Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, 44, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after documenting protests and civilian suffering in Iran, a punishment she says was imposed because she continued to work
China’s reported efforts to influence an international seminar on Tibetan studies in Nepal have attracted growing attention after researchers from the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), a think tank of the Central Tibetan
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The historic city of Herat has long occupied a distinctive place in Afghanistan’s cultural heritage. Known for its ancient citadel, bustling bazaars and rich tradition of scholarship, the city has for centuries
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The violent clash between two groups of Chinese nationals at the Colombo Port City premises, the abduction of injured individuals, and the recovery of firearms—including a Glock pistol loaded with live ammunition—along
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt has been sued in a United States federal court over allegations that it relies on child labour in its cocoa supply chain while presenting itself as a company
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has delivered a comprehensive and uncompromising defence of its role in one of the country’s most serious public financial fraud
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Nearly four decades after the world embarked on one of the largest public health campaigns in history, the effort to eradicate polio has reached a decisive moment. Once seen as being on
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For the principal of a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab, the morning began not with the sound of explosions overhead but with a decision to protect her students. Shortly
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Opposition to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres is moving beyond local protests and into legislative chambers, online campaigns and, in some instances, threatening rhetoric, according to a year-long assessment
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A years-long online forum that amassed millions of users by hosting and monetising alleged non-consensual intimate images has been taken offline after an investigation by Bellingcat and New Zealand news outlet The
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After weeks of uncertainty, Indian traders have received approval to resume cross-border commerce with Tibet through the Lipulekh Pass from 1 August, ending a delay that disrupted this year’s trading season. Yet
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New York photographer Spencer Tunick, whose large-scale photographs of nude crowds have become some of the most recognisable works of contemporary public art, is preparing to stage a new collective installation in
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A rusted shipping container in the Johannesburg township of Katlehong has become an unlikely symbol of a growing crisis in South Africa. As sparks fly from a welding machine sealing its heavy
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It is 19 April 2025. A 12-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother are playing in front of their house in the village of Bert-Furik. A group of Israeli settlers kidnaps them. At
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Global childhood immunization is continuing its slow recovery from the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but millions of children remain beyond the reach of even the most basic vaccines, leaving health
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The alleged kidnapping, rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl in eastern India has renewed national attention on the country’s continuing struggle to curb sexual violence, with activists, lawyers and officials pointing
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