France has become the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution.Parliamentarians voted to revise the country's 1958 constitution to enshrine women's "guaranteed freedom" to abort.The overwhelming 780-72 vote saw a standing ovation in the parliament in Versailles when the result was announced.President Emmanuel Macron described the move as "French pride" that had sent a "universal message".However anti-abortion groups...

The Russian President, Vladmir Putin, has vowed to support any country that’s determined to defend its national interest against the Western nations.Putin said Moscow would collaborate with any country in the area of technology.He stressed that Russia is determined to actively work on existing cooperative ties and also to create new relations based on its many years of successful experience in mutually beneficial partnershipsIn a cable message to the participants of...

Following the international arrest warrant placed on the Russian President, Putin. South Africa has now said that the Russian leader can't be arrested in their country.Putin has been invited to a BRICS summit in Johannesburg next month but is the target of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant — a provision that Pretoria as an ICC member would be expected to implement were he to attend.South Africa’s diplomatic dilemma is playing out in court, where the lea...