By Anadolu Agency Norway’s child welfare agency Barnevernet has been the subject of controversy, with its decisions fueling growing concern among families, human rights lawyers and activists. In some cases that families brought to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Norway has been convicted several times in connection with Article 8 of the convention

A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter’s shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013. Reuters/Vincent Mundy/File Photo By Reuters A senior U.N. official is due to visit Moscow in the coming days to discuss reviving fertilizer exports,

By Anadolu Agency The writer is an associate professor at SSUA Institute for Area Studies. The scope of Turkey’s investments in the African continent is gradually expanding. Having managed to be among the main development partners of African countries with a trade volume of $30 billion and investment projects worth $78 billion by the end

Kladys Castellón prays during a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) By The Associated Press An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen gestures during an interview with Reuters in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 24, 2022. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann By Reuters European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called for talks with Moscow on unlocking wheat exports that are trapped in Ukraine as a result

Credit to Photo/Al Jazeera By Blue Marine Foundation A set of reports published by Blue Marine Foundation have revealed evidence of unauthorised fishing on the part of EU vessels in the waters of several developing Indian Ocean coastal states. The reports – one undertaken by OceanMind and the other by Blue Marine and Kroll –

The Times of Israel By Lazar Berman Somalia’s parliament selected a new president last week, bringing back a leader who met secretly with then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was elected Sunday in an indirect vote that ran over a year late, the process mired in political infighting that turned violent at

Kenyan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), sit on a flat-bed truck as a convoy makes its way between the port of Kismayu and the city’s airport. By Business Daily Africa The European Union and its partners reimbursed Kenya nearly Sh2.54 billion for troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia in the

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks with Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Euisun Chung (not pictured) on the automaker’s decision to build a new electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility in Savannah, Georgia, as Biden ends his visit to Seoul, South Korea, May 22, 2022. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst By Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden, in Seoul before

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese speaks to supporters at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) By The Associated Press Australia’s center-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and