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A decade after military coup, Egyptians continue to struggle with authoritarian rule

Despite strong popular discontent, the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sustained in power by the US and its regional allies such as the Gulf monarchies as it is willing to play a the role of a proxy in the region  On Monday, July 3, the latest military takeover of power in Egypt […]

Hmong New Year traditions in the U.S. recall ancestral spirits while teaching new generations

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells. She carried them across the Mekong River as the family fled the Communist takeover of her native Laos four decades ago. […]

Over 10,000 civilians killed in Ukraine since start of Russian war: UN

18,500 injured since hostilities erupted in February 2022, says senior UN official WASHINGTON More than 10,000 civilians have been killed and 18,500 have been injured since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine in February 2022, a senior UN official said Tuesday, citing figures from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human […]

UN ‘deeply concerned’ over conflict in Myanmar

Secretary-General calls on all parties to adhere to international humanitarian law, do their utmost to protect civilians, says his spokesman WASHINGTON UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” over the expansion of the conflict in Myanmar, including in Rakhine State, his spokesman said Wednesday. “He calls on all parties to adhere to international humanitarian law […]

Middle East crisis: UN engages parties as Security Council meets

8 October 2023Peace and Security As the 15-member Council prepared to meet, UN agencies were reporting that hundreds of people have been killed and thousands injured following the early Saturday morning rocket fire into Israel by Palestinian militants. The ensuing Israeli response to the Hamas attacks included airstrikes in Gaza, where the UN agency operating […]

The European Union deviates from human rights and signs an anti-immigration agreement with Tunisia

In an effort to curb migrants, the European Union struck a deal with Tunisia , in a development that once again shows the European Community’s willingness to turn a blind eye to human rights and migrants’ abuses. The New York Times says, in a report by its correspondent in Brussels, Monica Bronchak, that after the […]