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Head of Vietnam’s parliament resigns amid corruption crackdown

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:29
The top lawmaker in Vietnam has been forced to step down as the country's anticorruption drive gathers pace.

How a ragtag army defended Bosnia and Herzegovina against two aggressors

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:27
ARBIH, formed in April 1992, managed against all odds to successfully defend the country's sovereignty.

Witness testimony continues in Trump’s New York hush money trial

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:22
Defence continues cross-examination of tabloid publisher David Pecker as ex-US president's historic trial continues.

With eyes on US college campuses, students stress: ‘Gaza is why we’re here’

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 13:55
Students say growing protests on US university campuses are part of a 'fight against genocide' in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza emergency officials present evidence of mass grave killings

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 13:42
Gaza emergency officials have presented evidence of mass grave killings they say were by Israeli forces at two hospitals

Students block Paris’s Sciences Po to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:46
Chanting their support for Palestinians, students demonstrated at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

China and US should be ‘partners, not rivals’, Xi tells Blinken

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:44
China says it prefers to bolster its ties with the United States, but considerable challenges remain.

Across the Western world, public opinion on Palestine is finally shifting

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:26
The brutality of Israel's war on Gaza has opened Western eyes to the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not the panacea it’s made out to be

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:09
A symbolic political act cannot put an end to Israeli crimes or grant Palestinians sovereignty.

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:01
In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces 'summarily executed' 223 civilians in February.

‘Very atypical’: Why is Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez thinking about quitting?

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:48
As Spain waits to learn if the Socialist premier will resign, analysts say his announcement could be a political play.

UN peacekeepers close base in preparation to leave DR Congo

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:20
The UN mission has been told to leave due to inefficiency in protecting civilians from armed conflict.

Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:28
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, we revisit iconic images by Jurgen Schadeberg, and the stories behind the lens.

Professors arrested as police use ‘violence’ to clear university camp

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:01
Protesters accused police of excessive force during arrests at an anti-war protest camp at Emory University.

Ukraine detains agriculture minister in $7m corruption case

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 09:38
Ukraine has pledged to bolster its anticorruption efforts as part of its bid for European Union membership.

Indigenous people in Brazil march to demand land recognition

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 09:33
Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil's capital to demand the demarcation of their lands.

Hamas ‘serious’ about captives’ release but not without Gaza ceasefire

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 08:55
Hamas is stressing its four conditions even as 18 countries try to ramp up pressure on the group for a deal.

Why is Elon Musk feuding with Australia and Brazil over free speech?

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 06:37
X owner is fighting governments over their attempts to curtail online content deemed to be harmful.

Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir faces anticorruption probe

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 06:12
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief says former leader 'among those being investigated'.

Farm suicides, anger haunt Indian villages that Modi promised hope

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 05:30
Villages where Modi launched his farm outreach a decade ago have seen deaths and debt mount since then.

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