Domestic abuse rises with virus lockdowns
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating domestic violence as half the world's population grapples with stay-at-home orders to keep the virus from spreading.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating domestic violence as half the world's population grapples with stay-at-home orders to keep the virus from spreading.
A global human rights organization revealed files found in Argentina containing the names of 12,000 Nazis from the 1930s, many with Swiss bank accounts.
Secret cures or vaccines and Chinese biological weapons are some of the bogus social media claims WHO said it was debunking in the coronavirus outbreak.
UNESCO's chief reminded Washington and Tehran they must protect cultural sites, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to target Iran's heritage.
Six nations pushed for more accountability in U.N. peacekeeping at a meeting on progress towards ending mismanagement, sexual abuse and other violence.
Four senior Democrats in the U.S. Congress warned the Trump administration may withdraw from a treaty for mutual unarmed surveillance over 34 nations.
The team's report pins responsibility for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder on Saudi Arabia and 15 of its agents.
Accelerating species losses undermine humanity's perch on the planet because all life depends on rich species diversity.
The Mueller probe cast members of the Trump Organization's hundreds of pass-through companies and partnerships as central players in some of the main corruption themes.
The leaders had contradictory accounts of why there was no agreement on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons.
The global trade federation IFPMA joined a chorus of voices saying health spending is a critical investment, not just a cost.
Not surprisingly, the patterns of American and European leadership have been an affront to non-Western nations.
The Trump administration's broadsides against international cooperation embolden nations with poor human rights records and encourage attacks on journalists, experts said.
As 200 nations gathered for climate talks, international health experts reported the slow pace of reducing greenhouse gas emissions puts lives and health care systems at risk.
After eight years in the minority, Democrats vowed to redirect, block or investigate Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's domestic and foreign programs and priorities.
Precipitated by unrestrained nationalism, the immense tragedy of a four-year global war laid the groundwork for the post-World War II era of relative concordance among nations.