A draft-dodging scandal in Taiwan allegedly involving a number of actors, influencers, and musicians has cast an unflattering spotlight on the conscript and reservist forces which could one day stand between the island and a possible invasion by China. Taiwan’s military service regime, which runs alongside its conventional military, faces…
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Belarus has freed Sergey Tikhanovsky, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, following…
Lawmakers in Britain have narrowly approved a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people, capping a fraught…
Ten months after the luxury superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily in a sudden storm, salvage crews…
Pope Leo XIV has said the Catholic Church must establish a culture that refuses to tolerate abuse in “any…
Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic…
Suga, a rapper and songwriter in the global K-pop sensation BTS, has been discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military…
US President Donald Trump’s self-imposed two-week delay to decide whether to strike Iran has sparked confusion and conjecture in…