How Grand Theft Auto is helping Nigerians survive rampant police abuse
Lagos, Nigeria – Sodiq Taiwo looks out of his bedroom window in Lagos, watching the children below as they play and ...
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What’s behind Trump’s ban on transgender women in US women’s sports?
United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that bans transgender girls and women from participating in women’s ...
Guatemala agrees to increase number of US deportation flights it accepts
In 2024, roughly 66,000 people were deported from the US to Guatemala. Under Trump, that number is expected to rise.The ...
Gaza transformed into rubble-strewn wasteland after Israeli bombardment
Israeli bombardment and ground operations in Gaza have transformed entire neighbourhoods into rubble-strewn wastelands, with blackened shells of buildings and ...
Trump to withdraw US from UN Rights Council, extend UNRWA funds ban: Report
The US president is expected to sign the orders cutting ties and funds to the UN agencies as Netanyahu visits ...
‘We will not stand idly’: Rights groups file suit against Trump asylum ban
Washington, DC – Several immigrant rights groups in the United States, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ...
Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 takeover
On a road west of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mary Ashuza and ...
Does ‘cancel culture’ help or hinder free speech?
Today on The Stream: Has the line between accountability and censorship blurred with the rise of cancel culture?While some see cancel ...
Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls
Myanmar’s 2024 census was almost certainly the most contentious – and deadly – ever conducted. Enumerators and their heavily armed ...
Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu in court as Turkish opposition fears crackdown
Ekrem Imamoglu denies charges that he tried to influence Turkiye’s judiciary in remarks he made about officials.Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, ...
Pakistan sacks, blacklists dozens of officials after Mediterranean deaths
Islamabad, Pakistan – When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif removed Ahmed Ishaq Jahangir from his position as the chief of the ...
A ray of sunshine for Myanmar’s wounded rebels as civil war rages
Mae Sot, Thailand - Within an old wooden house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, wounded revolutionary fighters ...
US President Trump to transfer undocumented immigrants to Guantanamo
President Donald Trump has announced plans to transform the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a holding ...
‘Five babies in incubator’: HRW on danger to pregnant women, babies in Gaza
Israel’s 15-month war on Gaza, as well as severe restrictions it imposed on the flow of humanitarian aid and Israeli ...
Auschwitz survivors commemorate 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation
NewsFeedAuschwitz survivors along with Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, and other world leaders commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Germany ...
Will the EU ease Syria sanctions? Inside the bloc’s dilemma
Top diplomats of the European Union are scheduled to meet on January 27 to discuss easing sanctions on Syria to ...
US hits record arms sales in 2024 driven by Ukraine demand
US arms export growth was driven by countries seeking to replenish weapons stocks that were donated to Ukraine.The sale of ...
Lukashenko: Before 2025 election, ‘still afraid of the people’
On January 26, Belarusians will cast their ballots in a presidential vote. Officially, there are five candidates, but 70-year-old Belarus ...
‘Less than slaves’: The Palestinians detained by Israel despite ceasefire
When the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced on January 15, Ghassan Alyeean says his first feeling ...
How is education in Gaza defying Israel’s war?
Teachers in tents keep the flame of learning burning brightly.Almost all of Gaza’s schools have been damaged or destroyed – ...
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