Tehran after the protests: patrols, propaganda and despair
Scars of a crackdown, which have brought anti-regime demonstrations to an end for now, are visible across Iranâs capital...
Scars of a crackdown, which have brought anti-regime demonstrations to an end for now, are visible across Iranâs capital...
A police complaint against one of Indonesiaâs best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the worldâs third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...
Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refu...
The author moved from the US to Wales 15 years ago. Courtesy of the author Moving overseas meant living far from my mom for most of my adult life. Staying close across an ocean takes effort, grief, an...
Jean-Philippe Riopy at his piano Courtesy of Greg Williams At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determin...
A cartoon by the French satirical weekly portraying the deadly fire in Crans-Montana as the "comedy of the year" provokes disgust....
François Picard is pleased to welcome Kurdish humanitarian activist Arya Jemo amid the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic dynamics in Syria. Mr. Jemo shares themes of political betrayal, ter...
A social media account called "Raise the Colours Operation France" late last year posted videos of far-right activists on France's northern coastline....
OpenAI now uses behavioral signals to identify accounts likely belonging to minors and automatically apply content limits, while experts warn of errors and bias....
Guterres also used his wide-ranging remarks to urge action against the abuse of artificial intelligence and to call for efforts to fight inequality....
The UK is weighing an Australiaâstyle ban on social media for underâ16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
A Chinese phone application called âdead or aliveâ that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the countryâs young people. The Sileme app, or...
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open...
Diversity groups say the EU has weakened its newly-released policy to tackle discrimination. But was it due to fears of negative reactions from the Trump administration?...
US President Donald Trump threatens to deploy military forces to quell protests in Minnesota, as tensions run high over the role of ICE officers in the city....
New York state judge orders the state must redraw its congressional map by early February because the current mapâs 11th District dilutes the votes of Blacks and Latinos....
Nobel prize title 'remains inseparably linked to the person,' organizers of the prize said in statement, after Maria Corina Machado gifted her peace prize medal to Donald Trump....
Federal officials have charged a man with setting fire to the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, claiming that the suspect did so because of the building's "Jewish ties."...
A group of bystanders helped rescue a driver stuck inside a sinking SUV in Virginia Beach. No serious injuries were reported. Police were investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident....
The unresolved Cyprus problem leaves Turkish Cypriots in a state of limbo within the European Union, without full EU rights, recognition or political certainty and economically and diplomatically isol...