A political reckoning in Sri Lanka as debt crisis grows

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Sherry Fonseka joined millions in 2019 in electing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a military strategist whose brutal campaign helped end Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war...

Russia cuts off gas to 2 NATO nations in bid to...

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Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its...

Biden issues first pardons of presidency

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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday wielded his clemency powers for the first time, announcing pardons for three people, including the first Black man...

World’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 119

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A Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age 119, just months short of her goal of...

ICPC seeks NGO’s collaboration in addressing workplace sexual harassment

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called for the support of HEIR Women Development, a Non-Governmental Organisation, to tackle...

2 suspects sought as 100 die in Nigeria oil refinery blast

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At least 100 people may have died in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southeast Nigeria, a local oil official said Sunday...

Korean American female pastors push back against patriarchy

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When the Rev. Kyunglim Shin Lee was ordained in 1988, it angered her in-laws for contravening long-held Korean cultural values subordinating women’s roles in...

Gabon counts on visitors to help preserve great apes

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Around a bend on a narrow trail that runs deep into the forest of Gabon's Loango national park, Kamaya comes into view. The huge...

Report: Hunger kills hundreds of kids in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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At least 1,900 children under 5 have died from malnutrition in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region in the past year, according to a study conducted...

2023 poll: Jonathan mulls declaration for presidency

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan may soon declare his , to reclaim the exalted seat of the presidency in the 2023 poll. Jonathan dropped the hint...