Lee Hsien Yang, the brother of Singapore’s former prime minister, said he is a “political refugee” after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.
Well-wishers cover the grave of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny with flowers every day, showing he still has “huge numbers of supporters”, his widow Yulia Navalnaya said.
China’s military began a live-fire exercise near Taiwan, maintaining pressure on the self-ruled island after staging large-scale drills and President Xi Jinping called for troops to prepare for war.
Skybar, one of Beirut’s most popular nightclubs, has turned into a shelter for hundreds of displaced people who’ve fled Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon in recent weeks.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, delivered radically different messages on the US campaign trail as they sought to win over undecided voters in the two weeks before Election Day.
Ukraine is suffering from more than a Russian invasion. Births have plummeted. But many families with help from the government and doctors are trying to buck the trend and have a child in wartime.
Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving construction giant Odebrecht that became synonymous with corruption in Latin America.
Frustrated with the dwindling prospect of reaching a ceasefire deal in the year-long Gaza war, some Israeli entrepreneurs have sought a different avenue to release hostages – offering a financial reward for those who choose to free them.