Authorities in Iran are trying to enforce laws obligating women to cover their hair by sending them into psychological treatment. While healthcare organisations warn the… Read More »Iran forces women defying hijab laws into psychiatric treatment
Drug users in the Philadelphia neighbourhood of Kensington have increasingly been turning towards a drug called xylazine, or “tranq”, a veterinary sedative often mixed with… Read More »In Philadelphia, skin-rotting drug ‘tranq’ invades a neighbourhood already devastated by opioids
Sweden stunned the United States 5-4 in a sudden-death penalty shootout Sunday to surge into a Women’s World Cup quarter-final against Japan and consign the… Read More »US knocked out of Women’s World Cup in penalty shootout against Sweden
Niger’s junta has hours to restore the ousted president or face the possibility of military action.
At least 15 people were killed when a train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, the country’s railways minister said.
Since the start of 2023, month after month, France has been breaking records. Prison populations hit an all-time high on July 1, according to the… Read More »France’s overcrowded prison population reaches all-time high – for months on end
Ukraine’s air force said Sunday it shot down 30 out of the 40 cruise missiles and all the Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched overnight… Read More »🔴 Live: Ukraine says it downed scores of cruise missiles, drones overnight
The pre-Olympics swimming test competition due to take place Sunday in the Seine in Paris has been cancelled due to pollution of the river, the… Read More »Pre-Olympics swimming competition in Seine cancelled due to pollution
Pressure on Niger’s coup leaders mounted Sunday with the approach of the one-week deadline set by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS for the military… Read More »🔴 Live: Pressure mounts on Niger coup leaders as ECOWAS deadline approaches
The recent wave of military takeovers have all been in former French colonies – is this a coincidence?
