Record levels of child hunger reported in Horn of Africa
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Anti-poverty group Action Against Hunger sounds the alarm over drought-stricken and war-torn Somalia

The international charity Action Against Hunger has reported the highest level of severe child malnutrition in Somalia since it began work in the country three decades ago. The organization pointed to a 55% increase in admissions to the centers it operates in the country from January to April of this year, compared to the same period of 2021, in its Friday press release, urging governments to do more to fund humanitarian efforts in the impoverished and war-torn African nation. 

The organization b...

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Global Sheriff Washington wants its courts to unilaterally define who’s a war criminal
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Washington lawmakers want US courts to become the new Hague

New evidence is emerging that the US establishment is continuing to exploit the window of opportunity provided by the emotional public reaction to the conflict in Ukraine to further subvert the multilateral world order. Members of the US Senate have revived an old draft bill from 1996 that would give American justice jurisdiction over foreigners who American officials decide to accuse of war crimes in foreign jurisdictions, according to a New York Times...

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Top Finnish lawmaker balks at Turkey’s NATO threat
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Parliament speaker says Helsinki can’t change its laws and extradite ‘innocent people’ to allay Ankara’s terrorism concerns

Finland’s top legislator has ruled out placating Turkey to win approval for the country’s NATO membership bid, saying parliament can’t change laws and extradite “innocent people” whom Ankara considers to be terrorists.

Speaker of Parliament Matti Vanhanen, a former prime minister, made his comments in an interview with Finnish public broadcaster Yle on Saturday, responding to claims by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that NATO applicants Finland an...

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