Senegal’s main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has spent a night in police custody. Sonko was arrested on charges of disturbing the public order. It came as hundreds of his supporters clashed with police while he...
‘Everything will be ok’: Myanmar mourns teen killed protesting
Kyal Sin always let her clothes do the talking — at one #Myanmar anti-#coup rally, she taped a sign onto the back of her black jacket: “We need democracy.” Weeks later, when the 19-year-old was...
Myanmar coup: Bloody crackdown after month of protests
Footage of a brutal #crackdown on protests against a coup in #Myanmar unleashed outrage and calls for a stronger international response Thursday, a day after 38 people were killed. Videos showed security forces...
Twitter suspends thousands of pro-Saudi accounts
For the past two years, Saudi Arabia has prepared to place its national oil company on the stock market. Officials talked up the Saudi Aramco initial public offering (IPO) with international exchanges and global banks...
National People’s Congress: Where’s China heading to? | DW News
China kicks off its annual meeting of the National People’s Congress, a rubber-stamp legislature of the Communist Party. It’s important not because of how the votes go – that’s a foregone...
India imposes tougher laws for digital media platforms
India introduces new rules governing digital media companies, including streaming platforms, a step critics say is a part of India’s growing suppression of dissent.