Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns | Hong Kong Protests News

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns | Hong Kong Protests News

A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city and damage its international financial hub credentials. The law, also known as Article 23, came into at midnight on Saturday, days after Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing…

Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to ISS, days after glitch | Space News

Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to ISS, days after glitch | Space News

The successful take off to the International Space Station follows an aborted launch on Thursday after a voltage drop in a power source. A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off on Saturday, two days after its launch was aborted at the last…

UN chief says blocked Gaza aid is a ‘moral outrage’, calls for war to end | Israel War on Gaza News

UN chief says blocked Gaza aid is a ‘moral outrage’, calls for war to end | Israel War on Gaza News

The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on a visit to the Rafah crossing. “I have come to Rafah to shine a…

Who’s to blame for the Moscow massacre? ISIL, Ukraine or Russia itself? | Vladimir Putin News

Who’s to blame for the Moscow massacre? ISIL, Ukraine or Russia itself? | Vladimir Putin News

Aleksandra Chanysheva is convinced that lax security is what made the Friday night attack on a concert hall just northwest of Moscow possible. “Guards are the most ridiculed and underpaid people in Russia,” the 51-year-old teacher of Russian language and literature at a public school told Al Jazeera. “And they…

Moscow concert hall attack: Russia detains 11 as death toll rises to 115 | Crime News

Moscow concert hall attack: Russia detains 11 as death toll rises to 115 | Crime News

Russian authorities have detained 11 people in connection with a grisly attack in a packed concert hall near Moscow as the death toll climbed to 115, with more than 120 people injured. On Saturday, Russia’s Investigative Committee said more bodies were found inside the Crocus City Hall in Moscow’s northern…

Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia?  | ISIL/ISIS News

Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia?  | ISIL/ISIS News

More than 133 people have been killed and more than 100 others were injured following a brazen attack on concertgoers at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall before a performance by a Soviet-era rock band on Friday. Assailants dressed in camouflage uniforms opened fire and reportedly threw explosive devices inside the concert…

Moscow concert hall attack: Death toll rises to 115 with scores injured | In Pictures News

Moscow concert hall attack: Death toll rises to 115 with scores injured | In Pictures News

Camouflage-clad gunmen with automatic weapons burst into a packed concert hall near Moscow, where the veteran rock band Picnic was to perform, shooting into the crowd and detonating explosives, setting the building on fire. The attack on the Crocus City Hall on Friday killed at least 115 people and injured…

Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package, averting US government shutdown | Politics News

Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package, averting US government shutdown | Politics News

Senate passed the bill after hours of gridlock over funding for three-quarters of the government for the next six months. President Joe Biden has signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after the United States Congress passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a…