By Julie Pace and Darlene Superville, July 27, 2015, published in the Associated Press President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Monday, July 27, 2015, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit [...]

Press release from Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights, July 18, 2015 The local councils are the cornerstone of political life, as they are directly responsible for all the services and the living conditions of citizens. Given the importance of the local councils, the 2014 Constitution granted new powers and parliamentary monitoring [...]

  Published in CBCnews, July 21, 2015 Demonstrators gather outside the Vatican in June called for more global action on climate change. Pope Francis has made the environment a key issue of his papacy. (Andrew Medichini/AP) Dozens of environmentally friendly mayors from around the world will be signing [...]

By Paul Lewis, July 20, 2015, published in the Guardian The Cuban flag is added to the display inside the US State Department’s main entrance early on Monday morning. Photograph: Paul J Richards/AFP/Getty Images Diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba have been officially restored, with Cuba’s foreign minister taking [...]

By Emre Diner, July 9, 2015, published in Daily Sabah Greek Cypriot President Anastasiades (L) and Turkish Cypriot President Akıncı (R) shake hands at a meeting attended by representatives of the respective chambers of commerce. Photo credit @ DailySabah The economic vision after a solution to the Cyprus issue [...]

By Patrick T. Hiller, July 15, 2015, published in Grassroots Press The day the historic nuclear deal between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, France and Germany (P5+1) was reached, President Obama declared that “the world can do remarkable things when we share a vision of [...]