Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants reached Indonesia on Monday claiming to have been at sea for seven months, the United Nations refugee agency said, in one of the biggest such landings by the persecuted Myanmar minority in...
Opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova reportedly arrested in Minsk
Unidentified men seized Kolesnikova in central Minsk and drove her away in a minibus marked “Communications,” witnesses told the headquarters of the campaign team she heads, which also reported that her...
Russian opposition leader Navalny out of medically induced coma, says German hospital
Russia’s poisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny is out of a medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, the Berlin hospital treating him said Monday.
Coronavirus pandemic: India becomes 2nd worst-hit country by Covid-19
India has emerged in recent weeks as the new global pandemic hotspot, although cases continue to soar across the globe with reported infections worldwide nearing 27 million and deaths surpassing 880,000.
American Airlines receives backlash for new BLM policy
American Airlines creates a new policy allowing staff members to wear BLM pins when on duty. While many support the move, others consider it to be offensive. Meanwhile, a revival of the #BoycottMulan campaign, as the...
Frustration with coronavirus restrictions grows | COVID19 Special
It’s been eight months of masks, of lockdowns and curfews, of living in fear of COVID 19. And around the world, people are saying they’ve had enough. Coronavirus fatigue is setting in. Not just from the...
Tel Aviv: Drone filmed dropping suspected cannabis over city – BBC News
A quadcopter has been recorded releasing a payload of little bags, which Israeli police suspect contained “a dangerous drug”, over Tel Aviv. It followed activists who seek to legalise the drug in Israel...