0219 GMT April 16, 2021
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By Allan Rock*
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National Desk
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged action at the United Nations against US unilateralism as he denounced Washington over wars waged since 2001.
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National Desk
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By Charlie Ang Hwa Leong*
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Climate change is one of the main drivers of migration and will be increasingly so. It will even have a more significant role in the displacement of people than armed conflicts, which today cause major refugee crises.
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By our staff writer
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The war in Angola, the earthquake in Haiti, Venezuela’s political crisis and shortages and the political repression in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the main driving factors behind the recent waves of immigration to Brazil.
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The 'Star Wars' movie franchise parted ways with another director, Walt Disney Company announced on Tuesday, saying that director and writer Colin Trevorrow would no longer be involved in the studio's scheduled 2019 film 'Star Wars: Episode IX'.
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A gibbon living in the tropical forests of southwest China is a new species of primate, scientists concluded.
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The US government’s many military operations abroad have been the main motivation behind instances of “homegrown” terrorism in America over the past years, according to a secret study by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Brigadier Venant Mumbere Muvesevese, a 35-year-old father of four, became the 150th ranger in the last 10 years to be killed protecting lowland gorillas, elephants and other wildlife in Virunga National Park last month. He and his young Congolese colleague, Fidèle Mulonga Mulegalega, were surrounded by local militia, captured and then summarily executed.
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The United Nations has voiced alarm over the “destructive impact” of the deadly wars on children’s education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), saying violence has forced at least 13 million kids out of schools there.
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The US Congress has given President Barack Obama a “blank check” to wage wars in the Middle East and other parts of the world, says a veterans advocate and social justice organizer in Denver.
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Currency wars are back, though this time the goal is to steal inflation, not growth.
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