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Thursday, 27 November 2025 20:13
Italy: parliament passes law defining femicide
Italy has taken a major and symbolic step in addressing gender-based violence by unanimously passing a law that defines femicide - the killing of a woman because she is a woman - as a distinct crime…
Thursday, 27 November 2025 20:10
Ukraine: differing signals about peace proposals
Hopes of a swift peace agreement to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been tempered after the Kremlin cautioned against assuming a deal is close. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was ‘premature’ to suggest a resolution…
Thursday, 27 November 2025 20:07
Global: one woman killed by a partner or relative every ten minutes
Violence against women remains a deadly global crisis, with more than 50,000 women and girls killed in 2024 by intimate partners or family members - an average of one life taken every 10 minutes. A new…
Thursday, 27 November 2025 20:02
Nigeria: mass kidnapping from a Catholic school
On 21 November, at St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger state, more than three hundred students were abducted in a mass kidnapping - the worst such attack recorded against a Catholic school in the region. Although…
Thursday, 27 November 2025 19:59
Nigeria: danger of mass starvation in 2026
Northern Nigeria is facing a rapidly escalating hunger emergency as militant attacks make it too dangerous for farmers to work their land. According to a new World Food Programme (WFP) report, Nigeria is on track to…
Thursday, 27 November 2025 19:57
Hong Kong: at least 83 dead in devastating tower block fire
A devastating blaze has engulfed a residential development in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, rapidly spreading across multiple tower blocks despite the efforts of more than a hundred fire engines. The alert was raised to the…