UK police hunt for an imprisoned asylum-seeker who was released in error
LONDON — An asylum-seeker sentenced to 12 months in a British prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl…
Jailed journalists win Sakharov Prize for speaking against injustice, European Parliament says
One of the journalists, behind bars in Belarus for covering anti-government rallies, refused to seek a pardon despite…
A Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Cuban man deported by the United…
Burkina Faso rejects proposal to accept deportees from the US
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept…
Brazil protests US visa limitations for official at UN assembly
SAO PAULO (AP) — The United States government issued a visa for a Brazilian official to attend the…
France drives other nations to recognize Palestinian state
PARIS (AP) — A moment of truth: that’s how French President Emmanuel Macron sees the recognition of a…
Equatorial Guinea cuts off internet for Annobón island residents who protested construction company
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When residents of Equatorial Guinea’s Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in…
Supporters of far-right activist Tommy Robinson clash with London police during massive protest
At least nine people were arrested, but police indicated many other offenders had been identified and would be…
Protesters block roads and set blazes in France amid police tear gas
PARIS (AP) — A day of anti-government action across France on Wednesday saw streets choked with smoke, barricades…
Nepal internet crackdown part of global trend toward suppressing online freedom
Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is…