India’s human rights body is investigating reports that more than 100 children fell ill from eating a school lunch after a dead snake was found in the food.
The cook reportedly still served the lunch despite removing the dead animal from it, the…
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The Economic Fallout From Deadly Blast At Iran’s ‘Golden Gateway’ Of Trade
Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.
I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at the potential economic impact of a massive explosion…
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A ‘political prisoner’: US advocates rally for detained Georgetown scholar | Courts News
Alexandria, Virginia – “Free him now. Free him now.”
Those words rang outside a federal courthouse near Washington, DC, on Thursday, as lawyers argued over the case of Badar Khan Suri, who has been detained by the United States government…
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Blaze near Jerusalem largely controlled
Fires that have ravaged large parts of central Israel since Wednesday have largely been extinguished, the country’s Fire and Rescue Authority says.
More than 150 teams have been battling the blaze, which has scorched around 20 sq km (7.7 sq miles)…
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Daily World Briefing, May 2
Trump threatens Iran oil sanctions after next round of indirect talks postponed
U.S. President Donald Trump restarted blackmail against Iran on Thursday, saying any country or person that buys oil or petrochemicals from Iran would face immediate…
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Iran port blast leaves massive crater, new satellite images show
New satellite imagery obtained by Iran International shows a huge crater left by the April 26 explosion at Iran’s Rajaei port, which killed at least 70 people according to official figures.
According to the photos take on April 30, the large…
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US-Iran nuclear talks postponed, Trump threatens sanctions
US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil, a warning that came after planned talks overTehrans rapidly advancing nuclear programwere postponed.
TheUnited Statessaid Thursday it expected new nuclear…
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Who blinks first to negotiate tariffs?
Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Xi Jinping are both trying to save face amid the spiralling tariffs trade war In the early hours of Thursday morning, Chinese state media announced that the United States had been seeking to initiate tariff…
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Why Australia’s opposition is vying for votes on Chinese social media
Kelly NgReporting fromSydney, New South Wales
BBC/Kelly NgMandarin and Cantonese dominate conversations in Burwood, an area often billed as Sydney’s second Chinatown With days left to the election, Australian opposition candidates have been wooing…
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How the film sheds light on the secretive way popes are chosen
AlamyRalph Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence, who attempts to shape the outcome of the race The 2024 film Conclave – a box office hit and Oscar winner – tells the story of a papal election in which there are no obvious favourites. For many people,…
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