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
Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return to prison, ruling that he had evaded his sentence by being hospitalized upon his return to the country. The
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A deadly shooting attack near a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday left six Israelis dead and at least two critically wounded, with dozens more injured. The attack, carried out by two
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Argentina’s President Javier Milei suffered a major setback as his libertarian party, La Libertad Avanza, lost a key vote in the country’s most populous province by a wide margin. In Sunday’s provincial
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The UK will this week host senior ministers from allied nations to develop new strategies aimed at curbing smuggling networks and combating the spread of illegal drugs. The two-day “Five Eyes” meeting,
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing sharp criticism not only from lawmakers but also from his own family, who are calling on the health secretary to resign over his controversial anti-vaccine views
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Marine Le Pen delivered a blistering attack on President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, calling him a “puerile attention-seeker” and accusing his government of turning France into “the sick man of Europe.” Her
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Scotland Yard was compelled to release a Saudi national accused of providing financial and logistical support to the 9/11 hijackers after the FBI failed to share critical evidence with British authorities, The
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to resign ahead of a ruling party vote on whether to hold a leadership election, NHK reported on Sunday. The timing of his departure has
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent handshake with Chinese President Xi Jinping is boosting optimism that Indian equities could finally narrow the gap with their emerging-market peers, Bloomberg reported. The symbolic meeting in
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Thailand’s cannabis industry is poised for a revival under new Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a political figure who spearheaded the country’s decriminalization of marijuana, Bloomberg reported. Since Anutin first decriminalized cannabis in
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Historical anniversaries often provide the backdrop for diplomacy to become spectacle. This week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin was deliberately staged ahead of China’s grand parade marking 80 years since
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A lone Chinese dissident has captured international attention after staging a carefully planned protest against President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party, drawing direct inspiration from George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984.
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Vadim and his wife, Yuliya, thought they had finally reached safety when they crossed the U.S. southern border last year. Fleeing Yakutia in eastern Russia after falling under surveillance for their anti-war
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Scottish singer Lulu, one of Britain’s most enduring pop icons, has revealed for the first time that she struggled with alcoholism in her sixties, describing herself as a “secret drinker” whose dependence
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Bond investors are increasingly banking on Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs to provide a crucial revenue stream for the US government, a dramatic reversal from earlier this year when his trade war
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