The activists confronting period taboos in Pakistan
Facing threats and alienation, women push for menstrual awareness in a country where women’s health taboos limit rights.
Day: May 28, 2023
Voters in Turkey return to polls to decide on opposing presidential visions
Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society. “All t…
Egypt death rites: Mummification workshop found in Saqqara
Archaeologists in Egypt are examining exciting new findings in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara.
NZ’s Labour Party commits to apprenticeship boost
New Zealand’s Labour Party has revealed an apprenticeship boost during a soft launch of its campaign ahead of the October election.
Ukrainian attacks inside Russia
Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the Druzhba pipeline, while shelling from Ukraine killed at least two, Russian officials and media said. FRANCE 24’s …
Republicans, Biden reach debt ceiling deal
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the nation’s borrowing authority and avoid a default. “Nothing is final,” says FRANCE 24’s Washington correspondent Kethevane Gorjest…
UK airports operating as normal following e-gate difficulties
All airport e-gates in the UK are now operating as normal following nationwide delays.
Some passengers had to wait hours upon landing after the machines that automatically check passports, stopped working.
Ukrainian drone blow up Russian most advanced tank
Ukrainian Soldiers from 2nd battalion K-2 of the 54th Mechanized Brigade have released impressive aerial footage showing the Russian most advanced operational tank blown by a Ukrainian drone strike in a dramatic battle. According to the K-2 battalion, …
Russia has launched its ‘largest drone attack’ of the war on Kyiv, killing one
Ukraine’s capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia’s war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday.
Official: Omani sultan’s Iran visit another sign of growing ties with Persian Gulf neighbors
The head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the Sunday visit by Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said to Tehran is yet another sign of growing relations between the Islamic Republic and its Persian Gulf Arab neighbors.