Russia arrests another general on bribery charges
Authorities arrest Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, latest in a string of bribery arrests of high-ranking officials. Marking the fourth arrest of a high-ranking military official in a month, Russia has detained Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, deputy head of the army’s general staff, on suspicion of large-scale bribe-taking. A military court ordered on Wednesday that Shamarin, who also
UK complaint alleges politicians’ complicity in Israeli ‘war crimes’
UK police say they are assessing the claims made by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians. London, United Kingdom – A new criminal complaint has been submitted to the Metropolitan Police alleging potential British government officials’ complicity in aiding and abetting the intentional starvation of Palestinians. It supplements an existing complaint issued in January
How do you find a bride? The new struggle in crisis-hit rural India
Yavatmal/Mumbai, India — On a warm Sunday afternoon in April, a group of farmers sits on a roadside bench at the intersection of the highway with their village, Raveri, in the Yavatmal district of western India’s Maharashtra state. One of them, Bhushan Unde, 31, has his phone out and is looking for a meme on Instagram.
Thousands march in Iran to mourn Raisi on final day of funeral rites
President Ebrahim Raisi died on Sunday, along with the foreign minister, after his helicopter crashed near the Azerbaijan border. Thousands have marched in Iran for the final day of funeral rites for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Raisi, 63, died on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six
Where is Ahmad Farhad? The mysterious case of Pakistan’s missing poet
Islamabad, Pakistan — A missing poet. A desperate family. A powerful security apparatus. And a court trying to decode conflicting claims in order to dispense justice. Those are the ingredients of a case that has grabbed Pakistan’s attention this week. Hours after Ahmad Farhad, who is also a journalist, went missing on the night of May 14
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