Prominent Cardinal Marc Ouellet is accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit filed in Canada's Quebec provinceStory Published at: August 18, 2022 at 05:59PM
Pope says not enough evidence to investigate Canadian cardinal
Finnish PM Sanna Marin facing backlash over leaked party footage
Opposition politicians have called for Sanna Marin to take a drug test after a video of her partying circulated online.Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 05:51PM
Imprisoned Saudi activist Salma al-Shehab ‘reported on app’
PhD student Salma al-Shehab received the longest-known sentence for a Saudi activist on Monday. Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 02:30PM
Flash floods in western China kill 16, leave 18 missing
Deluge wreaks havoc in Qinghai province amid a summer of extreme weather in China.Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 12:18PM
Two killed, 12 injured as storms hit France’s Corsica
The French island suffered from hail, heavy rain and powerful winds which killed two people and injured 12 others.Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 11:32AM
Outrage as journalist arrested for alleged Maoist links in India
Rupesh Kumar Singh was arrested in Jharkhand two days after he reported on industrial waste being dumped on tribal land.Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 11:07AM
Tens of thousands of UK workers strike as inflation crushes wages
Rail, mail and dock workers are launching strikes in vast numbers as UK inflation erodes the value of their wages.Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 10:10AM
Ukrainian attacks in Crimea weaken Russia’s military capacity
Week 25 of the war: Ukraine degrades Russia’s capabilities in the south but is yet to launch a major counteroffensive.Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 10:01AM
Israel shuts down NGOs, kills Palestinian in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in Nablus and shut down the offices of seven civil society organisations. Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 08:48AM
Palestinian journalists: What’s it like working under occupation?
The recent killing of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh has given many journalists a renewed sense of purpose.Story Published at: August 18, 2022 at 09:15AM