The UN stressed on Tuesday it was opposed to most dress codes for women, after France barred its Olympic athletes from wearing the Muslim hijab… Read More »UN slams France’s decision to ban its Olympic team from wearing Muslim headscarf
Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians rushed on Wednesday to flee the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia after a lightning military operation by Azerbaijan… Read More »Tens of thousands of refugees flee Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia
Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves will on Wednesday take 32 European governments to court over what they see… Read More »Portuguese youth bring ‘unprecedented’ climate case to European rights court
France forwards coach William Servat said on Tuesday he had “no doubt” that emblematic captain Antoine Dupont could return from injury in time for a… Read More »France have ‘no doubt’ injured captain Dupont could return for Rugby World Cup quarter-final
Leaders of the screenwriters union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing Hollywood at least partly back from… Read More »Hollywood writers guild ends strike after board approves deal with studios
The US Senate drafted a last-ditch short-term budget proposal Tuesday as time was running out for Congress to avoid a partial government shutdown, though the… Read More »With shutdown looming, US Senate offers stopgap budget fix
The speaker of Canada’s parliament resigned on Tuesday, days after publicly celebrating a Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Nazis during World War II.
The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended most non-humanitarian aid to Gabon after a military takeover in the country last month that was at least the… Read More »US suspends foreign assistance programs for Gabon following military coup
More than 100 people were killed and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province that left… Read More »Scores killed, dozens injured in fire at Iraq wedding party
President Joe Biden grabbed a bullhorn on the picket line Tuesday and urged striking auto workers to “stick with it” in an unparalleled show of… Read More »‘Stick with it’: Biden makes history by joining striking auto workers on the picket line
