The journalists, who were awarded a Pulitzer Prize last week for their Rohingya exposé, were sentenced in September 2018 after a lengthy series of hearings and a trial. They were not present at Tuesday’s hearing in Naypyidaw
With U.S. social media companies tightening their content policies in the wake of the recent mosque shootings in New Zealand, some extremist groups are getting pushed to the margins of the internet. Researchers say that has turned Russian social media platforms such as VKontakte, or VK, into safe harbors
The U.N.’s health agency said large numbers of civilians are seeking shelter from the fighting in medical clinics. But it says its immediate concern is for the thousands of people trapped inside government-run detention centers close to the fighting
The General Assembly of United Nations observes a moment of silence for the lives lost in the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. At left at dais is María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, and at right is Kenji Nakano, Chief of the General Assembly Affairs Branch of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM)
Egypt says voters have overwhelmingly approved a national referendum on constitutional changes that will allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi stay in power until 2030
Angola’s Luanda Province, home of the nation’s capital, is surrounded by water. But many of its inhabitants still don’t have access to clean water
Three months after the U.S. intensified efforts to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the autocratic socialist leader remains in power
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