In Russia, the Kremlin has been steadily cracking down on the internet. Surveillance and censorship have increased, ...

One legacy of British colonial rule in India is a ban on making and selling an Indigenous spirit called mahua. It's resulted ...

In Belarus, strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years. Over the weekend, Lukashenko ...

Argentina’s president reverses a law that established femicide as a crime. Also, a new report shows that the majority of ...

Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special place in the country’s culture.

Syria’s de-facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa was declared the country’s transitional president on Wednesday. The former rebel leader addressed Syrians directly yesterday and called for justice and ...

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold, Palestinians have been making their way back to their homes in ...

Ten days into President Donald Trump’s administration, the US southern border remains closed to asylum-seekers. About a quarter million migrants who had been waiting in Mexico for US asylum ...

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) runs the Olympic Games. It’s been said to be the most influential sports organization in the world and the person at the helm — the president — is often ...

When US Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen from Maryland visited the United Arab Emirates, he asked if they were shipping weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. Representatives ...

In Russia, the Kremlin has been steadily cracking down on the internet. Surveillance and censorship have increased, especially since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has cut off ...