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The security situation in Haiti is in “free fall”, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned, as armed groups continue to unleash deadly violence in the capital and other areas across the Caribbean nation.

In a statement on Thursday, HRW said criminal gangs have escalated their attacks in Port-au-Prince since late last year, and only 10 percent of the city remains under government control.

“Haiti’s security situation is in a free fall and Haitians are suffering horrific abuses,” said…

United States President Donald Trump has hinted at firing Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell amid the president’s frustration that the central bank will not aggressively cut interest rates.

On Thursday, Trump said that Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough”.

Powell’s term does not expire until May 2026. The president does not have the authority to remove Powell from the central bank.

Trump’s attacks on Powell come after the Fed chair’s speech at the Economic Club of…

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” refer to a “biological woman and biological sex” under UK equality laws, bringing a long-running court battle between feminist groups and the government of Scotland to an end.

Wednesday’s ruling is expected to have far-reaching consequences for policies on whether and how spaces and services reserved for women should be extended to include “trans women” – those born male who have transitioned…

A fire tore through a Darfur displacement camp, destroying over 50 homes. As Sudan’s civil war nears passes the two-year mark, the UN says the country faces the world’s worst displacement crisis and looming famine.