Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression

Just over three decades after Russia decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, three people have been arrested and charged under the country’s harsh new anti-LGBT laws and could...

Germany decriminalised cannabis: why the UK should consider doing the same

Presidential office rules out deferring med school admissions increase

SEOUL – The government has no plans to defer the planned increase of medical school admissions set to start next year, a presidential official said Monday. The...

Gaza children dying of hunger – WFP chief

Embracing digital spaces: How older immigrants are navigating the infodemic

Occurring in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis was quietly escalating and unnoticed by many — an infodemic characterized by an overload of information, much...

Biden steps up pressure on Israel − using the key levers available against an ally with strong domestic support

The fraying relationship between the U.S. and Israel over the latter country’s conduct of its war in Gaza got even worse on April 4, 2024, several...

China holds drill in South China Sea in response to 4-nation exercise

ANKARA – China’s military on Sunday conducted a naval and air patrol in the disputed South China Sea, the same day the Philippines, the US, Japan...

Nicaragua breaks ties with Ecuador after raid on Mexican embassy

BOGOTA, Columbia – Nicaragua on Saturday broke “all diplomatic relations” with Ecuador after police forcibly broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito and arrested former Ecuadorian Vice...

Global food prices up after 7-month downward trend

ISTANBUL – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price index rose 1.3 points, or 1.1 percent, to 118.3 points in March compared to February, increasing...

McDonald’s to buy Israeli franchise restos amid boycott calls

ISTANBUL – Fast food giant McDonald’s said Thursday it will buy all of its 225 restaurants in Israel after an agreement with franchise Alonyal Ltd., which has...