After a ban on burkinis in France was tossed out by the country’s top administrative body, the topic of women’s religious clothing and their freedom to wear it remains an issue in France. But...
Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff spoke in her own defense today as part of her impeachment trial before the Senate. Rousseff maintains that she is the victim of a parliamentary coup and calls the...
Half-century civil conflict in Colombia ends in historic peace agreement Turkish ground forces enter Syrian conflict West Virginia halts mountaintop removal project after strong opposition from locals U.S. auctions Gulf of Mexico oil leases...
Four months after Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court ordered the shut-down of the Manus Island detention center, more than 800 detainees await an uncertain fate. The Court is considering an application for summary judgment...
Colombia has declared an end to the longest running civil conflict in the Western Hemisphere. In a historic agreement the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – more commonly known as the FARC – signed...
In West Virginia’s coal country, a wellspring of citizen opposition to a mountaintop removal mine has caused the state to put the brakes on the entire operation. As FSRN’s Melinda Tuhus reports, residents say...
The federal government auctioned off oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday despite opposition from Gulf residents. Environmentalist said fossil fuel exploitation is especially inappropriate as the region is gripped by...
Police in Zimbabwe on forcibly dispersed another peaceful demonstration Wednesday organized by the political opposition. Hundreds of people from the Movement for Democratic Change’s youth wing had gathered to protest police brutality following the...
Turkish tanks and troops moved into Syria to capture the city of Jarablus Wednesday in its first ground offensive against the self-styled Islamic State. But the Turkish invasion will also deny Kurdish militia from...
California remains in the midst of its worst drought on record. As the crisis persists, attempts to improve resource management are hampered by what some researchers say is an inadequate inventory of the state’s...
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