Iranian activists accuse morality police of assault after teenage girl hospitalized
Activists have accused Iran's morality police of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a headscarf in a Tehran metro station, leading to her hospitalization with serious injuries.
2023-10-05 23:26
UN-mandated investigation into atrocities in Ethiopia to end
A UN-mandated investigation into human rights abuses in Ethiopia will come to an end next week despite ongoing atrocities in the region.
2023-10-05 23:23
Drone attack on Syria military college leaves dozens of casualties
Drones laden with explosives hit a military college graduation ceremony in Syria's western city of Homs on Wednesday, leading to dozens of causalities, Syria's defense ministry said in a statement.
2023-10-05 22:46
Ancient humans would eat their dead - and not because they had to, study suggests
Cannibalism was a routine funerary practice in Europe about 15,000 years ago, with people eating their dead not out of necessity but rather as part of their culture, according to a new study.
2023-10-05 22:19
Nobel Prize in literature goes to Jon Fosse for 'innovative' works that 'give voice to the unsayable'
The 2023 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Jon Fosse for "his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on Thursday.
2023-10-05 19:51
Russian journalist who protested on live television sentenced to 8.5 years in prison in absentia
Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian journalist who staged a daring protest against the Ukraine war live on state-run television, has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in absentia by a Russian court.
2023-10-05 18:48
Five people arrested after Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt London performance of 'Les Misérables'
Five climate protesters from the activist group Just Stop Oil disrupted a performance of the musical "Les Misérables" at the Sondheim Theatre in London's West End on Wednesday night.
2023-10-05 18:47
'The school is like a light for me:' The secret classrooms giving Afghan girls a chance to learn despite Taliban rules
Parasto Hakim was startled by a knock at the front gates. Heart pounding, she opened the door to find several Taliban members demanding to check if she was breaking any rules. She was. This was a secret school, set up to teach girls in Afghanistan despite a ban by the militant group.
2023-10-05 17:49
In this city, the right to own a car starts at $76,000. And that doesn't include the car
Owning a car in Singapore, one of the world's most expensive countries, has always been something of a luxury. But costs have now soared to an all time high.
2023-10-05 14:15
As Mexico cracks down on migrants, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gains leverage with Washington
Last month, as the Biden administration scrambled to manage the latest wave of migrants overwhelming the US southern border, top US immigration authorities crossed into Mexico for an emergency meeting.
2023-10-05 12:28
Italian authorities investigate Venice bus crash that killed at least 21 people
Italian authorities were on Wednesday investigating the cause of a horrific bus crash near Venice that killed at least 21 people including two children.
2023-10-05 05:45
Five dead, 23 troops missing after flash floods hit northeast India
Five people have died and 23 Indian Army personnel are missing in India's northeastern state of Sikkim after a cloudburst led to flash floods.
2023-10-04 18:48