US to impose visa restrictions on Hong Kong officials over rights concerns
US says crackdown by Hong Kong officials includes new national security law targeting treason, espionage,…
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Meta’s oversight board urges Facebook, Instagram to lift ban on ‘shaheed’
The advisory board has told Meta the ban on the word, meaning ‘martyr’, restricts free…
The cracks are deepening in the US-Israel alliance
Cracks in the special US-Israel relationship cannot be hidden any longer – rifts are showing.
Japan raids factory making health supplements linked to deaths
Government orders review of approval system for health products in response to supplement-related illnesses.
Several people being held hostage in Dutch town, police say
The hostages are being held in a building in town of Ede, with ‘no indication…
Communing with spirits and coping with death: Grief food in three cultures
From Russia to Sri Lanka, rituals around the preparation and eating of special ‘grief food’…
Senegal’s fishermen pin hopes on new president to help them fill their nets
As foreign boats and illegal trawlers lower fish stocks, local fishers want Diomaye Faye’s government…
Peru president’s home raided in luxury watch investigation
Dozens of officers involved in operation to locate Rolex watches President Boluarte has reportedly not…
US approves bombs, jets for Israel amid threat of offensive in Gaza’s Rafah
White House authorises transfer of $2.5bn of warplanes and weapons to Israel, The Washington Post…
Land Day: What happened in Palestine in 1976?
Every year on March 30, Palestinians demonstrate their commitment to resisting Israeli occupation.
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 176
Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians including 15 people at a sport centre where war-displaced…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 765
As the war enters its 765th day, these are the main developments.
Italy’s new ‘Orient Express’ isn’t running yet — but rates are already soaring
In the past 16 months, starting rates for a one-night journey aboard Accor’s new luxury…
‘Pure veg fleet’: How Indian food app Zomato sparked a caste, purity debate
Delivery workers worry that vegetarian-only fleets today could pave the way for caste-based delivery systems…
Gaza war reminds Vietnam of liberation struggle once shared with Palestine
Israel’s war on Gaza spurs Vietnam’s youth to rediscover solidarity with Palestinians and a shared…
Family mourns man who drowned retrieving aid in Gaza
Yusuf Ghaben drowned this week in the sea while attempting to retrieve airdropped aid to…
Mexico debates a rising political party’s ‘New Deal’ for the poor
The Morena party and its outgoing populist president, Lopez Obrador, are raising Mexicans’ ‘revolutionary consciousness’
Nine detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack
A Russian court meanwhile charged one more suspect in last week’s deadly attack on Crocus…
Russian teen honoured with Muslim medal
Teen receives Russian Muslim Medal for helping to save over 100 lives during the concert…
Will the ICJ’s latest orders help Palestinians under attack in Gaza?
Israel has ignored previous International Court of Justice rulings about its war on Gaza.
