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European lawmakers voted Thursday to ease the setting up of new migrant detention centers outside the European Union, known as “return hubs.” Any EU nation can now negotiate on its own or in small coalitions to deport migrants not to their home countries but to facilities yet to be built outside the...

The World Health Organization's head described the 'immense turbulence' going on in Cuba, with 'energy shortages that have been affecting health.' Daily, up to 20-hour power outages affect parts of Cuba, which lacks fuel to generate power. The WHO chief said on Wednesday, March 25, the health...

The UN General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being welcomed across Africa and among slave descendants and advocates of restorative justice. About 12 million Africans were...

A major Russian drone and missile attack on civilian areas of Ukraine killed four people and injured at least 27, officials said Tuesday, while Moscow’s army stepped up efforts to break through Ukrainian frontline defenses in what could be the start of an anticipated spring ground offensive. Russia...

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. A statement from the...

A rebel group in eastern Congo has detained civilians, including two journalists, in metal shipping containers without light or ventilation, an advocacy group said Tuesday. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the Rwanda-backed M23, which controls parts of eastern Congo, used the containers in the...

Air strikes have targeted the headquarters of the Iran-aligned Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, as the country becomes a two-way battlefield between armed factions and the United States during its war with Iran. The U.S. carried out strikes against the Shia paramilitary...

A United Nations expert says Israel is systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale “that suggests collective vengeance and destructive intent”. In a report released on Friday, Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since...

A strike on a health care facility in Sudan has killed 64 people and wounded 89 more, the World Health Organization reported on Saturday. The UN’s humanitarian office in Sudan had earlier said it was “appalled by the attack on a hospital in East Darfur yesterday, reportedly killing dozens, including...

A French jihadist was sentenced to life in jail on Friday for involvement in Islamic State group atrocities against Iraq's Yazidi minority, the first case in France to tackle the issue. The Paris Assizes Court found Sabri Essid guilty in absentia of genocide, crimes against humanity, and complicity...