Source: UN News Service Country: Syrian Arab Republic Amid ongoing fighting in northern Syria and disturbing reports that extrajudicial killings have been streamed online, the UN and partners are cont ... Read more
Protesters who blockaded the Department of Agriculture - preventing meat industry representatives from attending a Beef Taskforce meeting yesterday - have been criticised by the agriculture minister f ... Read more
France's lower house of parliament approved Tuesday a sweeping bioethics bill to give single women and lesbians access to fertility treatments, a move which critics vowed to fight as the legislation m ... Read more
Relatives of French jihadists and their families held in Syria say the Turkish offensive and the ensuing advance of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have added to the urgency of bringing them ... Read more
Hundreds of people were killed or wounded in violence related to Afghanistan's recent presidential election season as the Taliban sought to undermine the democratic process, a UN agency says. Read more
That’s not a small sum: it’s roughly equivalent to the amount some women lose to the gender pay gap over five years, according to Census Bureau data. [ more › ] Read more
A man who lived for eight years as a trans woman before de-transitioning has called out the "child abuse" from adults who encourage transgenderism in kids, saying it's an "abhorrent" interference in t ... Read more
Anas Barbaree studied for five years and was a qualified pharmacist working overseas but he has never been able to work as one in Australia — and he's not alone . Read more
Baltimore police are asking the public to help them identify a man in a photograph they're calling a person of interest in a shooting in the city. Read more
Sixty per cent of all barramundi consumed in Australia comes from overseas and half the fish-eating population, according to new research, has no idea. Read more
Mozambique voted in a general election Tuesday hailed by the president as a sign the country was progressing "peacefully", as fears the poll could be marred by violence proved unwarranted. Read more
LAUSANNE: UEFA announced on Tuesday (Oct 15) that it is opening disciplinary proceedings against Turkey into "potential provocative political behaviour" by their players after making military salutes ... Read more