Iran’s IRGC – A terrorist organization?
US intends to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist, organization, a move condemned by Tehran.…
Maldives delivers stunning electoral mandate
Maldives gives an overwhelming majority to incumbent President Solih’s MDP, in a rebuke of authoritarianism, China’s policies in the archipelago…
EU Trade chief criticizes China
Cecilia Malmstrom has voiced frustration over China’s trade policies ahead of a summit this week as Brussels struggles to get…
Trump’s second veto?
The House voted Thursday to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s civil war, denouncing the Saudi-led bombing campaign there as worsening…
Healthcare sector failing in Venezuela
Venezuela’s health system is in “utter collapse,” according to a report, including the exponential spread of vaccine-preventable diseases such as…
FAO paints bleak food security picture
The FAO’s recent report on global hunger, shows disproportionate food insecurity in Africa. Most acute hunger is caused by conflict,…
ADB warns of slow growth in Asia
Growth in developing Asia could slow for a second straight year in 2019 and lose further momentum in 2020, the…
Myanmar enforces controversial land law
Myanmar’s government has actively been enforcing a land law that evicts, fines and imprisons farmers, in a move that is…
China to regulate opioids
China said it will tighten regulation of fentanyl-related substances as a gesture to the United States, where the synthetic opioid…
Trouble grows for Trudeau
Canada’s former attorney general made public a conversation that she secretly recorded with Canada’s top civil servant, which she took…