Using hashtags such as #nigeriansinUkraine and #IndiansinUkrraine, videos and images have been shared of Asian and black refugees from the war in Ukraine apparently...
On Sunday an orchestra of about 200 professional and amateur classical musicians - conducted by Russian-British pianist Petr Limonov - assembled in London’s Trafalgar...
On the 24th of February 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced "a special military operation" in eastern Ukraine. Moments later missiles struck across multiple...
At dawn this morning the situation in Ukraine became critical. Putin began what was essentially an invasion by launching missiles at various military and...
Following the recent ceremony attended by Prince Charles, Barbados has removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and has become a republic.
The...
The United States has announced that its diplomats will boycott the Winter Olympics in protest against human rights violations in the People's Republic of...
UK Defense Chief of Staff Nick Carter has said that Moscow poses a greater threat than extremism. According to him, Russia allegedly uses non-standard...
NASA recently launched a spacecraft carried by Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to see if it will be possible to prevent potentially hazardous asteroids...
Yesterday's COP26 Transport Day called for a shift to zero emissions in transport. Twenty-four countries and the world’s leading car manufacturers agreed to halt...
The UK government's recent announcement regarding quarantine hotels for visitors from abroad has caused panic among some travellers.
The measures are an attempt to reduce...
On 22 October the Polish government ruled in a constitutional tribunal that abortion would be illegal in cases of foetal abnormality, on the grounds...
Last Wednesday’s protesters marched from the Nigerian high commission in Westminster to Parliament Square to protest against the killing of as many as twelve protesters...
The Government of the Republic of Cuba is proceeding with a monetary unification policy that will eliminate the convertible Cuban peso (CUC), leaving the...
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At their October meeting a group of Tower Hamlets councillors uncuccessfully tried to introduce an emergency motion to debate...
Sierra Leone's government enforced a three-day lockdown which commenced on 3 May. In Freetown, the capital, streets that were congested with hundreds of people...
Moon Chung-in, adviser to South Korean president Moon Jae-in, told CNN that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is ''alive and well''. This statement comes...
Tensions are rising in France. Especially in the banlieues (working class estates away from city centres), young people are more likely to flout social...
As coronavirus spreads across the world, Brazil is not only suffering from the pandemic but also from political disarray. Rising East reporter Lucas Dos...
Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan has 99 coronavirus cases confirmed and two deaths. The traditional celebration of Newroz (New Year) was cancelled, since family...
Coronavirus is affecting hundreds of countries worldwide and Croatia is not immune. Here are two video reports of the effects of COVID-19 on different...
With 6,077 deaths and almost 64,000 cases, Italy is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. The financial capital Milan, in the Northern region,...
Iran is currently the sixth most coronavirus-infected country in the world, with 21,638 confirmed cases and 1,685 deaths. On the day of the spring equinox -...
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Is International Women's Day a useful way to celebrate women's achievements and focus attention on issues which affect women primarily? Or is it unhelpful...
Instead of being ancient history, 78-year-old Bernie Sanders just might make history as the first-ever 'democratic socialist' president of the USA.
The Vermont senator has...
In the first of an occasional series of podcasts on the issues behind important anniversaries, Tom Lathbury and Irmak Dogan join Zuleika Rodriguez to...
