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The humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate, with 2.9 million people in need of assistance, the UN warned on Wednesday. “The world cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening in

Concern over the cruelty of removing a cow’s horns had not been one of Switzerland’s most pressing political issues. So when livestock farmer Armin Capaul — inspired by conversations with his cattle — managed to force a national vote on the

Denmark has suspended future approvals of weapons and military equipment exports to Saudi Arabia in response to the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist and the kingdom’s role in the conflict in Yemen, the Danish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Germany

Africans museum directors on Wednesday welcomed an expert report calling on France to allow the return thousands of African treasures and artworks, a radical policy shift that could put pressure on other former colonial powers. Calls have been growing in Africa

U.S. President Donald Trump entered a highly unusual row Wednesday with the chief justice of the Supreme Court, claiming “shocking” bias against his policies in parts of the judiciary. He singled out the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, whose

The United States will set up observation points in northern Syria to address Turkey’s concerns over the U.S.’ relationships with the PKK-affiliated People’s Protection Units (YPG) terrorist group, Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday. Turkey has “legitimate” concerns about terror threats

As many as 85,000 infants under the age of five may have died from starvation or disease since 2015 in war-ravaged Yemen, humanitarian organization Save the Children said Wednesday. It said the estimate was based on data compiled by the United

A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of hundreds of Muslim religious scholars in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 43 people, Afghan officials said. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said another 83 people were wounded in the attack,