On 2nd July, hundreds of people joined a vigil for Zara Aleena who was killed on her way home in Ilford, East London. The 35 year old law graduate was just minutes from her front door when she was dragged, kicked and stamped on by a male stranger. She suffered multiple serious injuries and was found bleeding and struggling to breathe.

 Izzat Amon, a well-known activist for the rights of labour migrants, was sentenced to another 6 years in prison as part of a trumped-up criminal case of fraud. The verdict was announced on the 6th of June in the court of the I. Somoni district of Dushanbe. Earlier, he was sentenced by the capital's court to 9 years in prison on the same charges, writes Asia Plus. Relatives of the…

Major rivers continue swelling amid torrential rain and onrush of water downstream from India. Around a dozen trans-border rivers with India in Sylhet and Sunamganj were swelling, while river Kushiara was flowing 114cm above the danger level and Surma was flowing 83cm above the danger level. In the northern district of Lalmonirhat, water level of the Dharla and the Teesta increased to cross danger level in the last two days…

The race for Kenya's next president has intensified, with presidential candidates that have been cleared by the country's electoral body launching manifestos to win more votes of the Aug.9 general election. Raila Odinga who is running the Presidency at the fifth time has unveiled his party’s manifesto early June which is basically on of a revolution of the economy through the distribution of the manufacturing industry.