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There will be no casino in Manhattan after a community board rejected a proposed Mohegan Sun resort near the United Nations headquarters

Pamela Anderson has embraced a makeup-free lifestyle at 58, attending fashion shows and film premieres with a bare face

European leaders warn the incursions are a calculated escalation of Russia's war in Ukraine.

Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure governments to change objectionable policies. The idea is simple: instead of using weapons, squeeze the ruling elite economically until they change their behaviour.

Cameroon on Monday is marking ​​five years since protests organised by the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) were violently repressed by the authorities. More than 500 people were arbitrarily arrested, 36 of whom remain in jail. As the country gears up for presidential elections, human rights group Amnesty International is calling…

Macron sets out plan for international stabilisation mission as Arab and Muslim leaders prepare to meet Trump in New York

A U.N. expert reports that repression in Russia is escalating, targeting civilians, journalists, and Ukrainian prisoners of war

Palestinian Ambassador Zomlot says ‘moment stands as defiant act of truth, a refusal to let genocide be the final word’.

Rubble and Hebrew graffiti mark Israel's presence in Syria's Quneitra province, where people accuse the southern neighbour's troops of demolitions, detentions and forced displacement -- defying ongoing security talks between the two sides.