Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years in jail, rights groups say
Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed.
Russian dam bursts; thousands evacuate flood-hit southern region
Thousands of Russians have been evacuated from their homes after an embankment dam broke in the southern region of Orenburg, near Kazakhstan, authorities said.
Navalny’s mother told to agree to secret funeral or have her son buried at penal colony, spokesperson says
Russian authorities told the mother of late opposition figure Alexey Navalny he would be buried at the Arctic penal colony where he died unless she agreed within three hours to a secret funeral without a public farewell, his spokeswoman said Friday.
