolerance, as well as the role of Africa as a positive actor in the international arena.