ILO adopts #MeToo treaty against violence and harassment at work
The International Labour Organization (ILO) on Friday adopted a new global treaty against violence and harassment in the workplace, sparked by the women’s #MeToo movement....
Missouri faces deadline to decide if its only abortion clinic can stay open
Missouri health officials will decide on Friday whether to renew the license of the state’s only abortion clinic in the latest battle between abortion-rights advocates...
Trump warned Tehran a U.S. attack was imminent, called for talks: Iranian officials
Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from U.S. President Donald Trump warning that a U.S. attack on Iran was...
A Filipino market highlights the war with plastic
In Manila’s downtown marketplace, thin, single-use plastic bags are a common sight. They’re easy to use but also easy to discard and activists want them...
China bans pig imports from Laos due to African Swine fever
China said on Friday it has banned direct and indirect imports of pigs, wild boars and related products from Laos due to the first African...
‘Brain fever’ blamed for India child deaths preventable: doctors
Five-year-old Soni Khatun was playing in the midday sun last week when she began to vomit and lose feeling in her hands. Her mother, a...
Exclusive: Trump warned Iran via Oman that U.S. attack was imminent, called for talks – Iranian officials
Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from U.S. President Donald Trump through Oman overnight warning that a U.S. attack...
Russia accuses U.S. of pushing Iran situation to brink of war: RIA
Russia accused the United States on Friday of deliberately stoking dangerous tensions around Iran and pushing the situation to the brink of war, the RIA...
Trump warned Iran via Oman that U.S. attack imminent, called for talks: Iranian officials
Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from U.S. President Donald Trump through Oman overnight warning that a U.S. attack...
Georgian president accuses Russian ‘fifth column’ of stirring unrest
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili late on Thursday called Russia “an enemy and occupier” whose “fifth column” she suggested was behind violent unrest which she warned...