Featured

Israel’s Defense Minister Has Ordered A “Complete Siege” Of Gaza After Palestinian Militants Hamas’ Attack

“We’re fighting human animals and are acting accordingly.”

LGBTQ

Hanoi Held A Week-Long Pride To Campaign For Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

Themed “Generations of Pride”, this year’s event focused on commemorating LGBTQ milestones from the past decades and campaigning for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Vietnam.

Newsletter

🌏 Two Chinese Athletes Hugged And Got Censored Over Tiananmen Square, Iranian Girl Allegedly Beaten Into Coma By "Morality" Police And More

All the world news you need to know this week.

Video

A Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Struck Afghanistan And More Than 2,000 People Are Dead

If the death toll is confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest earthquakes to hit Afghanistan in 20 years.

Activism

This Jailed Iranian Woman Activist Has Been Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize

51-year-old Narges Mohammadi has spent the last 30 years pushing for peaceful change in Iran.

Featured

This 16-Year-Old Iranian Girl Has Been Allegedly Beaten Into Coma By “Morality” Police Over Her Hijab

Moments after Armita Geravand entered a subway train in Tehran, she is seen being carried off unconscious by other passengers.

Impact

Gay Sex Is No Longer A Crime In Mauritius

A 185-year-old British colonial-era law had made anal intercourse between gay men a crime.

Climate

A Typhoon Named “Puppy” In Japanese Hit Taiwan And People Turned It Into A Huge Meme

Inspired by the name “Koinu”, which means “puppy” in Japanese, people in Taiwan started putting their Photoshop skills to good use.

Featured

These Two Chinese Athletes Hugged Each Other After A Race And Got Censored Over Tiananmen Square

The women wore stickers with their lane numbers and formed the numbers “64”, a common reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre which happened on June 4, 1989.

Activism

Vietnam Has Jailed This Top Climate Activist For Three Years For “Tax Evasion”

50-year-old Hoang Thi Minh Hong is one of Vietnam’s most prominent climate activists.

Activism

Women In Latin America Took To The Streets To Protest For The Right To Safe And Legal Abortions

Thousands of women in Latin America, which is predominantly Catholic, die each year from unsafe abortions. ⁣

Featured

Here’s What Happened Around The World In September 2023

Take a look back at some of the biggest stories that you may have missed in September 2023.