Protesters braved extreme heat in Seville on Sunday to call for debt relief, fairer taxation, and climate action on the eve of a major United Nations summit on global development.
Activists marched through the scorching streets of Seville on Sunday, demanding debt cancellation, climate justice, and higher taxes on the super rich, just ahead of a key UN summit on financing development.
The four-day summit—held once every decade—aims to tackle global issues such as poverty, disease, and climate change by shaping the next development framework. But hopes for meaningful progress have been tempered by the United States’ withdrawal and a declining commitment to foreign aid from wealthier nations.
Greenpeace protesters carried banners reading 'Make Human Rights Great Again,' 'Tax Justice Now,' and 'Make Polluters Pay.'
Beauty Narteh of Ghana’s Anti-Corruption Coalition called for a fairer tax system and “dignity, not handouts.” Ndiaye Bousso of the Africa Development Interchange Network urged both public and private sectors to show greater solidarity with developing nations.
Despite the challenges, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the mere fact the summit is taking place amid global conflict is itself a reason for hope.
Foreign ministers of some Muslim countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and next steps there, Turkish Foreign Ministe...
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Turkish court sentenced 11 people to life in prison on Friday over a fire that killed 78 people at a ski resort in northwest Türkiye's Bolu mountains...
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has strongly condemned the order by U.S. President Donald Trump to resume nuclear weapons testing, while h...
Dutch centrist party D66 won the most votes in Wednesday's general election, news agency ANP said on Friday, putting its 38-year-old leader Rob Jetten...
Spain held a state funeral on Wednesday to honor the 237 victims of the deadly Valencia floods that struck on October 29, 2024, the most catastrophic flooding in Europe in more than five decades.
The body of a 56-year-old man has been found buried in mud a year after he was swept away in deadly flash floods in southeastern Spain, authorities said on Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday the NATO alliance should weigh throwing Spain out of its membership ranks over a dispute about the Western European nation's lagging military spending.
Four people have been confirmed dead after a six-storey building collapsed in central Madrid while being converted into a hotel, authorities said, following a 15-hour rescue effort involving drones and sniffer dogs.
Reliable sources have confirmed to AnewZ that the United States has asked Azerbaijan to join a Stabilisation Force in Gaza, as part of a proposed international mission to secure the territory.
Centrist liberal party D66, led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten, has made sweeping gains in the Dutch election, emerging neck and neck with Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party (PVV) in early results — a stunning reversal just two years after D66 ranked sixth.
Tanzanian police fired tear gas and live rounds on Thursday to disperse protesters in Dar es Salaam and other cities, a day after a disputed election marked by violence and claims of political repression, witnesses said.
U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl trade, Trump said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that the most difficult situation on the front line remains the eastern city of Pokrovsk, where fighting continues to be most intense due to a strong concentration of Russian forces.
Afghanistan and Pakistan have extended their ceasefire, following several days of negotiations in Istanbul from October 25 to 30, 2025, mediated by Türkiye and Qatar.
Turkish court sentenced 11 people to life in prison on Friday over a fire that killed 78 people at a ski resort in northwest Türkiye's Bolu mountains in January, state media reported.
Dutch centrist party D66 won the most votes in Wednesday's general election, news agency ANP said on Friday, putting its 38-year-old leader Rob Jetten on course to become the youngest-ever prime minister in the Netherlands.
Families gathered at a morgue in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday to identify loved ones killed in what has become Brazil’s deadliest police operation, while funerals were held for four officers who died during the raids.
Torrential rain battered New York on Thursday, leaving two people dead, Mayor Eric Adams confirmed, as severe storms disrupted flights and prompted flood warnings across parts of the city.
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