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Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
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At least two people have died in the western Afghan city of Herat during protests against the Taliban dress code for women, UN officials believe. Medical NGO MSF says one of its staff was held for two days.
First Burkina Faso and Senegal, then Ghana, and now Niger too: more and more countries in West Africa are passing laws that criminalise homosexuality and are cracking down hard on LGBTQ+. The military government in Niger is threatening offenders with up to 10 years in prison.
Israel has refused entry to a French journalist reporting for major French broadcasters since 2019 accusing her of pro-Hamas bias. The move follows shortly after a French ban on Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
The Trump administration is steadily increasing pressure on Cuba, targeting its elites and pledging assistance to the people. The new measure hits state energy company CUPET. Trump says the US will "handle" Cuba once it is done Iran.
A South Sudanese whistleblower exposing high-level corruption has been abducted at gunpoint in Nairobi. Amnesty International fears he may be deported to South Sudan, where his life could be in danger.
A Washington appeals court has ruled President Trump's 10% tariffs legal for now. The ruling came after the New York trade court ruled Trump had exceeded his powers - a ruling that was in turn stayed. The battle is not over and could go to the Supreme Court.
Turkish authorities have moved on another municipality run by the opposition CHP. Police detained the mayor and others in Silivri, an Istanbul district. Many other CHP mayors have been detained on corruption and other charges seen by many as politically motivated.
London jurors took 90 minutes to convict a pro-Palestine protester who scaled London's Big Ben tower last year of causing public nuisance. The stunt shut key roads, forced the rerouting of buses and disrupted parliamentary business. Sentence will be passed at the end of July.
Florida's top court greenlights a Republican-drawn electoral map, handing the GOP a key win in a nationwide push to redraw district boundaries before the November midterms in the US. But with Democrats plotting their own power plays, the redistricting battle is far from over.
It was an appalling but local crime. Now a stabbing in Belfast has drawn in the UN, Musk and a string of right-wing leaders focusing on the fact that a black immigrant stabbed a white victim. Riots erupted in scenes familiar to those who lived through Northern Ireland's Troubles.
