Nicolás Maduro ousted from Venezuela as citizens react with relief and fear

Nicolás Maduro ousted from Venezuela as citizens react with relief and fear

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Following the ousting of Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3 after he and his wife were whisked away to face justice in NewYork, ordinary citizens of Venezuela are responding with a mix of relief, shock and uncertainty after 30 years of a brutal socialist dictatorship that bankrupted their…

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New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action

New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action

The move comes ahead of COP30, the UN climate talks where countries will present updated plans to cut planet-warming emissions, alongside measures to protect forests and boost funding for renewable energy. Known as the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, the fund will reward countries that succeed in halting deforestation. Aiming to make forests worth more standing than…

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Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher

Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher

Since the Rapid Support Forces militia – which has been battling the military government – captured El Fasher after more than 500 days of siege in late October, nearly 89,000 people have fled from Tawila, Melit, Saraf Omra, and other localities. Some families have sought refuge in Tina, near the Sudan-Chad border, where already overwhelmed…

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South Sudan: Increase in abductions and sexual violence ‘unacceptable’

South Sudan: Increase in abductions and sexual violence ‘unacceptable’

UNMISS released its latest quarterly human rights brief, covering July to September 2025 – a period marked by a continued deterioration in the political and security situation.  Factors included persistent inter/intra-communal violence involving community-based militias and/or civil defence groups; hostilities between the warring parties and other armed groups – including the alleged involvement of foreign forces – political tensions between the ruling party and the opposition, and ethnic polarisation.  Killings and other…

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Healing the hidden wounds of childbirth

Healing the hidden wounds of childbirth

For women like 38-year-old Farhiya from rural Beletweyne, the consequences can be devastating — a painful obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal that left her incontinent, isolated, and cut off from her community. “I was stressed, constantly worried, and isolated from my community. I was living in my house as if I had…

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Africa and Europe can shape a fairer global system

Africa and Europe can shape a fairer global system

But António Guterres warns this shift will not guarantee stability.  “Multipolarity alone is no guarantee of peace,” he said. Without strong cooperation, it can fuel rivalry rather than balance.  Speaking at a summit between the African Union (AU) – the continent’s political and economic union – and the European Union (EU), the bloc of 27 European states, he…

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‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare

‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare

“What we need now are notebooks, books, and pens. We want to get our lives back”, said one young Palestinian girl, Sham Al-Abd. She now attends the Deir al-Balah Joint Elementary School run by the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA). Despite the old furniture and the few drawings that brighten the classroom walls at a…

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Iran: UN human rights chief ‘deeply disturbed’ by protest-related violence

Iran: UN human rights chief ‘deeply disturbed’ by protest-related violence

In a statement issued on Friday, Volker Türk said he was “deeply disturbed” by the violence reported over nearly two weeks of demonstrations, stressing that those responsible for any violations must be held to account in line with international human rights standards. People took to the streets of the capital, Tehran, in the final days…

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International Criminal Court: Sanctions threaten global fight against impunity

International Criminal Court: Sanctions threaten global fight against impunity

Annalena Baerbock’s statement came as the assembly discussed the ICC’s annual report in the light of United States’ sanctions imposed on judges and prosecutors this year. The sanctions stem from an executive order in February in response to the UN-backed court issuing arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister and then defence minister, for alleged war…

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What the US withdrawal from UN bodies could mean for climate, trade and development

What the US withdrawal from UN bodies could mean for climate, trade and development

When UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric briefed correspondents in New York on Thursday following the release of the White House Memorandum, he insisted that the Organization will continue to carry out its mandates from Member States “with determination.” Wednesday’s memorandum states that the US administration is “ceasing participation in or funding to those entities to the extent…

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