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Twitter India bans accounts of Pakistan embassies in UN, Iran, Egypt and Turkey
India has banned the official Twitter accounts of several Pakistani diplomatic missions, journalist…
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Despite Biden's pledge, a private prison is becoming a for-profit immigrant detention center in Pennsylvania
The facility in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, will be run by The GEO Group and eventually hold as many…
Charles Davis
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Lawmakers ask Biden administration to terminate ICE contracts, saying immigrants faced 'retaliation after reporting sexual assault'
Two dozen Democrats signed on to the letter, saying the ICE contracts represent an "excessive waste…
Charles Davis
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Trump bans Chinese cotton, textile, tomatoes produced in Uighur region using "forced labor"
The US-China relations have deteriorated after the COVID-19 outbreak, with President Donald Trump s…
PTI
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Judge denounces conduct at for-profit ICE detention facility, accuses official of lying to cover up 'deliberate indifference' to the lives of immigrants during pandemic
Over the summer, over half of those detained at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center contracted COV…
Charles Davis
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A year before Greta Thunberg was born, a Nat Geo photographer could not convince scientists to even say the word climate change
In 2002, a year before environmental activist Greta Thunberg was born, Paul Nicklen, a nature photo…
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A cybersecurity firm found a hacker selling personal data on 186 million US voters. It warned the data 'can easily be used for geo-targeted disinformation campaigns.'
Cybersecurity company Trustwave said the hacker, known as "GreenMoon2019," pieced together public i…
Kate Duffy
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IMF chief warns of risk of geopolitical fragmentation
There is a risk of geopolitical fragmentation, as geopolitics turn into geo-economics with negative…
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Soaring gas prices have some drivers wrapping their cars with ads to earn up to $800 per month
Fuel costs are increasingly eating into the budgets of rideshare drivers and commuters alike, and s…
Dominick Reuter
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Russian officials spent $8 million on VPNs which let them dodge the country's online censorship, analysis finds
Russia's Federal Treasury published 236 official contracts for VPN technology totalling almost $10 …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Graphic video shows a Russian infantry squad battling to rescue a wounded comrade while under intense Ukrainian fire in the ruins of Mariupol
Russian troops come under fire from Ukraine's Azov Regiment in a rare video showing frontline fight…
Alia Shoaib
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A new deal and a major operation show how the US military is bulking up in a tense corner of Europe
Amid tensions with Turkey and Russia, the US and Greece are making plans to expand their defense co…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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'Dragon Man,' a mysterious new human species found in China, could be a closer relative of ours than Neanderthals
A species of human ancestor called Homo longi, or "Dragon Man," lived in China 146,000 years ago. I…
Aylin Woodward
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Biden and Erdogan play nice at NATO summit, showing the US and Turkey still need each other despite tensions
Erdogan's autocratic leadership style and purchase of a Russian missile defense system has strained…
John Haltiwanger
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H&M releases new statement following Xinjiang controversy, says China is a 'very important market'
The fashion retailer released a new statement dated March 31, that said that China was a "very impo…
Cheryl Teh
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How a little-known Pentagon agency trains troops to escape the enemy and get home safely
"The JPRA and its capabilities provide peace of mind to pilots and guys on the ground," a former sp…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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'Die, H&M, die:' brand grapples with Chinese boycott and social media firestorm over Xinjiang 'forced labor' comments
Major Chinese e-commerce platforms boycotted H&M after a social media firestorm over the brand's st…