Report: Iran Detains Cartoonist Again, Journalist Group Calls for Release

Taking off the hijab: 'My dream was to wear what I wanted'

By Faranak Amidi BBC World Service For some Muslim women, choosing to stop wearing the hijab, or headscarf, can be a difficult decision to make. They may...

#hijab #laws #dream

2023-09-27 01:09:47 • 1 min

Faramarz Javidzad: US-Iranian dual national dies at Evin prison

By David Gritten BBC News Authorities in Iran have denied that an American-Iranian dual national died at Tehran's notorious Evin prison on Saturday due to a...

#evinprison #financialcharges #digestiveproblems

2023-09-25 14:53:51 • 1 min

Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunaks precarious future cartoon

Illustration: Martin Rowson/The Guardian

#illustration #martinrowson #guardian

E.U. Law Sets the Stage for a Clash Over Disinformation

2023-09-26 18:00:14 • 1 min

Business / Finance

The law, aimed at forcing social media giants to adopt new policies to curb harmful content, is expected to face blowback from Elon Musk, who owns X. The...

#clash #election #government

The New York Times

2023-09-27 04:00:11 • 1 min

In Egypt, Rights Group Says 73 Supporters of Challenger in December Presidential Election Arrested

CAIRO (AP) Egyptian authorities have detained at least 73 people volunteering for a challenger to incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the December...

#president #government #politician

2023-09-26 14:00:46 • 1 min

Smirking Suella trashes 70 years of human rights in 30 minutes

Call the US jaunt a win-win for Suella Braverman. Trying to get the rest of the world to ditch its obligations to the 1951 UN refugee convention was always a...

#trash #bill #millionmigrants

Pressure piles on China Evergrande with chairman Hui Ka Yan under police surveillance

2023-09-26 18:27:30 • 1 min

Business / Finance

Best News Website or Mobile Service WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2022 Best News Website or Mobile Service Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2022 HONG...

#kayan #economy #market

Channel NewsAsia

2023-09-27 03:21:00 • 1 min

UN rebukes Suella Braverman over her attack on refugee convention

Suella Braverman has been rebuked by the United Nations refugee agency after claiming that world leaders have failed to make wholesale reform of human rights...

#suellabraverman #government #safety

2023-09-26 18:51:59 • 1 min

Grubby, cruel and cheap: Suella Braverman stoops low with her bogus refugee figures

In March last year, I stood on the station platform in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv in the immediate aftermath of Russias invasion of that country,...

#safety #opinion #degradingtreatment

2023-09-27 05:00:50 • 2 mins

Moscow Court Upholds 19-Year Prison Sentence for Russian Opposition Politician Alexei Navalny

MOSCOW (AP) A court in Moscow upheld a 19-year prison sentence Tuesday for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was convicted on charges...

#politician #AlexeiNavalny #foundation

Jadon Sancho deactivates Instagram account amid ongoing row with Erik ten Hag that has left winger exiled at Man Utd

2023-09-26 17:49:56 • 1 min

Football

Sancho deactivates Instagram account Exiled from Man Utd first-team Has to apologise for his social media outburst WHAT HAPPENED? The Manchester United...

#instagramaccount #unitedwinger #dutchmanager

Goal

2023-09-26 11:42:51 • 1 min

Thailand: Leading activist Anon Nampa jailed over calls for royal reform

By Jonathan Head BBC News, Bangkok One of Thailand's most prominent political activists, Arnon Nampa, has been sentenced to four years in prison under the...

#senate #government #reform

2023-09-26 08:25:48 • 1 min

Suella Bravermans nasty and cruel migrant crisis speech sparks furious backlash

Suella Braverman has sparked a furious backlash over appalling and nasty comments after claiming that fearing persecution over being gay or a woman is not...

#furiousbacklash #laws #fool

The Independent

2023-09-26 10:49:38 • 2 mins

Alaska Man Charged With Threats Against Florida Sheriff Who Spoke Against Antisemitic Activity

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) An Alaska man facing murder charges in state court has now also been indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking and threatening a...

#antisemitic #sheriff #correctionalcenter

2023-09-27 00:46:53 • 1 min

Russian disinformation most active on X, formerly known as Twitter, EU says

By Chris Vallance Technology reporter, BBC News X, formerly Twitter, has the biggest proportion of disinformation of six big social networks, a European...

#twitter #russiandisinformation #facebook

China Evergrande's Chairman Hui is under police surveillance - Bloomberg News

2023-09-26 18:12:22 • 1 min

Business / Finance

Best News Website or Mobile Service WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2022 Best News Website or Mobile Service Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2022 :Hui...

#economy #hui #BloombergNews

Channel NewsAsia

2023-09-27 03:21:34 • 1 min

South Korea's Constitutional Court Strikes Down Law Banning Anti-Pyongyang Leafleting

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Koreas Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda...

#police #safety #liaisonoffice

2023-09-26 09:56:08 • 2 mins

Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunaks attempts to win over voters cartoon

Illustration: Nicola Jennings/The Guardian

#nicola #illustration #guardian

2023-09-25 17:07:42 • 1 min

Nevada Man Gets Life in Prison for Killing His Pregnant Girlfriend on Tribal Land in 2020

RENO, Nev. (AP) A Nevada man convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend on the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribal reservation nearly three years ago has been...

#triballand #police #girlfriend

2023-09-26 18:38:30 • 1 min

UN refugee agency rejects Suella Braverman asylum comments

Media caption, Braverman: Allowing people to claim asylum after travelling through safe countries is "absurd and unsustainable" By Becky Morton Political...

#refugeeagency #safety #government