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A labor court in Bangladesh's capital Monday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country's labor laws.Yunus, who pioneered the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was present in court...
Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law limiting its own powers, a momentous step in the legal and political crisis that gripped the country before the war with Hamas, and pitted the court against Prime Minister Benjamin...
Kyiv, Ukraine: The United Kingdom and other countries intend to support Ukraine even if the United States stops doing so if former US President Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, writes December 31. The Times UK citing an official government...
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was angry when he learned about the interview with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valerii Zaluzhnyi to The Economist magazine, in which he admitted the unpleasant truth about the situation...
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveTEL AVIV — Israel said it will be withdrawing some troops from Gaza this week, an indication it may be changing its tactics on the ground even as it remains committed to...
OLYMPIC hero-turned-killer Oscar Pistorius is packed and ready to feel the fresh air of freedom after 3,108 days behind bars. But in reality he is only swapping a jail cell for life in an armed fortress, after police warned him...
Israel’s Supreme Court rejects a move to limit its power Israel’s Supreme Court narrowly struck down a law proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that was meant to limit the court’s own powers. The momentous ruling, which was decided...
January 1, 2024 at 3:47 p.m. ESTComment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveKHARKIV, Ukraine — At a medic base an hour’s drive from the Russian border, Iryna Peshykova waited for the new year to arrive — and with...
A Bangladeshi court has sentenced a Nobel Peace Prize winner to six months in jail - after more than 170 world leaders and Nobel laureates called for...
Even before the attacks on 7 October, which could yet redefine the shape and balance of the Middle East, 2023 was already one of the most consequential...