When Aziz Isa Elkun learned of his 78-year-old father’s death in 2017, he rushed to ring his mother from his home in north London. As usual, they weren’t able to speak for long. For years, local police in China harassed his family […]
A founding member of the 1990s hip hop group the Fuges and a wealthy Malaysian businessman have been charged with steering illegal campaign donations into the 2012 US election. Prakazrel Michel, known by his rap name Pras, and Low […]
In front of a small crowd of around a hundred supporters and a few bemused German commuters, Yanis Varoufakis tried to start a revolution in European politics. Greece’s former “rock-star” finance minister is making an unlikely comeback — as a […]
The U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East to counter threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday, reflecting ongoing concerns that Tehran may be planning to attack America forces or interests in the region. The Defense […]
Bhutan’s prime minister has spoken of how he likes to relax on weekends: by moonlighting as a surgeon. Lotay Tshering was elected to lead the Himalayan kingdom of 750,000 people last year, in only its third democratic election since the […]
When the Sultan of Brunei last week announced a moratorium on the much-condemned death penalty for gay sex, some hailed the move as a major advance. But inside the tiny South-East Asian nation, members of the LGBT community says there is little reason […]
The Chinese government is attempting to lobby British MPs to prevent human rights activists in the UK from criticizing its Hong Kong policy, a senior activist has claimed. Benedict Rogers, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, […]
A rare Asiatic black bear has been spotted living in the mined border area between North and South Korea, Seoul’s environment ministry confirmed on Wednesday. A picture of the endangered animal, also known as the moon bear, was recorded by […]
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant, site 40 years ago of the worst ever US nuclear accident, is to shut down in September, its owner announced on Wednesday. Exelon Generation had been seeking subsidies from Pennsylvania lawmakers to keep the money-losing facility […]
Donald Trump’s secretary of state suggested Margaret Thatcher would never have given Huawei access to 5G networks on Wednesday as US-UK policy differences were laid bare during his first official visit to Britain. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles Mike Pompeo […]