A Russian court sentenced a Texas father to 21 years in a penal colony on charges of child abuse Tuesday, despite “almost no evidence” and multiple U.S. investigations that resulted in no charges. David Barnes, 66, was accused of abusing his two
Protestors in Australia have toppled a century-old Captain James Cook statue was toppled and covered a Queen Victoria monument in red paint. The vandalism occurred in Melbourne on the eve of Australia Day and is currently being investigated by police. Australia Day,
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s team has announced that they have found him in a Siberian penal colony following a weekslong search. “We found Alexei Navalny,” spokesperson Kira Yarmysh announced on Christmas Day, the BBC reported. Yarmysh added that Navalny’s lawyer was
Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost. Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin,
Top Vladimir Putin critic and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is missing from a prison where he was being held, according to his allies. Prison authorities asserted that Navalny, renowned for mocking the Russian President and exposing widespread corruption, had been relocated
A former British colony itself, India was the first country to chair the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation. Shazia Ilmi, national spokesperson for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, told Spanish international news agency EFE that India has given its backing for
Honduras, following the lead of neighboring El Salvador, plans to construct the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere. The progressive president, Xiomara Castro, aims to send the country’s most-feared gangsters to an isolated prison on the Islas del Cisne archipelago.