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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, December 3, 2024
ZIMBABWE: A law denying abortions to women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional, the the High Court said in a ruling made public today.
In his decision, handed down on November 22, Judge Maxwell Takuva said that since Zimbabwe’s laws already criminalise marital rape and sex with a minor, victims should be allowed to abort if they become pregnant.
BANGLADESH: A court in the south-east rescheduled by a month today the bail hearing for a prominent jailed Hindu leader who in recent months led large rallies in the Muslim-majority country demanding better security for minority groups.
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
