Russia’s Supreme Court banned the “LGBT movement” in November, continuing a pattern of increasing restrictions in Russia on expressions of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Calls for Min Aung Hlaing to step down appear to be growing after a series of battlefield defeats for the military in a sweeping offensive by rebel groups.
The progressive Move Forward party won last year’s election but was blocked from power in part over its campaign promise to seek reforms to the monarchy.
Coming days before parliamentary elections, the convictions are seen as part of the long-running struggle between civilian leaders and the powerful military in the troubled Western ally.
Small businesses and workers in the tourism sector fear a new ticketing system imposed by Peru’s government will hurt them while benefiting big companies.
NBC News journalists have been spending time with Dr. Muhammad Harara, one of five doctors still working at the last major hospital functioning in Gaza.
Members of the band, Bi-2, were taken into police custody after a concert on the island of Phuket and held in what the band described as a crowded cell.
Hinako, who spoke out against the TV adaptation of her "Sexy Tanaka-san" comic, was found dead near Tokyo in what police believe is a possible suicide.
Vice President Félix Ulloa, on leave while he runs for re-election alongside President Nayib Bukele, defended his government’s crackdown in an interview.
The incident, the second in two months, follows the November crash off Japan of a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft, which killed all eight crew members on board.