Japan is proposing an end to a 33-year-old ban on commercial whaling, saying it is time because most whale species have rebounded from being endangered at the time the ban began. It is facing

(CNN)Two sisters have died in Somalia from complications that arose after undergoing female genital mutilation, according to Hawa Aden Mohamed, who campaigns against the procedure.Ten-year-old Aasiyo Abdi Warsame and her sister, Khadijo, 11, died

London (CNN)Some schoolgirls in the United Kingdom have been pressured by their peers into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), according to FGM survivor and campaigner Leyla Hussein, Britain's Press Association reported.Hussein, who founded the

(CNN)Somalia will prosecute a female genital mutilation (FGM) case for the first time in the country after a 10-year-old girl died from the procedure last week.Deeqa Dahir Nuur suffered complications two days after her

(CNN)A group of Kenyan teenagers have created an app called i-Cut to help girls affected by Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).The students, Stacy Owino, Cynthia Otieno, Purity Achieng, Mascrine Atieno and Ivy Akinyi, have named

GENEVA: UN officials have notified Russia, Turkey and the US of the GPS coordinates of 235 schools, hospitals and other civilian sites in the Syrian province of Idlib, in the hope the move will

Rival Iraqi factions make coalition deal and end Al-Abadi’s prime minister hopes BAGHDAD: Pro-Iran parties in Iraq reached a deal on Thursday to join a parliamentary coalition overseen by anti-Tehran cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr that

BEIJING: Any chemical weapons attack on Syria’s last opposition stronghold would lead to “consequences” for the regime in Damascus, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned in Beijing on Thursday. Russia-backed regime forces have

This interview took place on September 10 at Basmanny Court in Moscow and September 11 at a cafe nearby the courthouse. Verzilov fell ill late on September 11. Pussy Riot believes Verzilov was poisoned.

The outer reaches of Hurricane Florence began lashing coastal North Carolina with heavy winds and flooded roads on Thursday ahead of an expected landfall that will bring walls of water and lingering downpours to