Observers in Tunisia are wondering how much higher food prices can go before civil unrest breaks out. Supermarket shelves in the North African country have been bare for weeks. Staples like eggs, flour, rice and sugar are “almost impossible to find,” according to Middle East...
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A long-awaited trial to prosecute war crimes in the Central African Republic was postponed for the second time in a week, delaying once again the work of a special court created to address the ongoing civil war, Africanews reported Tuesday. The delayed proceedings by the country’s...
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A Turkish court sentenced businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison on charges of attempting to oust the government, in a long-running trial that has underscored the erosion of democratic standards and rule of law in Turkey, the Wall Street Journal reported. Kavala, one...
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Mexico’s Supreme Court struck down a 2021 law that would have ordered cellphone companies to collect biometric data from their customers in an effort to fight phone crime in the country, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The court ruled that the request to collect data such...
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Russia's state-controlled gas firm cut off natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, signaling a dramatic escalation in tensions between Moscow and the West over the Ukraine crisis, the Washington Post reported. Gazprom said the move was prompted by the failure of...
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Selfies are distorting the images people see of themselves and are prompting them to undergo unnecessary cosmetic surgery, the Telegraph reported. In a new study, researchers at the University of Texas took photos of 30 volunteers using different camera devices to analyze how the images differed. They...
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