NewsFeed Thousands converged on New York’s Times Square Saturday for a ‘No Kings’ protest against President Donald Trump. It was part of a nationwide event that comes amid military crackdowns in US cities, deportations and revenge indictments of political foes and in the wake of the Gaza peace deal. Published On 18 Oct 202518 Oct…
The bill, which granted limited legal rights to couples registered overseas, was voted down by lawmakers 71 to 14. Published On 10 Sep 202510 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A Hong Kong bill that proposed limited legal rights to same-sex couples has been voted down by lawmakers in the…
Nepal’s military has taken over the streets of the capital, Kathmandu, in a bid to end two days of protests against corruption that rapidly escalated into a full-blown public revolt against the country’s political elite, culminating in Prime Minister KP Oli’s resignation on Tuesday. At least 19 people were killed in clashes with security forces…
Published On 9 Sep 20259 Sep 2025 Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been forced to step down after a wave of anticorruption protests left 19 people dead and more than 100 injured, but tens of thousands of protesters remained on the streets, blocking roads and setting fires to parliament and other government buildings….
Kathmandu, Nepal – Pabit Tandukar was shouting slogans against Nepal’s government outside the country’s parliament building in the capital Kathmandu when he felt sharp pain cutting through his leg. The 22-year-old university student was taken to the trauma centre of Kathamandu’s Bir Hospital on Monday, where doctors confirmed he had been hit by a live…
HONG KONG — A lawyer for prominent Hong Kong democracy activist and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai argued Wednesday that it was not wrong to support freedom of expression, as he made final arguments in Lai’s landmark sedition trial. Barrister Robert Pang was representing Lai in his fight against charges of colluding with foreign forces to…
United States President Donald Trump has pledged to evict homeless people from the nation’s capital, after days of musing about taking federal control of Washington, DC, where he has falsely suggested crime is on the rise. “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,”…
The Justice Department subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James in an investigation of whether she violated President Trump’s civil rights, the Associated Press reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. The subpoenas mark an escalation of the Trump administration’s continuing efforts to scrutinize perceived political adversaries of the president. James investigated Mr. Trump before…
Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Reverend Dr Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: what one wore as a black man mattered. Wesley’s pastor father, who moved from Louisiana after World War II in search of more opportunities than those readily available to black people in the Deep South, “always…