Thousands of Filipino farmers are in the fifth day of a standoff with police over drought assistance. They barricaded themselves inside of a church after police used live ammunition against them as they blocked...
Protesters took to the street in more than 30 cities in France today, in ongoing demonstrations against proposed changes to the country’s labor laws. The growing protests have morphed into what many liken to...
Turkey decriminalized homosexuality in 1858 and gives asylum to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from other countries escaping persecution, but its modern penal code continues to discriminate, giving lighter sentences to perpetrators...
The first boats filled with migrants being deported to Turkey set sail on the short trip from the Greek island of Lesbos today. These deportees are the first under a controversial scheme between the...
The FCC took steps to narrow the digital divide in the United States this week. The vote proved contentious, but in the end the commission approved a subsidy to help low-income consumers afford broadband...
India’s capital, New Delhi, is getting a makeover with dozens of local and international street artists setting out on a mission to transform the city’s landscape. With a view to making art accessible to...
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon today called on countries to resettle nearly half a million Syrian refugees — so far places have been found for only about 185,000. His remarks came at...
A new study by the federally-funded National Renewable Energy Laboratory has significantly increased estimates of solar power’s potential to meet energy needs in the United States. The research examined a number of factors in 128...
Three days of mourning began in Pakistan Monday, following an Easter Sunday suicide bombing in a public park in Lahore killed more than 70 people, most of them women and children. From Pakistan, FSRN’s...
It’s been a decade since Western powers placed economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip after a Hamas in Palestinian parliamentary elections. Shortly after Hamas took power in March of 2006, the U.S., EU and Canada cut...
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