International News

June 12, 2017

Sri Lanka makes first arrest over hate crimes against Muslims

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate crimes against Muslims that has drawn […]
June 1, 2017

Social media companies step up removals of online hate speech

Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Googles YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in […]
June 1, 2017

Bahrain court dissolves secular opposition group

DUBAI: A Bahraini court dissolved a secular opposition party on Wednesday, a judicial official said, as authorities in the Gulf state kept up a crackdown on […]
May 31, 2017

Campaign for ‘period emoji’ to address taboo

LONDON: A ‘period emoji’ on mobile devices could help break the taboo of menstruation, according to an international child rights group, which is pushing for an […]
May 30, 2017

Mother asks court to permit doctors to cease care for ill daughter

A woman has asked a judge to give doctors permission to stop providing life-support treatment to her severely ill daughter. The woman, who is in her […]
May 30, 2017

UK wrong to deny residency rights in test case, EU’s legal adviser says

The Home Office was wrong to deny the Algerian husband of a dual British-Spanish citizen the right to live with her in the UK, according to […]
May 30, 2017

Crowdfunded legal challenge over article 50 abandoned

A crowdfunded legal challenge to test whether Brexit can be reversed has been abandoned. More than £70,000 was raised in a few days before Christmas to […]
May 30, 2017

Kim Jong-nam murder case moves to Malaysian high court

The case of two women charged in Malaysia with killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader was transferred to a higher court on Tuesday, as […]