Updated July 30, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT|Published July 27, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT An extended area of cemetery near damaged buildings in Nurdagi, Turkey. Spray-painted numbers mark the graves of those killed in the Feb. 6 earthquakes. (Nicole Tung for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment NURDAGI,…
Comment on this storyComment Authorities arrested Nicolás Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Saturday morning on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment, signaling the start of a legal case that experts say could test the country’s justice system. Nicolás Petro’s former wife, Daysuris Vásquez, was also…
Comment on this storyComment An American woman and her child were allegedly kidnapped near Haiti’s capital city on Thursday, according to the nonprofit organization she works for. The woman, Alix Dorsainvil, 31, is from New Hampshire but lives in the Caribbean nation and is married to the organization’s director, Sandro…
Updated July 29, 2023 at 3:17 p.m. EDT|Published July 29, 2023 at 3:23 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits Special Operation troops near the frontline town of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, July 29, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/via REUTERS) Western diplomats will meet to discuss peace ideas with…
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the efforts to unconstitutionally change the legitimate government of the Republic of Niger on 26 July 2023. Earlier this week, the demand to release the President of Niger was voiced by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Late on Wednesday, a group of…
Data from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization reveals this July is set to be the hottest month ever recorded. Heatwaves not only threaten the environment but create additional obstacles for countries attempting to achieve sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all, the targets of Sustainable…
Credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 28 (IPS) – Nepal is the latest country to join the global wave of marriage equality. On 28 June, its Supreme Court ruled that the government must immediately offer temporary registration…
Firefighters battle a wildfire in Spain. July 2023 is the hottest month ever recorded in human history. Credit: Wikipedia by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 (IPS) – “Humanity is in the hot seat today,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told…
Shu’fat refugee camp is home to 120,000 Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. Photo credit: Jawad Al Malhi by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jul 28 (IPS) – The likelihood of further confrontations remains high following a major…
Opinion by Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl (washington dc) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 28 (IPS) – The Biden administration’s decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, a weapon widely banned for the inherent dangers they pose to non-combatants, is risky. In addition to the immediate and…
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