Iran resumes headscarf patrols
TEHRAN – Iran’'s morality police are to resume controversial street patrols to enforce the dress code requiring women to cover their hair and wear...
Russia prohibits sex change surgery
MOSCOW – Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed a new law banning gender reassignment surgery, in the latest attack on LGBT rights in...
Nigeria gov’t declares state of emergency over foods scarcity
ABUJA – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency to tackle rising food prices and shortages.
Some of the initiatives include using...
No respite in sight for heat-stricken southern Europe
ROME – Southern Europe will continue to swelter next week as an intense heatwave shows no sign of abating.
Italy, Spain and Greece have been...
Deadly heatwave sweeps across southern Europe
BRUSSELS – A heatwave continues to sweep across parts of Europe, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the next few days.
Temperatures are expected to surpass...
Hollywood stars to stage strike
CALIFORNIA – Hollywood actors have announced they will join a strike by screenwriters in the industry's biggest shutdown for more than 60 years.
Some 160,000...
India launches historic mission to Moon’s south pole
NEW DELHI – India launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole.
The Chandrayaan-3 craft with...
14 killed in Brazil apartment collapse
SAO PAOLO – An apartment building collapsed in the city of Recife in north-eastern Brazil, killing at least 14 people, rescuers say.
Two children, aged...
Georgia Pride festival stormed by protesters
TBILISI – Up to 2,000 anti-LGBT protesters stormed a gay pride festival in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Saturday, forcing its cancellation.
The right-wing protesters, who...
COVID linked to surge in child and teen diabetes
LONDON – There has been an unusual rise in the number of children and teenagers around the world diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since...