USA: TikTok appear before the US Supreme Court to prevent ban

TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the limits of national security and free speech.The…

Sri Lanka: Controversial Buddhist monk Gnanasara jailed for insulting Islam

A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for insulting Islam and inciting religious…

Australia: Authorities offers support USA – in the middle of its own fire season

Despite being in the midst of its own bushfire season, Australia has offered to help authorities in Los Angeles. North American fire crews and aircraft were crucial when Australia faced…

Atlantic Ocean: Baby born on migrant boat crossing from Africa to Canary Islands

A baby was born on a crowded migrant dinghy which travelled from Africa to the Canary Islands this week, Spanish coast guards say. They have published a picture of the…

USA: Treasury slaps sanctions on close aide to Hungary’s Viktor Orban

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on Antal Rogan, one of the most powerful men in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz government and the minister in charge of his…

Belarus: Jailed opposition figure Viktor Babaryko seen for first time in months

“Babaryko is alive!”Those were the words of Viktor Babaryko’s team after seeing the first images of the imprisoned Belarusian opposition politician in more than 630 days. Arrested in 2020 as…

Ukraine: Trump says meeting with Russian President Putin being arranged

Donald Trump has said that a meeting is being arranged between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US president-elect gave no timeline for when the meeting might take place.…

Italy: Journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after being freed from Iranian jail

An Italian journalist has returned to Rome after spending weeks in an Iranian jail. Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested on 19 December, three days after an Iranian engineer was detained…

Palestine: Israeli military says body of Bedouin hostage found in Gaza

The Israeli military says its troops have found the body of a Bedouin Arab hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, as well as evidence that suggests another may also be…

Palestine: Israeli drone strike in West Bank kills two children

Two children were among three Palestinians from the same extended family killed in an Israeli drone strike in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials say.The governor of Tubas…