Gambia’s incumbent president, Adama Barrow, is on course for a resounding election win, partial results have indicated, that could help to draw a line under recent political turmoil. Saturday’s vote was the first in 27 years without disgraced former president Yahya Jammeh, who lives in […]
Ai Weiwei is one of the world’s most influential living artists and activists, known for addressing human rights and freedom of expression issues through his work. His memoir: 1000 Years of Joy and Sorrows, shares his family story of growing up in China. Sculptor and […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged world powers to take a hard line against Iran in negotiations aimed at reviving an international nuclear deal. Bennett made the comments on Sunday as his top defence and intelligence officials headed to Washington to discuss the flailing talks. […]
Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union has called for early elections, saying it was concerned for the country’s democratic gains because of the president’s reluctance to announce a plan for political reforms. UGTT leader Noureddine Taboubi’s comments on Sunday, in a speech to thousands of his supporters, […]
Surrounded by an apocalyptic scene of molten ash and mud, residents living in the shadow of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru combed through ruined belongings after their homes were blanketed by the volcanic eruption on Saturday. Fathers cradled distressed daughters, elderly villagers heaved mattresses on their backs […]
Incumbent Adama Barrow is showing an early advantage as Gambians wait to find out the winner of their first presidential election since former strongman Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. Results from some 15 of the country’s 53 electoral districts have been published online by the […]
Pope Francis has blasted Europe’s indifference to the plight of migrants as the “shipwreck of civilisation” during a visit to a refugee camp in the Greek island of Lesbos. On Sunday, the leader of the Catholic Church arrived at the Mavrovouni camp, where nearly 2,200 […]
Listen to this story: Mutraw district, Myanmar – Paw Wah*, 36, was a child when she first experienced the brutality of Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw. When she was just 10 years old, soldiers came to her village and kidnapped her. Paw Wah, who is a […]
Several people have been wounded after Myanmar security forces rammed a car into an anti-coup protest in Yangon, witnesses and local media reported. Sunday’s protest was one of at least three held in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, and similar rallies were reported in other parts […]
Occupied East Jerusalem – Palestinian officials and human rights groups have condemned the killing of a Palestinian man after he carried out a stabbing attack in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli police have released surveillance video from the site of the attack near Jerusalem’s Old City […]
