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Keys, cardboard houses and red carnations filled the air outside Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday evening as thousands of demonstrators rallied in Lisbon over the housing crisis and alleged police violence.

The World Food Programme says it is forced to cut aid for thousands in the enclave.

Across Southeast Asia, the haze has returned with a familiar cruelty. Malaysia has closed schools as air quality deteriorated, Singapore has experienced dangerous levels of air pollution, and even parts of the Philippines have been affected, underscoring how far the smoke has travelled. In Indonesia, meanwhile, forest and peatland fires, a major source of the region’s haze, have threatened…

Tunis, Tunisia –Like many Tunisian university graduates, Cherine Ghanmi believed a degree would offer her family a way out of poverty.

Snap vote called after Parliament rejects measures to protect tenants and freeze rents.

Hundreds of thousands of Spanish women have spent months encountering problems getting hold of some of the hormone treatments used to relieve menopausal symptoms.

Renk, South Sudan – The arrivals begin before dawn. Women carry children and plastic bags; men walk with almost nothing. Every week, about 3,000 refugees and returnees cross into South Sudan from Sudan.