A recent investigation has revealed evidence that China's distant-water fishing fleet, the world's biggest in scale, commits environmental and labor abuses in the southwest Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa....
Japan was once the world's leading chip manufacturer. Now, concerns over supply chains and geopolitical tensions have prompted the government to provide funding for foreign firms and domestic manufacturers.
After a recent order from Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, "morality police" are increasing patrols, and women who refuse to wear headscarves are reporting more violent harassment and arrests....
The price of cocoa on the global market soared to a record high in April, but African farmers are struggling to make ends meet. In countries like Ghana, the local pricing system has left many frustrated and hopeless....
Drought, wildfires, floods and record heat in Europe. Last year, was one of extreme climate impacts for humans and nature. But there's some positive news too....
One year on from the outbreak of another war, Sudan is being torn apart by one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. More aid has been pledged, but many see no end to the suffering....
The demonstrators want to limit the number of visitors to the Canary Islands and give the archipelago's residents a greater say in what they see as uncontrolled development that damages the environment....
Protesters in the northern Indian territory of Ladakh say statehood would give them more flexibility to pass laws that will help protect the region's fragile ecosystem....
Doctors in Kenya have been on strike for five weeks, demanding better wages and working conditions. President William Ruto says his government is out of money to pay the medics. Meanwhile, patients remain without care....
Russian peacekeepers will withdraw from the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan recaptured last year. Russian forces did not intervene in that conflict, which triggered the mass explusion of ethnic Armenians....
Iranian troops rappelled from a helicopter and boarded the ship near the Strait of Hormuz. The Israeli military said Iran would face consequences for escalating the tense situation between the two countries....
Russian military personnel arrived in Niamey to train their soldiers and set up an air defense system. Russia has been trying to build stronger ties with several African nations currently ruled by military juntas....
Calls for sanctions on Israel over its offensive in Gaza are growing louder. France has refused to rule out curbs, while Turkey has restricted exports of dozens of products to Israel until a cease-fire is announced....
To show how sexual harassment leaves its mark, a women's rights organization in Germany is drawing attention to statues of nude women, with breasts that are visibly lighter after years of being touched....
Jorge Glas was arrested over the weekend following a rare security raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, where he was seeking refuge. Prison authorities said he was hospitalized after refusing to eat....
April 7 marks 30 years since the start of a genocide that would see nearly 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus murdered in Rwanda. Scars on survivors' bodies remind Rwandans of the killings. A deep trauma also remains....
Saudi Arabia was recently chosen to head the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, despite protests from international rights organizations and ongoing repression back home....
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has reportedly floated a €100 billion package over five years, which foreign ministers meeting in Brussels are set to discuss....