A global organisation of Parliaments, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has published a comprehensive set of guidelines to combat sexual harassment…
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There are growing concerns around the world as the rights of people with disabilities are still being undermined both by…
Gender-based violence is still very rampant, data collected by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) this 2019 have shown. It occurs…
The impeachment investigation into Donald Trump has entered a new phase as the House Judiciary Committee begins hearings into Mr…
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, New York, who has been at the…
American actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Saturday denied a claim by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he had helped fund groups…
Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Mukhisa Kituyi, says boosting the digital economy in developing…
French President Emmanuel Macron told his country military leaders to consider all options as it seeks to review its operations…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest,…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that Britain would leave the European Union by Jan. 31 at the…
Two French army helicopters that crashed in Mali on Tuesday had not been under fire from Islamic State jihadists, French…
Paraguay and the migration agency of the United Nations have sealed a fresh deal for the implementation of a project…
A seeming disturbing report says one billion people in the world who are estimated to be living with disabilities are…
Investigators have found the “black boxes” from the debris of this week’s fatal French military helicopter crash and authorities will…
Two years ago, 21-year-old Sithu from Myanmar contracted HIV despite being intimate only twice with his partner at the time. “If I…
Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali were killed in an accident between two helicopters, the French presidency said on…
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) cannot escape from dependency if they continue to squander their foreign aid, a new report…
The Commonwealth has announced a new partnership designed to reduce domestic violence in member countries. Today, Secretary-General Patricia Scotland signed…
The exhaustive report that will begin to outline whether President Donald Trump engaged in “treason, bribery or high crimes and…
The number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela is expected to reach 6.5 million by the end of next year, according…
In a seeming landmark ruling, its first on a domestic violence case in Russia, the European Court of Human Rights…
On November 12, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Dr, Mukhisa Kituyi, spoke at the…
A passenger plane with about 17 passengers on board crashed on Sunday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic…
Broadcaster ESPN claimed a new world record for attendance at a tennis match on Saturday, with more than 42,000 people…
Ukraine has become the 100th country to back the Safe Schools Declaration, an international political commitment to make schools safe…
A new report, Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains , has provided the first ever…
The African Union on Friday called on Britain to withdraw from the Chagos Islands and end its “continued colonial administration”…
Pope Francis paid tribute on Friday to Catholics in Thailand who suffered or were killed for their faith in the…
Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) plans to sell up to $25 billion of oil and gas fields in Europe, Asia and Africa…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is partnering with the government of Canada’s Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC)…