Hong Kong: A former Hong Kong lawmaker was jailed on Wednesday for exposing an anti-graft probe into a senior police officer’s handling of a mob attack on democracy protesters in 2019. Lam Cheuk-ting was found guilty of three counts of revealing that Superintendent Yau Nai-keung was being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
DUBAI: Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, faced the towering task on Thursday of clearing its...
CAPRI, Italy: Ukraine warned foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers on Thursday they had to...
PARIS: The World Health Organisation has raised concerns about the spread of H5N1 bird flu, which has an...
ROME: Italian police arrested last week a “most wanted” US fugitive who was carrying three concealed knives in a...
NEW DELHI: There’s scarcely any critical evaluation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India’s mainstream...
MALE: A Maldives high court overturned former president Abdulla Yameen’s 11-year jail term on Thursday and asked a...
NAIROBI: Kenya’s military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed when their military helicopter...
AMSTERDAM: Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on...