A median of 31% across 35 countries say they're completely free to speak without censorship, and 28% say their media are ...

The World Bank’s 2025 report highlights the severe financing gap faced by municipalities in low- and middle-income countries ...

Across 35 countries, there are some disconnects between how people rate the importance of free expression and how free they feel they actually are.

The first modern pontiff to hail from anywhere but Europe, Pope Francis from Argentina, redefined Church leadership by ...

President Trump's pause on tariffs has provided welcome respite across Sub-Saharan Africa, whose economies faced some of the ...

The drug lord Pablo Escobar built a private zoo filled with hippos, but things took a dangerous turn when he was shot dead.

A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate ...

Countries are cutting funding and focusing more on regional efforts to deter migration rather than humanitarian relief.

After universities, museums, and humanitarian organizations, it is now world heritage sites that bear the brunt of the severe ...

A broad swathe of CEEMEA issuers are preparing returns to the primary market after Moroccan corporate OCP paved the way on ...

A new study shows how cuts to foreign aid could lead to millions of HIV/AIDS deaths and soaring rates of infections, undoing decades of progress against the virus.

THE Trump administration in the United States has ushered in significant policy shifts in tariffs, immigration and geopolitical alignments. The reciprocal tariff provisions unveiled in April were ...