Kashmiris are mourning Babar Qadri, a human rights lawyer and fierce advocate for their cause, who was gunned down at his home this week. “The lion was killed in his den,” a friend said. https://t.co/pMKCJaVfhQ

At least four people were wounded in a knife attack in Paris on Friday near the site of the former Charlie Hebdo office, the French prime minister said, and a suspect was still at large https://t.co/kWvm89gYJz

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, offered a rare apology  for the killing and burning of a South Korean government official by soldiers from the North, South Korean officials said https://t.co/JFmTjenpT4

The police in Vietnam seized more than 300,000 used condoms that had been boiled, dried and put up for sale https://t.co/EO9AVuP9gY

Cardinal Becciu was not your everyday eminence. As a former  chief of staff in the Vatican’s secretariat of state under Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, he oversaw the Vatican’s ambassadors and played a major role in running the Curia. https://t.co/QFzcIaL4EX

After years of neglect, political leaders are moving to confront an issue that has become too dangerous to ignore. https://t.co/u7wVIPJZnD

A video conference set up by Palestinian peace activists in Gaza drew more than 200 Palestinians and Israelis. Now it has the organizers facing criminal charges from Hamas. https://t.co/bK2FWfdlv0

The United Nations General Assembly meeting this week is haunted by the specter of famine in Yemen. "It's definitely knocking on the door --it's looming," said the head of the World Food Program, the U.N.'s anti-hunger agency.  https://t.co/VkXDEHCOg4

At least 156 pro-government forces and 12 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past seven days, with Taliban fighters conducting multiple large-scale attacks resulting in high death tolls https://t.co/HJIvSxExH7

“The monarchy and the military have all the power in Thailand. I shouldn’t be afraid to say that men have almost all the power in Thailand.” https://t.co/vHHxavm1ZR

Chinese officials asserted last year that the indoctrination program in the western region of Xinjiang had shrunk. A new study challenges that claim, finding that a variety of detention sites there had expanded in the past year. https://t.co/DeWYQIK8Av

In a 2002 poll of journalists, Harold Evans was voted Britain's greatest newspaper editor of all time, a crusader who challenged the powers that be. He later reinvented himself in America as a book publisher and writer. He has died at 92. https://t.co/8L7qZYrede

Abortion, a wage gap and other issues have risen in prominence as women take a greater role in Thailand's pro-democracy movement https://t.co/UlGFu4kWSH

A South Korean government official apparently trying to defect to North Korea was shot and killed by troops in the North who set his body on fire for fear he might be carrying the coronavirus, South Korean officials said https://t.co/YMEk7GweuT

The European Union wants to impose sanctions on Belarus over the recent fraudulent presidential election, but it is being held hostage by tiny Cyprus, illustrating once again how its need for unanimity in foreign policy is a source of weakness https://t.co/tLVQiSavE2

As pro-democracy protests roil Thailand, a generation of young female activists has risen to call for greater rights for women https://t.co/4eD8fHyUSs

Voters for the BAFTAs, the British equivalent of the Oscars, will have to do unconscious bias training, and watch all the nominated films, not just the most-hyped ones https://t.co/O9BdyHJVGY

The legal maneuver was brought on by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the catering magnate known as “Putin’s chef.” Mr. Prigozhin has been involved in some of Russia’s clandestine operations before, including interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. https://t.co/l6vK8715Dq

Paternity leave in France will be doubled from 14 to 28 days starting next summer, and fathers will be required to take at least a week off work after their babies are born, offering one of the more generous plans in Europe https://t.co/5NM8ChQWU7

When a South Korean official tried to defect, North Korea killed him and set his body on fire for fear he might be carrying the coronavirus, officials in the South said https://t.co/iTNqRLwtDy