Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon at petrol-bomb throwing protesters and shot a teenage demonstrator, as pro-democracy activists defied the city’s Chinese rulers on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. The incident was the first time a protester has been shot, in an escalation of the months-long unrest […]

The Uganda government has designated the red beret as official military clothing that could land members of the public who wear them in jail, a move that essentially bans the uniform of leading opposition leader Bobi Wine and his supporters. Bobi Wine, a pop star turned politician who has announced he is running for president […]

Following the death of a female asylum seeker in Greece’s asylum camp, hundreds of asylum seekers protested the conditions of the camp. Most of them can be seen with placards that read “Moria is hell”. Moria camp is the largest migrant camp in Greece. More than 12,000 people – mainly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq live […]

Iran’s judiciary says it has convicted three people of spying for the United States, sentencing one of them to death, and handed 10-year jail sentence to two others for the same crime. Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said two men, Ali Nafariyeh and Mohammadali Babapour, had received 10-year prison sentences for working for the CIA. Mohammad Amin […]

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned recent threats by an armed group to the Libyan Finance Ministry. “This deplorable act constitutes a serious blow to the rule of law,’’ the UNSMIL said in a statement. “UNSMIL expresses its full support to the competent authorities’ decision to identify and prosecute the perpetrators. […]