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ABU DHABI, October 13 (IPS) – As global conservation leaders gather in Abu Dhabi for the IUCN World Conservation Congress, communities in the hills of Darjeeling, thousands of kilometers away, are still counting their losses. In early October, heavy rains triggered deadly landslides that buried homes, blocked key roads, and left several people dead. The […]
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CIVICUS discusses enforced disappearances in Mexico with a member of the International Network of Associations of Missing Persons. The crisis of disappearances in Mexico has reached alarming proportions, with over 52,000 unidentified bodies in morgues and mass graves. On 1 July, the Mexican Congress approved controversial changes to the General Law on Disappearances, which […]
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President Emmanuel Macron of France is facing some of the country’s worst political turmoil in decades. A new government has been appointed, but how long it will last is anyone’s guess.
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Thousands of people gather in Gaza and the West Bank to welcome Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel.
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Twenty living hostages were freed by Hamas on Monday under the cease-fire deal, and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
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Mr. Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex abuse offenses at the Wakefield Prison in northern England.
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The US president was applauded by Israeli lawmakers for his role in brokering an Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
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Israel is releasing 250 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
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Beijing says it could introduce “countermeasures” if the US President imposes an an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports.
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Female reporters were invited after being excluded from Taliban minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s first event in Delhi.
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With Russian forces gaining slowly on the battlefield, Ukraine hopes its long-range drone campaign will help persuade Vladimir V. Putin to change course.
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The Kremlin will only negotiate if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.
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President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages in Gaza. About 2,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails were set to be released in the coming hours.
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Hamas began releasing some of the 20 living Israeli hostages held in Gaza on Monday as part of a cease-fire deal in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
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Cheering broke out among in Tel Aviv it was announced that Hamas had released seven Israeli captives.
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Despite spending millions on early warning systems, is the government losing the trust of residents in vulnerable areas?
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The organization has escorted hundreds of people to freedom, but it says it also does important diplomatic work behind the scenes.
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The plaza in Tel Aviv has been a focal point for rallies for the release of the hostages and a gathering place for their families and supporters.
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An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now focusing on the United Kingdom. Jane Bradley, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, explains.
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An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain’s ascendant Reform U.K. party.
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Paramjit Singh, an Indian passport holder, has lived in the US on a green card since 1994.
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The US president tells reporters on board Air Force One the ceasefire “is going to hold”.
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As politicians in Washington bicker during the government shutdown, Martinsburg, West Virginia, worries about what’s next.
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Families in Palestine and Israel await the return of their loved ones as the Israeli-Hamas truce continues to hold.
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Business for unregulated healers appears to be thriving in Cape Town, but there are dangers.
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The new government, led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, must present a 2026 draft budget on Monday.
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On Gaza, President Trump put few, if any, guardrails on Israel’s offensive, bucking international demands for a cease-fire. Then he changed course.
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Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked ‘militia’ fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.
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Our Beijing bureau chief Keith Bradsher reports on new solar and wind projects on the Tibetan Plateau.
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Two tropical storms have damaged more than 16,000 homes and caused widespread electricity cuts.
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The decolonial inflection is an intellectual current defined around a series of problems derived from colonialism and modernity, based on the intellectual and political experiences and trajectories of Latin America.
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Captain scores 142 as Australia complete a record runchase of 331 and hand India their second loss of the tournament.
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The election in Frankfurt an der Oder is between independent candidate Axel Strasser and AfD contender Wilko Moller.
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The fighting is one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew from the area.
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A telecommunications blackout and restrictions on social media have further isolated Afghans who rely on the internet as a lifeline.
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An elite military unit that installed the president in 2009 has joined Gen Z protesters calling for his resignation.
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The Qatari prime minister told The New York Times that Gaza war mediators decided to delay talks on more difficult issues so a hostage-prisoner swap could be concluded quickly.
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U.S. strikes on boats that President Trump says are drug smugglers have unsettled America’s biggest trading partner, where powerful criminal groups produce and smuggle drugs.
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Soldiers from a Madagascar army unit have declared support for the youth-led anti-government protests, urging police to
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