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Authorities make more arrests in Indian Kashmir to deter protests

20 Aug 2019

Security forces detained 30 people overnight in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, local officials said on Tuesday, seeking to keep a tight lid on protests over the federal government’s...

Hong Kong protesters rally to show ‘peaceful’ credentials after chaos

18 Aug 2019

Hong Kong democracy activists gathered on Sunday for a major rally to show the city's leaders their protest movement still attracts wide public support despite mounting violence and increasingly stark...

Hong Kong tense as weekend of protests begins with teachers’ rally in rain

17 Aug 2019

Over a thousand Hong Kong school teachers braved thunderstorms on Saturday to start a weekend of anti-government demonstrations that some activists fear could see tougher police tactics on the city’s...

Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmir

17 Aug 2019

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have begun restoring landline phone services after a nearly two-week unprecedented security crackdown and news blackout following a decision to downgrade the majority-Muslim region’s autonomy. ...

French ‘spiderman’ climbs Hong Kong tower, hoists reconciliation flag amid mass protests

16 Aug 2019

French "spiderman" climber Alain Robert scaled a 68-storey skyscraper in Hong Kong on Friday to hoist a flag symbolising reconciliation between China and the territory as weeks of escalating pro-democracy...

Zimbabwe on edge as opposition challenges protest ban

16 Aug 2019

Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC has gone to court to lift a police ban on its demonstrations, an official said on Friday, as armed police and soldiers set up checkpoints on...

The cap fits all

15 Aug 2019

Of course the people who form the governments around the world are anything but pro-citizens nor are they pro welfare. They can best be described as maniacal tyrants who have...

Leave our graffiti on walls, say protesters

15 Aug 2019

The graffiti that symbolised Sudan’s uprising are being painted over across the capital Khartoum, protest leaders complained on Wednesday, urging the military authorities to stop their whitewashing. The Alliance...

Green bonds hold the key to fighting climate change

13 Aug 2019

India made its biggest contribution to the global green bond market last month through the Hyderabad-based Greenko group’s $950 million green bond. Latest reports reveal that Greenko’s bond issuance...

Moving the Bureau of Land Management puts our public lands in peril

11 Aug 2019

Stephen Trimble, Tribune News Service County commissioners in the rural American West possess the daunting authority of Afghan warlords, it’s been said. They wield their power by demanding federal...

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