It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articl...
From utopian origins to AI-driven rivals, the "people's encyclopedia" has been shaped by debates over neutrality, expertise and the future of shared knowledge....
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK (AOHR UK) calls for targeted financial and travel sanctions....
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang, who organized a pro-ICE rally, had announced that he intended to "burn a Quran" on the steps of City Hall. A much larger group of people chased him and his supporters ...
A day after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to quit large parts of Syria under a ceasefire, the Syrian army said "a number of" Islamic State (IS) group prisoners, who had been un...
Meanwhile, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran was ready to respond "decisively" to its enemies, accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests....
A new report has published harrowing testimonies by Palestinians who were released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, rights activists are worried that Israel is now considering th...
Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...
The group Whistleblower Aid says it represents two anonymous U.S. government officials. The group argues the ICE memo violates the Fourth Amendment and DHS policies....
Two open letters are directed at Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. | Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple's ...
Turkey is no longer just a transit country for one branch of the extremist "Islamic State" group. Experts say the group has become more professional in Turkey and could pose a danger domestically, and...
Between 2010 and 2020, atheists represented the fastest-growing population group on the continent, according to new data....
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....
Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability, anti-poverty gr...
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?...
Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...
A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...
The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — meet and share langu...
ICE officers have made over 2,500 arrests in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images The AFL-CIO has endorsed a Minnesota economic blackout on January 23 in response t...
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers working at the Social Security Administration (SSA) broke protocols, had more access to sensitive data on Americans than previously disclosed, and w...