United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India before the end of 2025, the Kremlin has confirmed, in what officials describe as a “meaningful” and strategically significant trip. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced
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Tokyo has lodged a formal protest with Beijing after a senior Chinese diplomat threatened to “cut the dirty neck” of Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi. The comments came from Xue Jian, China’s
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President Donald Trump has issued a sweeping round of pardons for dozens of Republican allies — including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and John Eastman — who were involved in efforts
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Indian officials have confirmed that the powerful blast near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station on Monday evening, which killed at least 13 people and injured several
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi A powerful explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station on Monday evening killed at least 13 people and left several others injured, prompting a citywide security
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FBI Director Kash Patel quietly visited Beijing last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement cooperation, two people familiar with the trip told Reuters, marking a rare direct engagement between the U.S.
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Authorities in Malaysia and Thailand confirmed on Monday that the death toll from a capsized boat carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority has risen to 11, with fears mounting for dozens
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Indonesia has posthumously named its former president and military strongman Suharto a national hero, a decision that has reignited fierce debate over his authoritarian legacy. The title, awarded on Monday during a
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The BBC was plunged into turmoil on Sunday as its director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, resigned following mounting accusations of editorial bias, including allegations that
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Jung Chang, the celebrated author of Wild Swans, has warned that the growing neglect of reading will “brutalise” society, arguing that books are essential for nurturing empathy and preserving humanity. Speaking to
More The BBC is bracing for a public apology on Monday after admitting a major editorial error in a Panorama documentary that aired a doctored clip of President Trump’s speech on January 6,
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, host of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, embodies a striking paradox in global climate diplomacy: a climate champion calling for more oil, a rainforest
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In Doro, a refugee settlement in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region, Omer* sits with his wife Nafeesa* and their three children, exhausted after a two-and-a-half-month journey from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. They
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Evidence is emerging that the United Arab Emirates is indirectly fueling Sudan’s civil war through arms and gold, despite repeated denials, according to reporting by Times UK. A convoy stopped at a
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s defence minister, No Kwang Chol, told KCNA on Friday that the United States and its allies have “become brazen in its military moves to threaten the
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