In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay damages to people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct eugenics law, ruling the practice was unconstitutional and had violated their rights. The Eugenic Protection Law, in place from 1948 to 1996, allowed authorities to forcibly sterilize…
Iran’s snap presidential election will head to a second vote on Friday, with a reformist and conservative hardliner facing…
Hurricane Beryl, an early-season storm super-charged by abnormally warm ocean temperatures, is tearing through the Caribbean. Grenada’s Carriacou island…
France’s most streamed singer Aya Nakamura has joined the chorus of voices calling on the French electorate to vote…
Israel and Hamas appear to be on the brink of a framework agreement for a ceasefire and hostage release…
Eyewitnesses have recounted scenes of chaos and confusion after a religious festival in northern India ended in tragedy when…
The Chinese coast guard detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel in waters off China’s southeast coast on Tuesday night, in the…
During a visit to a local farm while working with development agency USAID, Ugandan entrepreneur Juliet Tumusiime realized that…
Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to…