Americas largest prison poised to open in El Salvador (video)
SAN SALVADOR, 4 Feb 2023: The Salvadoran government is poised to open the largest prison in the Western Hemisphere, designed to hold as many as 40,000 gang members incommunicado. Known …
Martial law extended across Myanmar with coup’s 2nd anniversary
NAYPYIDAW, 4 Feb 2023: Myanmar’s military junta has extended martial law to dozens of townships in restive areas across the country, state media reported yesterday. The military regime, which seized …
Reversing opium stance, Taliban round up thousands of drug addicts
KABUL, 3 Feb 2023: Over four decades of war, an economic crisis and unlimited supply of cheap drugs in a country that fulfils 80% of the global opium demand has …
Jailed Thai activists on hunger strike over royal defamation charges
BANGKOK, 3 Feb 2023: Two activists jailed in Thailand for conducting a street survey on the royal family suffer from health problems as a result of a hunger strike that …
Iranian bloggers jailed for dancing in public
TEHRAN, 2 Feb 2023: An Iranian court has sentenced Instagram bloggers Astiyazh Haghighi and Amir Ahmadi to a combined total of 21 years in prison after they were filmed dancing …
Mexico City urged to raise penalty for acid attacks
MEXICO CITY, 1 Feb 2023: Lawmakers with the governing National Renewal Movement (Morena) yesterday presented to the Mexico City Legislative Assembly a bill called Malena’s Law – seeking to condemn …
Kidnap fears drive Haitian women to Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, 1 Feb 2023: Hedwige Brenord, a 51-year-old Haitian-born woman, lost her niece Rose F. Moreau when the makeshift vessel carrying her capsized while she was attempting a perilous …
Scots march with demand for EU return at Brexit anniversary
EDINBURGH, 1 Feb 2023: Hundreds of people carrying torches and Scottish flags took part here yesterday in a procession to demand the return of Scotland to the EU on the …
Indonesia says forged labels led to production of deadly cough syrup
JAKARTA, 31 Jan 2023: Indonesian police yesterday said a local trader forged the labels of adulterated chemicals intended for industrial use and sold them as pharmaceutical-grade – which resulted in …
Scores of police officers killed in crowded Pakistani mosque suicide bomb
ISLAMABAD, 30 Jan 2023: At least 32 police officers were killed and nearly 150 people wounded in a suspected suicide bombing inside a crowded mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city …