Category: 3. Middle East

Japan to award Iwao Hakamada, held wrongfully for close to 50 years and released last year, largest-ever payout.

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m).

At the start of March, Norwegian marine fuel supplier Haltbakk Bunkers refused to service a United States warship, calling on others to boycott the US fleet.

Haltbakk CEO Gunnar Gran appeared to have been incensed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Building tension and violence threatens to unravel the peace deal that halted ethnic conflict in 2018.

South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war as violence between rival factions escalates, the United Nations has warned.

The situation…

Yunseo Chung, 21, moved to the US when she was seven and now faces deportation over pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University.

United States permanent resident and Columbia University student Yunseo Chung, 21, has sued US President Donald…

Bhopal, India – In January this year in Ujjain, a city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, authorities bulldozed nearly 250 properties, including homes, shops and a century-old mosque, to clear a sprawling 2.1 hectares (5.27 acres)…

Company says it is ‘grateful’ to Chinese authorities for releasing local staff after two years in detention.

China has released five staff of the due diligence firm Mintz Group after nearly two years in detention, the United States-based…

UN Secretary-General makes ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw 30 percent of foreign staff from Gaza amid Israeli attacks.

The United Nations has announced that it will be reducing the size of its international team on the ground in Gaza after…