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Kurdish officials say more than 23,000 civilians from eastern Deir el-Zour governorate have been displaced as the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fight Islamic State in its last Syrian bastion
The United States has accused Venezuela’s former strongman Nicolas Maduro of blocking humanitarian aid to his desperately needy people. VOA’s Zlatica Hoke reports that while many call for Maduro to leave, he still enjoys the support of Cuba and Russia
For the last 30 years, the Marie Stopes organization has provided a wide range of maternal health services including family planning, safe abortion and post-abortion care in Kenya
United Nations is highlighting zero tolerance for female genital mutilation, or FGM. In a statement this week, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, called it an “abhorrent human rights violation affecting women and girls around the world.” The controversial practice is widespread in parts of Africa, but it also happens in the United States
Can the Urban Jungle Be the Answer to Helping Some Endangered Species?
A Journalist telling the story of Japanese Wives of American servicemen during World War 2
Rights groups say there are concerns that Wang may have been subjected to torture or other mistreatment in detention, as he was detained incommunicado for such a long period of time
Though Beijing initially denied the existence of re-education camps, Shohrat Zakir, chairman of the XUAR, told China’s official Xinhua news agency in October 2018 that the facilities are an effective tool to protect the country from terrorism and provide vocational training for Uyghurs
As the year begins, splinter rebel groups in Myanmar’s Karen state came together for the Karen Revolution Day, marking 70 years since fighting broke out at the start of 1949 between the once – united Karen National Union (KNU) and Burmese forces