Ecuador Authorities Raid Journalist’s Home
The raid is the latest crackdown on the press following a recent law restricting negative reporting.
The raid is the latest crackdown on the press following a recent law restricting negative reporting.
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Updated: The Chinese rescue was ship was forced to turn back, but an Australian vessel is on the way. Scientists have been posting some awesome images from aboard the blocked research ship, which is currently stuck in ice.
Protesters take to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan amid a growing corruption scandal.
In a day of clashes, three people were killed and 265 arrested, according to Egyptian authorities.
Despite the murder of dozens of journalists and constant intimidation from the police and drug cartels, Ciudad Juarez’s reporters aren’t backing down. “We don’t have time to put on a hero’s T-shirt. We have to do our work each and every day … and help our community overcome this,” Martin Orquiz says.
The blast in the Lebanese capital of Beirut has reportedly killed the senior aide to former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Mohammed Chatah, along with four others. At least 70 others have been injured.
Russian “It Girl” turned journalist Ksenia Sobchak asked some…weird questions.
Alongside the pictures of babies and food are some intimate portraits with Iran’s leading reformers.
“Going forward, we really have no policy,” says a U.S. diplomat, one day after Egypt’s government declares the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.
Who knows, maybe they actually work.
Speaking to a session of the party’s liberal wing, Maria Maksakova argues that the law is harming Russia’s image abroad.
International condemnation pours in as a prominent Ukrainian journalist and opposition activist is dragged from her car and beaten hours after publishing pictures of a luxury home allegedly belonging to a top government official. Warning: graphic images.
Fighting broke out between rival political factions last week — starting a cycle of violence that has killed and displaced thousands of civilians.
Activists raised the issue during a meeting with U.S. diplomats in Kampala on Monday. “The U.S. Embassy or the British, I think diplomatic missions here are still taking a quiet stand, which I don’t appreciate. I think they should be more vocal,” said a leading Ugandan activist.
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Who drove the bulldozer at the battle of Bankova Street? Untangling one of the main symbols of Kiev’s angry protests.
The bombing is one of the deadliest attacks in Egypt in recent years, outside of the Sinai Peninsula.
The declaration came after a blast at an Interior Ministry building in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura killed at least 14 people and injured 120 others.
A video of police striking unarmed women who were protesting against Spain’s restrictive new abortion laws was widely shared.
The body of Bassem Mohsen, a 22-year-old activist whose belief in the power of protest inspired many, was taken to his hometown of Suez for burial on Monday. For many, his death also highlighted the dashed dreams of the revolution.
Mikhail Kalashnikov died at age 94. He created a gun that would change the world.
Snowden would never trade information for asylum, says his lawyer.
Nadya Tolokonnikova spoke hours after she and fellow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina were released from prison by the Russian government as part of a massive amnesty.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky walked out of a Russian prison today, but not everyone is as fortunate.
After 10 years in jail, Russia’s once-richest man seemed bewildered to be free.Vladimir Putin unexpectedly pardoned him on Friday.
Molhem Barakat was a freelance photographer for Reuters covering the fighting in Aleppo.
Featuring a quick solo from the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Stephen Mull. Last year they did Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”
“Australia, India, Uganda, Russia, and now [Nigeria] — great year in the U.S., but globally? Turning out to be one of the worst,” summed up one international LGBT issues expert.