International
1,334 killed in DR Congo violence: UN
AFP :The UN rights chief decried on Thursday surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with rampant sexual violence and more than 1,300 people, including over 100 children, killed since October.Rebel militias have...
King Charles at Hamburg memorial for Allied wartime air raids
BBC Online :King Charles, on his state visit to Germany, laid a wreath remembering those who died in Allied bombings of Hamburg in World War Two.It was at a poignant service held in the...
Jailed Malaysian: ex-PM Najib loses final bid to review graft conviction
Reuters :Malaysia’s top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib’s judicial efforts...
Russia’s isolation over Ukraine grows with US reporter arrest
Reuters :Russia has charged an American journalist with spying while Finland moved closer to becoming a NATO member, deepening tensions between Moscow and the West as the war in Ukraine reached its 400th day...
Two US Army helicopters crash in Kentucky, deaths feared
AP :Two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, the U.S. Army’s Fort Campbell said in a statement. The status of the crew members was unknown, it added.The...
Bolsonaro returns to Brazil, complicating life for Lula
AFP :Three months after leaving for the United States in the final hours of his term, Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is returning home Thursday to reenter politics — complicating life for his successor and...
French Constitutional Council to issue verdict on pension bill on 14 April
Reuters :France’s Constitutional Council will issue a much-awaited verdict on 14 April on whether or not the government’s plans to increase the French retirement age are in line with constitutional rules, it said in...
Ukraine: Russian forces making no headway in Bakhmut, Avdiivka
Reuters :Russian forces remain relentless in their attempts to capture the bombed-out eastern Ukrainian towns of Bakhmut and Avdiivka but were not making progress, Ukraine’s military said, as a Russian-installed official claimed otherwise.The two...
World’s usable nuke arsenal rose in 2022: Study
AFP :The world’s number of operational atomic warheads increased in 2022, driven largely by Russia and China, a new report out Wednesday said as nuclear tensions have risen since the war in Ukraine.The nine...
Kim Jong Un seeks expanding nuclear arsenal
Deutsche Welle :North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un called on his officials to focus “on increasing nuclear arsenals exponentially,” the state’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Tuesday.The leader ordered ramping up the...
Fire at migrant detention facility in Mexico kills 39 men
Al Jazeera :Dozens of people have been killed and injured after a fire broke out in an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico near the United States border.The blaze – one of the deadliest...