By Calum McKay & Katie Hunter BBC Scotland The detention of a Scottish Sikh man in India has no legal basis, according to human rights investigators at the UN. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested on alleged terror offences in 2017 and is yet to stand trial. Now the United Nation’s Working Group on […]
By Jo Couzens BBC News A British YouTuber was questioned “for a few hours” by police at a Russia-controlled space centre in Kazakhstan on Saturday, he has confirmed. Benjamin Rich said he was fined £60 for not having the required permission to visit the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It comes after the head of the Russian space […]
Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has launched his campaign for October’s presidential election. At a rally, the left-winger called on Brazilians to support him in defending the country’s democracy from the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula led the country for eight years from 2003, but was later convicted of corruption and jailed […]
Former security chief John Lee Ka-chiu has been elected as Hong Kong’s next leader, in what is widely seen as a move by the Chinese government to tighten its grip on the city. He is replacing Carrie Lam following the city’s chief executive election – in which he was the sole candidate. Known for his […]
Russia-Ukraine war Whatever else Russia’s Victory Day parade is supposed to represent, it won’t be any sort of victory over Ukraine, regardless of the spin President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin will try to put on it, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke. This war is one that Russia cannot win in any meaningful sense. […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Ravish Kumar (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In Global Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, and media personality. He is the Senior […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic More than 4.7 million people in India – nearly 10 times higher than official records suggest – are thought to have died because of Covid-19, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report. India’s government has rejected the figure, saying the methodology is flawed. Will we ever […]
A manhunt is under way for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in an axe and knife attack in central Israel. It happened in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Elad on Thursday night. Seven others were wounded, two seriously. It is the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Israel by Palestinians […]
Facebook deliberately used an over-zealous blocking system that took down the pages of Australian emergency services last year as a negotiating tactic, whistleblowers claim. The social network moved to block all news outlets in Australia over a row about paying news providers. But fire services and state health services were also blocked, during fire season […]
By Emmanuel Igunza BBC News, Nairobi A Muslim cleric in Kenya has asked a court not to free him from jail despite being acquitted of terrorism charges. Guyo Gorsa Buru said he feared he could be abducted and killed by state agents once released as is alleged has happened to other terror suspects. He was […]
