PARIS (AA) – In a first of its kind, the Catholic Church in France has paid financial reparations to six victims of child sexual abuse in the church, according to local media. The fund for solidarity and the fight against sexual assault on minors (SALEM), set up by the Conference of Bishops of France, has […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said that at least 200 children in Somalia have died of malnutrition since January, with the country witnessing “catastrophic food insecurity” for the first time since 2017. Drought conditions have deteriorated follow...
PARIS (AA) – One person has been indicted by a court in Paris and nine others may soon be charged over the deaths of 27 migrants in the English Channel in November 2021. French police arrested 13 men and two women for their involvement in what the UN migration agency had described as the “worst […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Twenty bodies of people believed to be migrants were found in Libya’s desert close to the border with Chad, according to the Libyan authorities on Wednesday. In a statement, the Ambulance Service said the bodies were found inside a pickup truck 310 kilometers south of Kufra city. It said the truck […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s top prosecutor will open an investigation into the deaths of migrants trying to cross the border from Morocco to Spain. Moroccan officials say 23 people died in the violent incident, while several NGOs say the true death toll is 37. Although Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez applauded the actions of Moroccan […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has described as “horrifying and heartbreaking” the deaths that occurred on Tuesday of 50 migrants whose bodies were found inside a tractor-trailer in the state of Texas. “Our prayers are with those who lost their lives, their loved ones, as well as those still fighting for their lives. [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will provide nearly $55 million in aid to those impacted by an earthquake last week that struck eastern Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. The humanitarian assistance will go through the US Agency for International Development, the top diplomat said in a statement and added that the new ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – At least 19 people have died after a residential building in India’s financial capital Mumbai collapsed overnight, officials said on Tuesday. Rescuers worked through heavy rain to scour through the rubble of the four-story building in Mumbai’s central Kurla area. Civic body BMC said 14 more people were injured in the […...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain continues to blame human trafficking mafias for the deaths of dozens of migrants who tried to cross the land border from Morocco into Spain. In a press conference, Isabel Rodriguez, spokesperson of the Spanish government, lamented the loss of life but applauded the collaboration of Spanish and Moroccan authorit...
The use of torture is prohibited by the United Nations convention that also opposes other cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment. Yet, many countries still employ methods of torture, including beatings, waterboarding, rape, sleep deprivation and solitary confinement. To increase global awareness of the problem, the U.N. designat...
