The Great African War, or the African World War, took place in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. As many as six million people died from violence, disease and malnutrition, the BBC explained. The...
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Iranian authorities began covering graves showing images of women without the mandatory headscarf (hijab), as the government intensifies its crackdown on how Iranian women can dress, Radio Free Europe reported. Cemetery officials in the capital said that nearly 100 tombstones with photos of women without a...
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Lesotho prosecutors dropped all charges against former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife for their involvement in the 2017 murder of his estranged ex-wife in a case that shook the tiny, politically-unstable African nation, Agence France-Presse reported. Officials said they dropped the case after they...
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The Spanish government passed a bill this week that will relax requirements for undocumented migrant laborers in an effort to bring thousands of workers into the labor force and shore up understaffed sectors such as hospitality and farming, the Associated Press reported. The new measure aims...
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Ukraine said work has begun at three ports to create "green corridors" for grain exports, the BBC wrote. Officials announced that "caravans" of ships headed by Ukrainian Navy boats will cruise through the Black Sea after the routes are established. Ukrainian forces destroyed a...
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Scottish art conservators have discovered a self-portrait of renowned artist Vincent van Gogh hidden under one of his paintings for more than a century, CNN reported. The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) said conservators came across the secret work after taking an X-ray of the artist’s...
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