Headlines- At least 16 people were killed and 32 injured when a powerful earthquake rocked Tibet in southwest China on Thursday night.
- On Thursday, thousands of people participated in protests to support of abortion rights around Poland, including in Warsaw, the country's capital, and more than 20 other cities.
- The state-owned Emirates News Agency reported that Lana Nusseibeh is the United Arab Emirates' nominee for secretary-general of the United Nations.
- After last weekend's protests, French authorities on Thursday banned or restricted new demonstrations.
- The European Union's top prize for human rights achievement, the Sakharov Prize, has been given to the International Criminal Court in 2026.
Tag: Video Report
Lines Lengthen Outside Jails As Belarus...
Every week, lines of people gather overnight outside a detention center in Minsk, hoping to deliver packets of food and clothing for loved ones being held inside when the gates open in the morning.
WHO COVID-19 Update
While news about COVID-19 vaccines are “encouraging,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today (16 Nov) said “this is not the time for complacency.”
Blackfeet Boxing Documentary Casts Light on...
“Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible” is a documentary that shows how Native American women at the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana,take up boxing to defend themselves from abduction, rape and domestic abuse
Minsk Taxi Driver Who Saved A...
Dramatic video of a Minsk taxi driver saving a fleeing anti-government protester from the clutches of Belarusian police went viral on social media in September. Now, in an interview with Current Time, Yauhen says he’s been horrified by the actions of security forces defending the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and an election widely seen as rigged. He says he knew the risks in helping the protester escape, but wasn’t afraid
Blocking Some Social Media Posts, Conservatives...
With Twitter and Facebook blocking and labeling more social media posts, some American conservatives are flocking to alternatives like Parler, which says it won’t censor speech
COVID-19-Singapore Response
Singapore’s COVID-19 response includes working together with non-governmental organizations and more than 5,000 migrant ambassadors who can engage with the migrant worker communities in their own languages
A Story of a Stateless Student...
Nosizi Reuben Dube is a stateless Shona student who against all odds qualified and was admitted to the University of Nairobi to study Economics
Arriving Russian Peacekeepers Find Armenians Leaving...
A column of armored vehicles from Russia’s peacekeeping mission has entered Kalbajar, one of three districts from which Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
Saving Buzludzha, Bulgaria’s Mountaintop Communist Monument
Buzludzha is the biggest communist-era monument in the Balkans. Built on a mountaintop in Bulgaria in 1981, it’s since fallen into ruin and its very future is at risk
Mass Exodus As Armenians Flee Nagorno-Karabakh
Scores of people were seen leaving the war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh region for Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, on November 11. The road they were taking passes through Kalbacar, a corridor formerly held by Armenia