The BBC said on Sunday one of its journalists in China had been arrested and beaten by police while covering protests against the country's zero-Covid policy.

28 November 2022 · 1 min read

From the Arab Spring uprisings to the MeToo movement in which women spoke up about sexual assaults, Twitter has proven itself a formidable ally for political…

24 November 2022 · 3 min read

A gunman shot and killed multiple people in a Walmart store late Tuesday in the US state of Virginia, police and city officials said, adding that the shooter…

23 November 2022 · 1 min read

Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini's death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in…

12 November 2022 · 2 min read

Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.

29 October 2022 · 3 min read

China's internet censors removed on Friday virtually all references to reports of a rare protest in Beijing that involved banners denouncing President Xi…

14 October 2022 · 2 min read

Sen. Risa Hontiveros called on her colleagues to investigate incidents of violence, land-grabbing, illegal logging, and quarrying that has affected the Masungi…

22 September 2022 · 2 min read

A 16-year-old Indian girl allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men has died in hospital, police told AFP Tuesday.

20 September 2022 · 1 min read

Iranian police used tear gas to disperse a protest over the death of a young woman who had been arrested by the "morality police" which enforces…

19 September 2022 · 2 min read

Religion should not be used as a prop for power, Pope Francis told an inter-faith meeting in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

14 September 2022 · 2 min read

Senegal will break new ground Monday as West Africa's largest-ever proportion of women MPs take their seats in a newly elected legislature, stirring hopes of…

9 September 2022 · 3 min read