Green News EU aims to curb plastic pollution with new rules targeting nightmare spills of tiny pellets
Green News EU aims to curb plastic pollution with new rules targeting nightmare spills of tiny pellets
Europe News Citizen campaign to protect minorities secures debate in EU parliament More than a million people sign-up to initiative calling for common EU standards for national and linguistic minorities 04/04/2018
World News Euroviews. OECD: Probe Colombia's inaction on indigenous hunger crisis | View Colombia must tackle dire malnutrition among its largest indigenous group, the Wayuu, if it wants to join the OECD, writes a researcher for Human Rights Watch. 20/03/2018
Serbia Serbia's lesbian PM joins Belgrade Pride Parade Campaigners have described the event as a test of the conservative Balkan state's rights record as it seeks to join the European Union. 17/09/2017
Myanmar Amnesty accuses Myanmar of Rohingya "ethnic cleansing" The human rights group has released "irrefutable evidence of an targeted campaign" to push Rohingya people of of Myanmar 15/09/2017
Myanmar Rohingyas flee Myanmar, saying army torched their homes More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s northwest in the last week, the government said 02/09/2017
No Comment Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar for Bangladesh Some 1,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, under fire from soldiers there, forced their way into Bangladesh on Monday. 28/08/2017
Ukraine Kiev march marks third anniversary of Russian annexation of Crimea Three years after Russian troops seized control of the strategic peninsula, Crimean Tatars are joined by Kiev residents to protest occupation. 26/02/2017
Myanmar Rohingya 'very likely' victims of crimes against humanity Myanmar's security forces have likely committed 'systematic' mass killings, and gang rapes against the Rohingya Muslim population since October according to the UN Human Rights office. 03/02/2017
Cinema Oscar nominations create new records “La La Land” has equalled the record for Oscar nominations. 25/01/2017
USA Best pussyhat forward as America's Women prepare to defy Trump The day after Donald Trump becomes president of the United States the nation's women lead global protests against 20/01/2017
Jordan More than 1000 attend funeral of slain Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar was to stand trial after sharing on social media a cartoon image seen as insulting Islam. He was shot by a former Muslim preacher on the steps of the courthouse on Sunday. 28/09/2016
USA Clinton and Trump clash over battle for black and Hispanic votes Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have clashed as they battle for the support of minority voters – each accusing the other of posing a threat to the interests of blacks and… 25/08/2016
World News Head of Australian inquiry into abuse of aboriginal boys quits The head of an Australian inquiry into aboriginal boys being abused in detention has resigned. 01/08/2016
Indonesia Indonesian police detain seven following temple fires Seven people have been detained in Indonesia in connection with fires at a number of Buddhist temples in the north of Sumatra island. 30/07/2016
Israel Israel slammed for impeachment law dubbed 'anti-Arab' by critics Feelings are running high after Israel’s parliament passed a law giving members the right to impeach fellow MPs for incitement to violence, racism, or support for armed struggle against the… 21/07/2016
USA Protests continue across America against fatal police shootings It comes a day after five police officers were killed during a similar rally in Dallas. 09/07/2016
USA Thousands march to say "Black Lives Matter" Thousands of demonstrators gathered in several cities across the United States, angry about what they say is racial bias by police. 08/07/2016
World News San Francisco police chief forced to quit San Francisco’s police chief has been forced to step down just hours after one of his police officers shot and killed a young black woman. 20/05/2016
Malawi Extinction threat for people with albinism in Malawi as ritual murders rise People with albinism in Malawi are being attacked, abducted and killed to such an extent that they face extinction in the African country. The dire 29/04/2016