Mon 18 September 2023: The BBC said on Sunday that it was “urgently looking into the issues” raised by sexual assault allegations made against the broadcaster’s former employee, British comedian and actor Russell Brand, who rejects the allegations, Reuters reported. Brand, the ex-husband of American singer Katy Perry, worked on BBC radio shows between 2006 […]
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Members of the World Court listen as Russia begins presenting its objections against the jurisdiction of the World Court in a genocide case brought by Ukraine which claims Moscow falsely applied genocide law to justify its February 24, 2022 invasion, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 18, 2023. Mon 18 September 2023: Russia has called […]
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Mon 18 September 2023: NATO, in accordance with its new defense plans, can deploy 300,000 soldiers in the first month of a potential attack on the bloc, while the total number of the alliance’s military personnel could reach 3.5 million people, Chair of the NATO Military Committee Adm. Rob Bauer said on Saturday. “If we […]
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President Tayyip Erdoğan presents a ball as he meets with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in New York, U.S., Sept. 17, 2023. (Handout via Reuters) Mon 18 September 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in New York City on Sunday, inviting him to Türkiye and asking him to establish […]
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People have been campaigning for years for reform of the juvenile justice system in Queensland [File: Jono Searle/EPA] Mon 18 September 2023: Rights defenders fear ‘irreversible harm’ to children in Queensland after changes to justice system leave more under-18s in detention. The government of Australia’s northeastern state of Queensland has stunned rights experts by […]
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Sun 17 September 2023: Travelling to the United Kingdom is set to be expensive for tourism, visiting or studying purposes. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government announced that the UK visit visas for stays less than six months will incur an additional cost of ₹1,543 (GBP 15), while UK student visas will see an increase of […]
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Sun 17 September 2023: Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful warlord of Chechnya and a faithful supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is currently hospitalized and in a severe condition, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence, provided this information to the Ukrainian news source Obozrevatel on Friday. According to sources, […]
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Sat 16 September 2023: Russell Brand, a British actor and comedian, stated in a story published by The Times on Saturday that he “absolutely refutes” charges made by four women, one of whom was 16 at the time, of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse. The newspaper reported that a list of charges against the […]
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Sat 16 September 2023: A soldier was sentenced to 13 years in a “maximum security” correctional colony in Russia on Friday for deserting his regiment to avoid fighting in Ukraine. Moscow has handed out harsh sanctions for deserting during mobilization, which sparked a wave of emigration last year, as well as soldiers who refused to […]
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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says the Global South is the victim of ‘abusive unequal trade’. Sat 16 September 2023: Cuba’s leader says the Global South must “change the rules of the game” of the international order after centuries of dominance by wealthy Western nations putting their own interests first. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said developing […]
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