Residents of Australia’s largest city will be in lockdown for longer than expected. Sydney’s stay-at-home orders, which started in late June, have been extended until July 30. Almost 1000 infections have been recorded since the outbreak began near Bondi beach. Source link

The rare nationwide anti-government demonstrations began on Sunday, when thousands began protesting over food and medicine shortages, price hikes and the government’s handling of the Covid-19 epidemic. Such unauthorised public gatherings are illegal in Cuba. Source link

The announcement comes as the West hardens its stance over alleged human rights abuses in the region. Source link

A preliminary investigation found the property owner had privately modified the building’s structure. Source link

“As alleged, four of the defendants monitored and planned to kidnap a US citizen of Iranian origin who has been critical of the regime’s autocracy, and to forcibly take their intended victim to Iran,” said federal prosecutor Audrey Strauss for the Southern District of New York. Source link

Mr Falconio’s body is believed to have been hidden by Murdoch somewhere in the vast outback. At his trial, the sentencing judge said he believed Murdoch had taken Mr Falconio’s body in his car and dumped it somewhere in the vast outback between Alice Springs and Broome, in Western Australia […]

Thousands of foreign children, including British kids, are facing a lifetime of imprisonment in camps and jails in north-eastern Syria, with little hope of being released. A BBC investigation has found that the children, whose parents supported the Islamic State Group, are being moved from desert camps, to secure children’s […]

People caught in the middle of the violence say their city is “on fire” – and they feel abandoned. Source link