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February 20, 2020

Brazilian senator shot during strike by military police

A Brazilian senator was shot Wednesday while trying to intervene in an illegal military police strike in the northeastern state of Ceara, video from the chaotic scene shows.  

February 18, 2020

UK to start ‘points-based immigration system’ giving preference to skilled migrants

The U.K. government on Tuesday unveiled a new points-based immigration system which will assess prospective immigrants based on their skills, qualifications, and salary while shifting the economy away from a reliance on cheap labor.

February 18, 2020

Who is Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador?

He’s the leader of Mexico and, recently unbeknownst to at least two 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates, he has a name: Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

February 18, 2020

Trump fans in India worship president with statues, prayers as government accused of 'hiding' slums behind walls

President Trump’s popularity in India is being celebrated with songs, prayers and statues ahead of his first visit to the south Asian nation – which has quickly constructed its own wall along a slum before the U.S. leader’s arrival.

February 17, 2020

Database shows how China targets minority Uighur Muslims

A recently leaked database from China reportedly shows religion and family ties as playing a key role behind the internment of the country’s minority Uighur Muslims.

February 16, 2020

Russian artist who posted sex video that brought down Macron ally arrested

French authorities on Saturday detained a Russian artist who has claimed responsibility for releasing a sex tape that brought down Emmanuel Macron’s preferred candidate in the Paris mayoral race.

February 14, 2020

Macron ally quits Paris mayoral race after sexually explicit images surface

French President Emmanuel Macron’s preferred candidate in the Paris mayoral race dropped out Friday amid allegations that he sent sexual images to a woman who isn’t his wife.

February 12, 2020

Italian Senate to decide whether to lift far-right leader Salvini's immunity in migrant case

The Italian Senate is deciding Wednesday whether to allow former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to be prosecuted — as he demands to be — for allegedly holding migrants hostage for days aboard a coast guard ship instead of letting them immediately disembark in Sicily last summer.

February 11, 2020

India regional elections in New Dehli give PM Modi's party a stunning defeat

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was given a stunning defeat by a regional party Tuesday in elections in the national capital that were seen as a referendum on his policies, including a new national citizenship law that excludes Muslims.

February 7, 2020

Glenn Greenwald: Brazilian judge’s decision on cybercrime charges is ‘insufficient’ to guarantee free press

Journalist Glenn Greenwald has said the decision by a Brazilian judge to dismiss cybercrime charges against him is "insufficient to guarantee the rights of a free press."