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At least four Kurdish activists ended their lives this month in different Turkish prisons. They were protesting the jail conditions of rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan
Ukraine is getting set to choose a new president – with the first round of voting scheduled for March 31. The leading two candidates will then face a run off two weeks later to determine who will lead a country still at war with Russia
At least one person has been shot dead by Soldiers in Mbongong, a village in Ndu Subdivision, North West region of Cameroon on Sunday
United Nations Secretary-General AntĂ³nio Guterres
addresses the commemorative General Assembly meeting on the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March)
Statistics on the number of abortions at the hospital are not kept. Doctors can only say roughly that it is less than before. There used to be lot of abortions, remembers Kazlouskaya, explaining each was noted on a yellow form and collected in a folder that was stored away in a filing cabinet
Abortion is legal in South Africa for up to 20 weeks into a pregnancy, and is provided for free at government-run clinics. However, getting a safe, legal abortion is a challenge. Many women face harsh stigma for seeking them, or resistance from health workers who oppose abortion
March 26 will mark the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition campaign to oust the Houthi rebels from parts of Yemen they had occupied. The fighting has caused what the United Nations calls “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” displacing people from their homes
The U.N. children’s fund reports the situation for hundreds of thousands of children caught up in this monumental storm is particularly dire. It says many do not have adequate shelter and are in urgent need of food and safe drinking water
A recently formed group in New York, Muslim Community Patrol & Services, has found itself on the front lines as it counsels distraught neighbors. Soon, its presence will be widely felt and seen throughout the city
The U.S. President’s Guest House, commonly known as Blair House, has played a significant role in the history of American diplomacy