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The European Parliament (EP) urged European Union states on Thursday to adopt asset freeze sanctions and a travel ban on Russian mercenary company, Wagner Group. In a resolution adopted 585-40 with 43 abstentions, EU lawmakers condemned in “the strongest terms the heinous

Countries all over the world rushed Friday to raise the alarm regarding a new coronavirus variant that was detected in South Africa and is considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found. Scientists are now racing to understand

Awoman or girl is being killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes in the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Ghada Waly said Thursday. “In 2020, 47,000 women and girls worldwide died at

The son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi appeared for nearly the first time in a decade on Sunday to register as a presidential candidate for a December vote planned to help end the years of chaos since his father was

Efforts to create a new fund to help with climate-change-driven “loss and damage” fail as the U.N. talks close, but the problem rises up the global agenda An agreement reached on Saturday night as the COP26 climate talks closed pushed concerns

Provisional results from Cape Verde indicate that the main opposition candidate, José Maria Neves, has won the first round of the presidential election. Seven candidates are bidding to replace President Jorge Carlo Fonseca, who is not allowed to serve more than

Egypt will bar unvaccinated public service workers from entering government buildings from mid-next month. A cabinet notice on Sunday said workers would have to be vaccinated or take a weekly Covid test to be allowed into government buildings from 15 November.

Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it suffered a more than $4bn loss in revenues over the last fiscal year, as lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus pandemic slashed demand for long-haul travel. The major loss, which the state-owned airline largely attributed