The death of Mushtaq Ahmed has renewed alarm about the country’s use of a draconian digital security law to crack down on dissent.

The president says that the pandemic precaution can lead to headaches, difficulty concentrating and a “decreased perception of happiness.”

With opposition to transgender issues regularly expressed by mainstream British figures, the country’s trans comedians are often just trying to assert their humanity.

The authorities declined to say how many students were taken in an area where a surge in armed militancy has led to a worsening breakdown of security.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said some of its citizens, including a diplomat and his 3-year-old, left North Korea on a hand-pushed railroad trolley.

Germany’s hoard of unused vaccine doses.

Residents said heavily armed men had shot at prison guards before the inmates began to flee from a prison in Port-au-Prince.

Scott Morrison’s words, critics said, revealed a disturbing sentiment.

Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time the surge will be blunted by vaccines and, hopefully, widespread caution. By summer, Americans may be looking at a return to normal life.

Hundreds of thousands of AstraZeneca doses are sitting unopened as many Germans reject the vaccine over fears it is “second-class” compared to the one developed by BioNTech and Pfizer.