Discriminatory laws and poor enforcement foster victim-blaming and harmful stereotypes, enabling impunity for perpetrators in ...

USCIS says reviews of visas, green cards and asylum cases from newly added countries will be paused, with some past approvals ...

Indonesia’s new Criminal Code takes effect in 2026, criminalizing sex outside marriage. What it really means for tourists, ...

Deadly bush fires can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert MBERA, Mauritania — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree ...

Mbera, Mauritania — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood ...

TGS has launched a large-scale multi-client 3D seismic project designed to support exploration across offshore Mauritania and the broader West African Atlantic margin. Mauritania currently has no ...

RABAt, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a financing package worth $275 million to help Mauritania upgrade its main railway corridor.

The new Country Partnership Framework between the World Bank Group and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania centers on Economic Diversification for Growth and Employment (EDGE). It prioritizes four ...

Slightly over 10 years after it redefined marriage to include same-sex couples, the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10 declined to revisit that controversial decision, upholding at least for now its ruling ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide. The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the ...

Editor’s note: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider overturning its decision to legalize same-sex marriage. You might have missed the news blip this week that the Supreme Court will ...