Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Indonesia, one of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nations, where it is illegal in the sharia-ruled Aceh province.
Rita also climbed Mount Everest twice last year, setting the record for most climbs of the world’s highest mountain on the first and extending it less than a week later.
The Kremlin accused Washington of disinformation Wednesday, while it conducted exercises to simulate the use of tactical nuclear weapons in a likely warning to the West over Ukraine.
Matthew Trickett was one of three men charged last week with aiding the intelligence service of Hong Kong, a Chinese territory where a crackdown has spurred an exodus to Britain.
In attendance was Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, the militant group that Iran has armed and supported during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip.
There are concerns that Zhang Zhan’s freedom will remain limited after her release from prison over her reporting in Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic.
Spain declared the withdrawal of its ambassador to Buenos Aires “permanent” following Milei’s derogatory comments about the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.