World

World Latest News

'Even if no one cares': Russia's lone liberal lawyer
'Even if no one cares': Russia's lone liberal lawyer
by  AFP

In a Moscow court, lawyer Maria Eismont is looking on stunned at a losing battle: her client, a student accused of defaming Russia's military, is being called a "liar" and part of an anti-Russian "sect". Eismont asks the witness, naming cities in Ukraine where Russian troops are accused of carrying out atrocities.

Slow-journeying in mountainous kingdom of Lesotho
Slow-journeying in mountainous kingdom of Lesotho
by  AFP

In the remote countryside of Lesotho, a kingdom in southern Africa, time stretches wide between long treks on horse or donkey back and hours of herding cattle along mountain ranges. But in the Belgium-sized country, the most convenient and commonly used off-road transport are horses and donkeys.

HRW reports LGBTQ jail beatings before Qatar World Cup
HRW reports LGBTQ jail beatings before Qatar World Cup
by  AFP

Police in Qatar have arbitrarily detained and abused members of the LGBTQ community ahead of the World Cup next month, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday. If Human Rights Watch had contacted us, we would have been able to disprove the allegations."

US

Asia

Africa

Europe