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Mississippi calls on Supreme Court to overturn US right to abortion

The state of Mississippi on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to overturn the right to abortion in the United States in a legal brief...

Duterte, Saudi prince discuss OFWs, kafala

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Biden opens major push for LGBTIQ rights abroad

President Joe Biden has quickly launched a campaign to support LGBTIQ people abroad, putting their rights higher on the US foreign policy agenda than...

Rights groups say Facebook bias spurs violence in India

Civil rights groups on Wednesday said Facebook has failed to address dangerous content in India and demanded that the head of public policy there...

Frenchman to livestream death in right-to-die case

A Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who plans to livestream his death on social media said Saturday he had begun refusing all food,...

US congresssman John Lewis, civil rights icon, dead at 80

John Lewis, the non-violent civil rights warrior who marched with Martin Luther King Jr and nearly died from police beatings before serving for decades...

China detains professor who criticised Xi over coronavirus

Beijing, China | Chinese authorities on Monday detained a law professor who published essays criticising President Xi Jinping over the coronavirus pandemic and his...

EU confirms Philippines has refused European grants

The Philippines will no longer accept grants from the European Union, the EU delegation to Manila said Thursday, following repeated tirades from President Rodrigo...

Fox News dumps embattled host over harassment allegations

Fox News has severed its ties with Bill O'Reilly, sacking its biggest star and America's most-watched cable news anchor over a flood of sexual...

Shiite Lebanese women wage painful custody battles

Every week, young divorcee Rita Choukeir looks forward to the three precious hours she gets with her young son in Lebanon, where child custody...

Canada court orders reporter to hand over source communications

A Canadian appeals court upheld Wednesday a ruling ordering a journalist to hand over records of his communications with an alleged member of the...

Duterte reignites martial law fears

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Thursday he may impose martial law and suspend elections for tens of thousands of local posts, fuelling concerns about...

Women protest for opportunities to drive trains in Argentina

Female railway workers marked International Women's Day in Argentina on Wednesday with a protest demanding the opportunity to drive trains. Monica Schlotthauer, a union delegate,...

Fears rogue Philippine police on rampage

Philippine police allegedly abducting, framing, extorting and murdering people have raised fears of rogue cops going on the rampage under the cover of President...
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