Emmanuel Macron refuses to condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoons of Prophet Mohammad

DW — The president defended citizens’ right to freedom of speech. His remarks came as the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by gunmen in 2015, said it was... Read more »

Amnesty: Iranian security forces committed human rights violations amid 2019 protests

DW — Dozens of demonstrators were arbitrarily arrested and abused, according to an Amnesty International report. The anti-government protests broke out in November 2019 in response to a hike in petrol prices.... Read more »

Jailed Iranian Lawyer Declines Injection as Health Worsens on Hunger Strike Day 21, Husband Says

VOA — WASHINGTON – A jailed Iranian lawyer and human rights defender has suffered a significant decline in her health on the 21st day of a hunger strike to protest Iran’s treatment... Read more »

US election 2020 polls: Who is ahead – Trump or Biden?

BBC — Voters in America will decide on 3 November whether Donald Trump remains in the White House for another four years. The Republican president is being challenged by Democratic Party nominee... Read more »

Portland protests: Trump and Biden clash over street violence

BBC — US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have clashed over the violence that has erupted at protests in Portland, Oregon. Mr Trump blamed the Democrat mayor of... Read more »

China arrests thousands for COVID-19 related crimes, threatens death penalty

RFI — Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for epidemic-related crimes since January, the state... Read more »

Health Officials Call On US Government to Reverse COVID-19 Test Guidelines

VOA — Public health departments throughout the United States are calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reverse changes the federal agency recently made to its public coronavirus... Read more »

Dervish Activists Reject Iran Official’s Claim Their Banishment to Poor Areas Is Not Deliberate

VOA — WASHINGTON – Activists of Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish religious minority who have been forced to live far from home after release from prison have rejected an Iranian official’s contention that Tehran... Read more »

March on Washington: George Floyd family urge protesters to ‘be his legacy’

BBC — The sister of George Floyd, whose death in police custody sparked months of racial turmoil across the US, has urged civil rights protesters to “be his legacy” as thousands gathered... Read more »

Tens of Thousands of Californians Return Home After Deadly Blazes

VOA — Evacuation orders have been lifted for tens of thousands of people in the Western U.S. state of California as firefighters continue to make progress in bringing wildfires across the state... Read more »