A French woman has been arrested for making a video of herself naked on a holy bridge in the Indian city of Rishikesh, police said Saturday. The 27-year-old now faces charges under India’s internet law with a maximum sentence of three years jail if found guilty. She was detained Thursday after posting footage of herself […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has renewed his call for a total ban on nuclear weapons testing. This came in a message to mark this year’s International Day Against Nuclear Tests observed on Aug. 29 annually. According to Guterres, this year’s commemoration comes 75 years after the first-ever nuclear test conducted by the United States in […]

Mali’s military junta on Saturday postponed the first meeting on the transfer of power after rising tensions with the group that sparked the August 18 coup. The junta had invited civic groups, political organisations and former rebels to consultations on Saturday, but said in a statement that the meeting was postponed at the last minute […]

Prosecutors are seeking stiffer-than-usual sentences for four former US police officers charged over the killing of George Floyd, arguing that they showed “particular cruelty” to the handcuffed African American. The 46-year-old resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota died in May after being pinned to the pavement under the knee of white officer Derek Chauvin as Floyd gasped […]

The United States (US) government has detained children at several major hotel chains — more than previously known — during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters, according to new data released Friday. Since March, the Trump administration has used hotels to hold at least 660 children, most unaccompanied by a parent, […]