YANGON (BNO NEWS) — Myanmar election authorities have lifted a ban on rallies by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after the National League for Democracy (NLD) complained about the restrictions, a Burmese news organization in exile reported on Tuesd…

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — Former Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen on Monday announced he will resign as the leader of the Labour Party (PvdA), which has been hit hard in opinion polls since the last general election in June 2010.

Cohen resigned hi…

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BNO NEWS) — Police fired tear gas and used water cannons on Friday to disperse a protest against fuel prices and the rising cost of living in Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo, local media reported on Saturday.

Thousands of people jo…

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BNO NEWS) — One demonstrator was killed on Wednesday morning when police officers opened fire on fishermen who were protesting against fuel prices in northwestern Sri Lanka, local media reported.

Thousands of fishermen clashed wit…

JOHANNESBURG. SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — Dozens of people were arrested on Tuesday during anti-government protests in northeastern South Africa, local media reported on Wednesday.

Scores of protesters have been demonstrating against the failure of the…

MALE, MALDIVES (BNO NEWS) — A senior United Nations (UN) official on Monday called for national unity and a ‘credible and independent’ investigation into recent events as the current political crisis in the Maldives continues.

Assistant Secretary-Gen…

MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) — Nearly 50 percent of Mexico’s population currently lives in poverty amid rising food prices and other basic expenses, according to a study recently released by the National Council of Politics and Social Development Evaluation…

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — A Guinean court has filed charges against an army colonel accused of being responsible for mass rapes that occurred during a pro-democracy protest in the country’s capital in 2009. He is the highest-ranking official yet to be cha…

Friday’s White House briefing began with remarks by the President, in which he announced that (Read More)