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Zero Point: Where Afghans returning from Iran speak of torture and trauma

On a piece of unowned land between Iran and Afghanistan, a small makeshift clinic is offering the first medical response to dozens of refugees returning from Iran - and many return with stories of horrendous injustice.

My time with PMF fighters in Iraq: the proxy wars must stop

The proxy wars are being fought by countries over land that doesn't belong to them and its the Iraqis who are paying with their lives.

Wikileaks' Assange appears in court in Spain spying investigation

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange testified in his legal case against a Spanish private security firm that he claims spied on him while he was holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London.

NBC, union investigate ‘America’s Got Talent’ racism report

Gabrielle Union, who is black, reportedly sought action to address an environment she said allowed racist jokes, comments and notes from producers along with other troubling behavior, including judge-producer Simon Cowell’s smoking indoors.

Pakistan's institutional rigmarole

Pakistan's executive, judiciary and military have found themselves on a collision course, and Imran Khan's government might bear the brunt of the impact.

Malaysian court frees Australian grandmother in drug trafficking case

An Australian woman sentenced to death for drug-trafficking in Malaysia was acquitted, after the Federal Court in Kuala Lumpur quashed her earlier conviction by a lower court.

Britain's Prince Andrew denies meeting sex accuser

Britain's Prince Andrew told the BBC that he had no recollection of ever meeting an American woman who alleges she was forced to have sex with him when she was underage.

International court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years

Ntaganda, 46, was found guilty in July on 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts committed when he was military operations chief at the Union of Congolese Patriots militia in east Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and 2003.

Pinkwashing Kashmir

The othering of Kashmiris in mainstream discourse is vital to suppressing their self-determination.

How an outdated law continues to be used against Mumbai’s poor

Police in India's commercial capital face accusations of using an old law against begging as a way to pick up anyone sleeping on the streets so they can reach their arrest quotas.

Malaysia court postpones biggest 1MDB trial involving ex-PM Najib

The hearing will now begin next Monday to allow time for the completion of a previous trial that revolves around former 1MDB unit SRC International, a Kuala Lumpur High Court judge said.

Dispute over teenager’s beard puts religious freedom on trial in Zimbabwe

A member of the Zimbabwean minority Muslim community is challenging school regulations that ban beards for pupils, which he says are discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional.