Yemen is on the edge of starvation.

* A [prisoner] at a secret CIA detention site in Afghanistan was used as a living prop to teach trainee interrogators, who lined up to take turns at knocking his head against a plywood wall, leaving him with brain damage.*

The UK's supreme court brushed aside Julian Assange's appeal against extradition, but appeals can still be made on more important issues.

Newspapers reported than an Australian soldier murdered a prisoner, and he sued them for libel. Now witnesses are testifying to demonstrate that the accusation was true.

Why is there no criminal trial?

The "test-to-treat" initiative won't work, because pharmacists can't prescribe the two drugs to treat Covid-19.

I've read that molnupiravir is not very effective against Omicron. If that is true, including it is basically a waste.