Morocco must do more to eradicate torture, says UN rights expert

Morocco must do more to eradicate torture, says UN rights expert

While a culture of human rights is emerging in Morocco, the authorities must do more to eradicate torture and ill-treatment, says an independent United Nations human rights expert ...

Taiwan Fishing Vessels Head for Disputed Islands

Taiwan Fishing Vessels Head for Disputed Islands

Over 70 Taiwanese fishing vessels are heading for two disputed islands in the East China Sea to protest their nationalization by the Japanese government, Kyodo News reported ...

Chinese Navy Gets First Aircraft Carrier

Chinese Navy Gets First Aircraft Carrier

China's first aircraft carrier, an overhauled former Soviet vessel, has been formally handed over to China's navy, local media reported on Monday ...

Spain at Risk of Chronic Protests

Spain at Risk of Chronic Protests

Over the past year and a half, Spain has been caught up in constant street protests against measures taken to combat the severe economic crisis. But some say the movement has failed to come together around concrete proposals.

Public employees, teachers, doctors, students, the “indignados” of the 15M protest movement, and the Social Summit, made up of 150 grassroots organisations and the country’s two biggest trade unions, protest the government’s budget cuts and tax hikes on the streets and social networking sites.

Bus sociologist Esther Vivas says people are clearly having a hard time coming together in a coordinated manner ...

 

Russia's arms trade with Syria

Russia's arms trade with Syria

Hillary Clinton is due to meet her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for the first time since the US secretary of state accused Russia of lying over the shipment of attack helicopters to Syria.

How Balotelli and Pirlo humbled Germany

How Balotelli and Pirlo humbled Germany

Full analysis of Germany's defeat in Euro 2012