Two Ugandan men may face death penalty after 'aggravated homosexuality' charge
Two men in Uganda are facing separate charges of "aggravated homosexuality," an offense punishable by death under the country's controversial new anti-gay laws.
2023-08-30 00:57
Schools egged, businesses harassed: Japan suffers Chinese backlash over Fukushima release
A wave of online harassment and vitriol directed at Japanese people following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima has sent tensions between Japan and China soaring, prompting Tokyo to summon the Chinese ambassador.
2023-08-29 16:51
US detainee Paul Whelan seen inside Russian prison in rare video released by state media
Rare new video has emerged showing detained American Paul Whelan, who has been held in Russia for more than four years, inside his prison camp.
2023-08-29 14:45
No 'silver bullet': Ukraine faces many challenges in getting the F-16 into combat
After months of intense lobbying, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ebullient about the upcoming transfer of Dutch, Norwegian and Danish F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian air force.
2023-08-29 12:27
BRICS expansion is a big win for China. But can it really work as a counterweight to the West?
When leaders of the BRICS nations gathered for group photos at the end of their summit in Johannesburg last week, it offered a glimpse of the contours of the new world order Beijing is trying to shape.
2023-08-29 11:53
US Marines identify 3 killed in Osprey aircraft crash in Australia
Three US Marines who died when their Osprey aircraft crashed during a military exercise in Australia have been identified by their unit.
2023-08-29 10:15
Climate change has ravaged India's rice stock. Now its export ban could deepen a global food crisis
Satish Kumar sits in front of his submerged rice paddy in India's Haryana state, looking despairingly at his ruined crops.
2023-08-29 09:57
Former US swimmer's death in the US Virgin Islands caused by accidental fentanyl intoxication, autopsy says
The death earlier this year of former US swimming champion Jamie Cail has been ruled accidental and fentanyl related, according to a Facebook post from the US Virgin Islands Police Department.
2023-08-29 04:19
Prosecutors will investigate Spain soccer boss Luis Rubiales over unwanted kiss with Jenni Hermoso
Spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation that could end in sexual aggression charges against the country's soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales.
2023-08-28 23:49
France to ban the wearing of abayas in schools, fueling accusations of Islamophobia
France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims.
2023-08-28 21:15
Australian writer detained in China fears he will die in jail
A Chinese-Australian writer who has been detained in China for more than four years said he fears he could die in jail, after a large cyst was found on his kidney.
2023-08-28 16:59
A country where kissing is a custom reels from a major exception
In Spain kissing is a widely-accepted custom. Friends and family do it, whether woman to woman, woman to man, or man to man. It can be lips to cheek or a little kissing sound. There are numerous variants, and even strangers greet each other this way.
2023-08-28 01:48