#MeToo gave women a voice but solutions still missing: novelist Adichie
The #MeToo movement may have given women’s rights a boost but the drive for gender equality still takes “two steps forward, and one step backwards,” Nigerian novelist and activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told Reuters on Monday.
U.S. House committee threatens subpoena if Pompeo will not provide Iran information
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee threatened on Tuesday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trump’s ordering the strike that kill…
New Guatemalan president talks migration with U.S. before inauguration
Guatemala’s new president will take office on Tuesday under pressure from the Trump administration on immigration and security and earlier met U.S. officials as he decides his stance on a U.S. asylum agreement he previously opposed.
Former Sudan spy service men open fire in protest at dismissal terms
Dismissed ex-employees of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) shot in the air in Khartoum on Tuesday in protest at severance terms, prompting a heavy security force deployment and the temporary closure of the country’s airspace.
Iran arrests suspects in ‘unforgivable’ plane disaster as protests persist
Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error.
U.S. imposes sanctions on two North Korean entities over labor export
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two North Korean entities that it said are involved in sending North Koreans to work abroad in violation of United Nations sanctions.
EU executive to ask EU top court for injunction on Polish law muzzling judges
The European Union’s executive arm, the European Commission, decided on Tuesday to ask the EU’s top court to grant an injunction against a Polish law that would discipline judges who question the government’s changes to the legal system.
WHO says new China coronavirus could spread, warns hospitals worldwide
There may have been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus in China within families, and it is possible there could be a wider outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Philippine lawyer to withdraw ICC complaint against Duterte
A Philippines lawyer who filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of murder in a bloody anti-drugs crackdown said on Tuesday he will no longer pursue the case.
Dozens killed by avalanches in Pakistani and Indian Kashmir
At least 59 people were killed and many more were missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday.
