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UN committee calls on US to offer ‘reparations’ to descendants of enslaved people
Aug 31, 2022 02:55The United Nations has urged the United States to start the process of offering reparations to descendants of enslaved people as part of a larger need to provide “redress for legacies of the past.”
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Mississippi calls in National Guard after state capital's water supply cut
Aug 31, 2022 02:45Mississippi's National Guard was activated on Tuesday to help hand out water to tens of thousands of Jackson residents after a long-neglected treatment plant broke down, leaving most of the state capital without safe running water, possibly for days.
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US police violence: Man with mental issues dies after confrontation with cops
Aug 30, 2022 07:45A man with mental issues died an hour after he was confronted for at least five minutes by Salt Lake City police in the US state of Utah, body camera footage showed, in another case of police violence in the country.
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French prime minister warns of energy ‘rationing’ risk in winter
Aug 30, 2022 03:35France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has expressed alarm about the risk of energy rationing across the country in winter, calling on French companies and businesses to take steps to reduce consumption amid the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
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Third of Pakistan under water, ‘crisis of unimaginable proportions’: Minister
Aug 30, 2022 02:01Pakistan’s minister for climate change says a third of the country has gone under water as a result of severe torrential rains, with monsoon floods creating a “crisis of unimaginable proportions.”
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Sen. Graham warns ‘there will be riots in streets’ if Trump prosecuted
Aug 30, 2022 01:27Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has warned that “there will be riots in the streets” if former US President Donald Trump is prosecuted for his handling of classified documents that FBI agents uncovered during an unprecedented search of his private residence earlier this month.
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Afghan women rights activists open Women’s Library in Kabul
Aug 30, 2022 01:20Afghan women have recently launched a cultural spot, under the name of Women’s Library.
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Russia: World must make Ukraine reduce military tension at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Aug 29, 2022 10:39Moscow has called for global pressure on Ukraine to reduce military tension at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is under Russian control, as the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its seventh month.
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Pakistan floods: Death toll rises to 1,061 as government seeks foreign aid
Aug 29, 2022 09:55The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan has reached 1,061, according to the latest figures released by the country's disaster management authority, even as Islamabad continues to seek international aid to help manage the “overwhelming” scale of destruction.
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Pakistan's south braces for another deluge as northern rivers swell
Aug 29, 2022 09:48Pakistan's flooded southern Sindh Province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year's monsoon topped 1,000.