G20 summit: Biden says raised human rights with India's Modi in Delhi
The US president spoke at a press conference in Hanoi about his visit to India for the G20 summit.
2023-09-11 14:45
Scots aid worker charity in bid to help 20 Afghan students
The Western Isles' Linda Norgrove Foundation hopes to get the 20 women to Scotland.
2023-09-10 16:58
Exclusive: How the Supreme Court's conservatives rebuffed Alabama
When the Supreme Court considered the challenge to an Alabama congressional map that shortchanged the state's Black voters, liberal justices expected the conservative majority to side with Alabama -- if not gut the 1965 Voting Rights Act altogether.
2023-09-08 17:19
Court decriminalises abortion across Mexico
The Supreme Court ruling means all 32 of the country's states can now provide terminations.
2023-09-07 07:56
China Considers Law Banning Clothes That ‘Hurt Feelings’ of Others
China’s public is expressing concern about a potential legal change that would allow for fines and even jail
2023-09-06 14:55
HK LGBTQ Ruling ‘Wisely’ Avoids China Rewrite, Adviser Says
A top adviser to Hong Kong’s leader praised a landmark ruling backing same-sex unions by the city’s highest
2023-09-06 14:20
Berliners rave against the motorway as extension threatens 20 cultural venues
Clubbers hold street party protesting against plan to flatten 20 venues in path of ring road extension
2023-09-03 07:47
Proud Boys: From storming the Capitol for Trump to protesting drag shows
The group has moved from fighting left-wing activists to protesting outside drag shows.
2023-09-01 18:00
Uganda's anti-LGBT laws: Man faces death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality'
He is charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under tough new anti-LGBTQ legislation enacted in May.
2023-08-29 20:20
Thammakaset: Thai poultry farmer loses his 36th defamation suit
Thailand's best-known human rights campaigner found not guilty of criminal defamation.
2023-08-29 14:57
Taliban stops female Afghan students leaving country to study in Dubai
The BBC speaks to students who were blocked at the airport as they tried to leave for Dubai.
2023-08-28 14:59
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