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972 arbitrary arrests recorded in six months: monitor

(SNHR)- The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented at least 972 cases of arbitrary arrests in the first half of 2021, including 45 children and 42 women.   The 24-page report explains that most of the arrests in Syria are carried out without any judicial warrant while the...

Indonesia caught between surge and slow vaccine rollout

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Sri Dewi stood in the graveyard with her family, waiting their turn to bury her brother. He suffered a stroke and needed oxygen, but there wasn't any in a hospital overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. “We took him to this hospital, but there was no room for...

US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, two U.S. officials said Friday. The airfield was handed over to the...