An Egyptian court has sentenced prominent dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison, his lawyer and political movement said, a move barring him from… Read More »Egyptian court hands opposition figure Hisham Kassem six-month sentence
Iranians at home and abroad marked the first anniversary Saturday of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, with activists speaking of a renewed… Read More »Clampdown and grief as Iranians mark first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
The G77+China, a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80 percent of the world’s population, kicked off a summit in Cuba Friday with a… Read More »G77+China summit in Cuba calls on Global South to ‘change the rules of the game’
Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been granted a state funeral but the debate over his legacy reopens wounds.
Remote villages in Morocco’s Atlas mountains were among the areas hardest hit by the earthquake that struck Morocco last week. Traditional mudbrick houses, which were… Read More »Aid is slow to arrive to remote Moroccan villages following quake
Aid groups have warned of growing risk posed by the spread of disease that could compound the humanitarian crisis in Libya, as hopes of finding… Read More »Aid groups sound alarm in Libya as hopes of finding more survivors dwindle
Mexico on Friday extradited the son of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States to face narcotics charges, US Attorney General… Read More »Mexico extradites son of drug cartel kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Russian nuclear-capable bombers and other warplanes in Russia’s Far East on Saturday as he continued a trip that… Read More »North Korea’s Kim Jong Un inspects nuclear-capable bombers during Russia visit
An official tells the BBC people in Derna were told to flee but some did not take the threat seriously.
A Belgian court on Friday handed out sentences ranging up to life in prison to eight men for the 2016 jihadist bombings in Brussels, ending… Read More »Belgian court sentences terrorists behind 2016 Brussels bombings
