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Dubai's ruler ordered abduction of wife, children: UK Court

Case of Dubai's Princess Latifa made global headlines when she video-graphed her attempt to extricate herself from Dubai but was stopped off the Indian coast and sent back

Mar 6, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Iranian nurses defy strict Islamic law and dance to cheer Coronavirus patients [VIDEOS]

Public dancing was banned in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and such incidents garner extreme wrath of mullahs and other Islamic hard-liners

Mar 4, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

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Canadian oil firm apologizes for circulating explicit cartoon sticker targeting Greta Thunberg

The company X-Site Energy Services has apologized for circulating sexualized image of Greta Thunberg. But it has denied any involvement with the making of the sticker

Mar 3, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Students in US medical schools are facing mistreatment due to race, gender and sexual orientation: Study

Students from all 140 accredited medical schools in the United States were part of the study and 27,504 surveys answered by students were analysed

Mar 1, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Turkey launches Operation Spring Shield in Idlib, Syria: 5 things to know

Syria President Assad regime's push to recapture regions has led to people in Idlib fleeing towards the Turkish border. This is the fourth operation conducted by Turkey to safeguard its borders

Mar 1, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Cartoon sticker of Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted circulated in Canadian oilfield company

The cartoon sticker of 17-year-old activist Greta Thunberg being sexually harassed was allegedly being used as promotional material by the X-Site of Canadian oilfields company

Mar 1, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

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Where is Li Zehua? Rogue former CCTV journalist who reported horrific details out of Coronavirus hit Wuhan livestreams arrest

Li Zehua livestreamed his arrest after being chased around the quarantined-city of Wuhan by Chinese security forces, who finally tracked him down at his apartment.

Feb 29, 2020

By Johnlee Varghese

Who is Jimmy Lai? The self-made millionaire arrested on illegal assembly charges in Hong Kong

Jimmy Lai and two other pro-democracy activists were arrested by the police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly

Feb 28, 2020

By Bharat Sharma

Wuhan virus in Italy: Video shows Filipino man punched on the face inside supermarket 'for being Chinese' post-COVID 19 outbreak

It is believed that the fight incident was filmed at Lidl in the town of Casalpusterlengo, which is one of 10 towns in the Lombardy region that has been put under lockdown

Feb 26, 2020

By Johnlee Varghese

Coronavirus

Idlib war: Video shows US-backed Turkey proxies with Al Qaeda links beheading Syrian soldiers

The war crimes are being committed by Turkish militia, which is an Al Qaeda affiliate, fighting the proxy war for Turkey in Syria

Feb 26, 2020

By Johnlee Varghese

Gui Minhai: Why did China sentence the Swedish book-seller to 10 years in prison?

Gui Minhai was awarded Sweden's Tucholsky prize by the Swedish PEN, a decision that rattled relations between Sweden and China, with the latter threatening repercussions

Feb 25, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah