Putin's war has triggered an exodus out of Russia -- but the escape options are shrinking
Updated 1053 GMT (1853 HKT) March 30, 2022
"How to leave Russia?" Google searches for this term in Russian hit a 10-year high inside the country within a week of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Man hanged in Singapore amid concern over surge of execution notices
A 68-year-old man has been hanged for drug trafficking in Singapore in the first execution to be carried out in the city state in more than two years, as the UN rights office expressed concern over a “surge in execution notices”.
Abdul Kahar bin Othman was convicted on two charges of trafficking diamorphine in 2013. He was sentenced to death in 2015.
No executions are believed to have been carried out in Singapore since 2019, due to pending court applications that have forced the authorities to halt proceedings. However, the families of those facing the death sentence fear the authorities are now pushing ahead with hangings to free up space on death row.
‘Tell Putin: who are you liberating us from?’ Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors brace for Russian forces
Odesa has been a centre of Jewish life for hundreds of years. Members of the community there tell Bel Trew of their anger and terror as Vladimir Putin – who claimed to want to ‘denazify’ Ukraine – bombards the coast
The only reason Yuri Parfenov was not murdered in the 1941 massacre of Odesa’s Jewish population is because a family hid him and his brother in a toilet pit when the soldiers came for them.
The son of a Jewish mother and a Russian father, Mr Parfenov says he was due to be taken to the neighbouring region of Mykolaiv and shot that day.
In total, 14 members of his family – including his mother – were killed during the Holocaust in Ukraine. In the Black Sea port city of Odesa, tens of thousands of Jewish residents were shot, burned alive, and worked or starved to death – predominantly by Romanian soldiers allied with Nazi Germany.
India: Doubts emerge over spiritual Yogi's environmental mission
Jaggi Vasudev, the Indian spiritual Yogi also known as "Sadhguru," is riding a motorbike thousands of kilometers to raise awareness about soil degradation. But questions are being asked over the campaign's effectiveness.
Riding 30,000 kilometers (18,640 miles) on a Ducati Multistrada 1260 across 26 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Indian spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev is on a mission.
Known as "Sadhguru" to his followers, Vasudev's ride on this special edition bike is part of his Save Soil movement, spreading awareness about soil degradation.
New age ecological influencer
In the past two decades, Vasudev's activities have received global attention and given him the status of a new age ecological influencer.
IS group 'Beatles' member goes on trial over deaths of James Foley, Steven Sotloff
The first trial on US soil of an alleged major figure in the Islamic State (IS) group -- an accused member of the kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" -- will begin in earnest Wednesday near Washington.
El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, is accused of involvement in the murders of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.
The day after the selection of 18 jurors, including six alternates, prosecutors and Elsheikh's lawyers will cross swords for the first time in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Rana Ayyub, journalist and Modi critic, barred from leaving India
Ayyub stopped at Mumbai airport while flying to Europe to speak about intimidation of journalists in the world’s largest democracy.
A prominent Indian journalist and activist says she has been barred from boarding a flight to London where she was scheduled to address an event on targeting of journalists in the world’s largest democracy.
Rana Ayyub, a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government, was due to take the London flight on Tuesday and then to Italy to attend different events.
Ayyub tweeted that immigration officials at Mumbai airport stopped her from boarding the flight.
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