Retired from U.S. Army’s Green Beret special forces unit, Ryan Hendrickson is now retired. However, he is currently in Ukraine, working to remove mines and protect civilians.
A top Bangladeshi opposition leader vowed “no retreat” in efforts to defeat the ruling Awami League upon being freed on bail Monday following a month in jail.
As outbreaks of COVID-19 cases across China overwhelm hospitals, the official daily death count has remained in the single digits. Chinese officials have repeatedly claimed that China is adopting one of “two main global standards for determining COVID deaths.”
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (right) meets with Leon Kacou Adom, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of African Integration and Diaspora of Côte d’Ivoire
Amnesty International calls for the relevant authorities to conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations so that the acts of this Sunday, 8 January, are appropriately investigated and sanctioned.
In a contest held by the environmental group The Nature Conservancy, nature photographers from all around the world expressed their sentiments about a planet that is ever changing.
Last week’s controversial visit by Israel’s newly appointed police minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, to a holy site in Jerusalem, which sparked controversy was discussed by U.N. Security Council. The visit sparked criticism from the Arab world and Israel’s closest ally, the United States.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, between 10,000 and 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have killed, according to estimates made by Ukrainian officials in early December.
Promises of high-paid entertainment jobs lured the three Thai women to Myanmar, but they found themselves trapped into prostitution in Shan state near the Chinese border before escaping, they said in telling the stories about their ordeal.
The fate of 18 miners – mostly Uyghurs – trapped in a collapsed gold mine in China’s far-western Xinjiang province remained uncertain.