Chick-fil-A returns to UK after gay rights backlash forced a retreat
Chick-fil-A is making another foray into the United Kingdom after gay rights campaigners forced the fast-food chain to close a pop-up site in the country in 2019.
2023-09-15 20:18
Bangladesh jails activists for 2003 report on security force killings
Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan had the charges hanging over their heads for 10 years.
2023-09-15 12:54
G20: China says Delhi declaration sent a positive signal
Beijing said the statement showed that the G20 was working together to tackle global challenges.
2023-09-12 14:17
Voting rights activists sound alarms over private tool that could lead to canceling voter registrations
Voting rights groups are urging election officials to reject a new tool championed by some conservatives as a way to root out fraudulent voter registrations -- arguing that the private software depends on unreliable information and could be used to improperly disenfranchise legitimate voters.
2023-09-11 18:19
G20 summit: Biden says raised human rights with India's Modi in Delhi
The US president spoke at a press conference in Hanoi about his visit to India for the G20 summit.
2023-09-11 14:56
Scots aid worker charity in bid to help 20 Afghan students
The Western Isles' Linda Norgrove Foundation hopes to get the 20 women to Scotland.
2023-09-10 16:57
Exclusive: How the Supreme Court's conservatives rebuffed Alabama
When the Supreme Court considered the challenge to an Alabama congressional map that shortchanged the state's Black voters, liberal justices expected the conservative majority to side with Alabama -- if not gut the 1965 Voting Rights Act altogether.
2023-09-08 17:17
Court decriminalises abortion across Mexico
The Supreme Court ruling means all 32 of the country's states can now provide terminations.
2023-09-07 07:58
Russia labels editor and Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov 'foreign agent'
Dmitry Muratov's Novaya Gazeta daily lost its licence in Russia and now he is labelled a "foreign agent".
2023-09-02 05:51
Uganda's anti-LGBT laws: Man faces death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality'
He is charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under tough new anti-LGBTQ legislation enacted in May.
2023-08-29 20:30
Thammakaset: Thai poultry farmer loses his 36th defamation suit
Thailand's best-known human rights campaigner found not guilty of criminal defamation.
2023-08-29 14:46
Taliban stops female Afghan students leaving country to study in Dubai
The BBC speaks to students who were blocked at the airport as they tried to leave for Dubai.
2023-08-28 14:59