Authorities impose tight curbs in Indian Kashmir for Friday prayers
Indian authorities imposed strict restrictions in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar ahead of Friday prayers to prevent any protests, though the government in New Delhi...
Under eye of ‘fascist’ government, Zimbabwe opposition scraps Harare protest
Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC party succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police...
Zimbabwe police fire tear gas, beat up MDC supporters defying protest ban
Zimbabwean police fired tear gas and beat up more than a 100 opposition supporters with batons on Friday after they defied a protest ban in...
Israel to allow U.S. Rep Tlaib to visit family in West Bank
Israel will allow U.S. lawmaker Rashida Tlaib to visit her family in the occupied West Bank on humanitarian grounds, the interior ministry said on Friday,...
‘Nobody is not afraid’: Chernobyl pilot recalls his fear 33 years ago
More than three decades after he flew his helicopter above the radioactive volcano that was Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor number four, the site of the world’s...
‘A concept can’t be killed’: Hong Kong’s frontline
A frontliner in Hong Kong’s protests says he dreams of ‘bringing a revolution in our time.’ Young protesters like him are directly challenging China’s Communist...
Anti-Brexit party reveals candidates for emergency UK government
The leader of the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats party said on Friday two senior lawmakers from the ruling party and opposition have indicated willingness to lead...
Malaysia set to begin biggest 1MDB trial involving ex-PM Najib
Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, on Monday faces the biggest of five trials linked to a multi-billion-dollar scam at state fund 1MDB, although lawyers...
India plans to ease Kashmir clampdown in next few days
India will lift restrictions on people’s movements and communication links in Kashmir in the next few days, the government said on Friday, responding to criticism...
Imperiled by climate change, Pacific nations chide Australia
Small Pacific islands nations at risk from rising sea levels lambasted Australia on Friday after it blocked moves at a regional forum to set down...