Hong Kong man sentenced to 14 months in jail for ‘seditious’ T-shirt | Politics News
Chu Kai-pong is the first person to be convicted under Article 23, the China-ruled city’s tough new national security law.A Hong Kong man has been…
Thailand to prosecute eight over 2004 Tak Bai deaths | Conflict News
The incident remains one of the deadliest in the long-running armed rebellion in Thailand’s southern provinces.Thailand has said it will prosecute eight former security personnel…
‘Civilian objects should not be weaponised’: UN chief on Lebanon blasts | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Devices belonging to Hezbollah explode in simultaneous waves, killing more than 20 people and wounding hundreds in Lebanon.United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says civilian objects…
Myanmar’s military intensifying killing and torture of civilians, UN says | Military News
UN report finds 5,350 civilians have been killed by the military since the coup in February 2021.Myanmar’s military regime has stepped up killings and arrests…
Georgia’s parliament approves law curbing LGBTQ rights | LGBTQ News
‘Family values’ bill is adopted despite being denounced by the president, rights groups and the European Union.Georgian politicians have approved the third and final reading…
Ten maps to understand the occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News
As Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people, nears one year, assaults in the occupied West Bank continue, with at least…
China frees US pastor David Lin who was jailed for life in 2006 | Politics News
Lin’s release raises hopes for two other US citizens detained in China and considered wrongfully detained by Washington.China has freed David Lin, a pastor from…
Peru holds funeral for Fujimori, former president linked to rights abuses | Conflict News
Fujimori’s funeral draws well-wishers as well as detractors as debate over his legacy continues to roil the country.Peru is holding a state funeral for former…
‘Light in any room’: Friends hail Aysenur Eygi, US citizen killed by Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi never saw an injustice that did not move her personally. That’s how friends remember the American Turkish activist, who was fatally shot…
In Tunisia, refugees and migrants are expelled to the desert, left helpless | Refugees News
The welfare of a group of sub-Saharan African refugees and migrants, many just hoping to cross Tunisia for the security of Europe, is of growing…
US imposes sanctions on Maduro allies over ‘illegitimate’ election results | Nicolas Maduro News
Washington, DC – The United States has imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan judicial and election officials whom it accuses of helping President Nicolas Maduro certify his…
US greenlights military assistance to Egypt, overruling rights concerns | Weapons News
Biden administration approves $1.3bn in military aid for Egypt, despite reports that rights abuses remain widespread.The administration of United States President Joe Biden has said…
First-person account of surviving Israel’s bombing of al-Mawasi in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
ESSAYMost people were asleep when Israel’s bombs made a three-storey-deep crater and started a large fire.I’m Tala Herzallah, 22, from northern Gaza. I’m currently displaced…
After Edmundo Gonzalez flees, what’s next for Venezuela and its opposition? | Elections News
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has fled to Spain, seeking political asylum amid turmoil in his country after a disputed presidential election. The opposition presidential…
Venezuela opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez leaves country for Spain | Elections News
Edmundo Gonzalez is seeking asylum in Spain after he challenged the re-election of Nicolas Maduro.Venezuela has said that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left the…
In its presidential elections, Algeria prepares for ‘business as usual’ | Politics News
As Algerians head for the polls to vote in a presidential election, analysts say they do not expect big changes. Of the 15 hopefuls who…
Scholasticide must not be normalised | Education
On August 10, the Israeli bombardment of al-Tabin School in Gaza City killed more than 100 people sheltering there, including many children. This was one…
UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis jailed for anti-Hasina protests | Protests News
The Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to long prison terms for protesting against the unrest in their home country.The president of the United Arab Emirates has…
DRC says 129 killed in attempted escape from country’s biggest prison | Prison News
Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo says 24 people were shot dead while others suffocated in the crowd.Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have…
US says it seizes Venezuela leader Maduro’s plane, citing sanctions breach | Nicolas Maduro News
Justice Department says $13m aircraft bought through shell company, ‘smuggled’ out of US for Maduro’s use.United States authorities say they have seized a $13m aircraft…