Iranian protesters gather again despite orders from guards to retreat
Iranian protesters rallied again on Sunday, defying an order from the powerful Revolutionary Guards to halt demonstrations – now in their seventh week – sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini Students rallied across Iran overnight and Sunday, even after Major General Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned protesters: “Don’t take […]
Tropical storm hits Philippine capital ahead of exit
Rescue workers scrambled to save residents trapped by flooding in and around the Philippine capital on Sunday as Tropical Storm Nalgae left the country after killing at least 48 people. Several neighborhoods in cities outside of Manila remained submerged after the storm raged across the main island of Luzon overnight, cutting power and causing damage. […]
Tens of thousands attend the funeral of slain Pakistani journalist
Tens of thousands of mourners attended Thursday’s funeral of a Pakistani journalist who was shot dead by police in Kenya after fleeing arrest in his home country. Arshad Sharif, a harsh critic of Pakistan’s powerful military and a supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, died over the weekend when Kenyan police opened fire on […]
Europe’s bees stung by climate, pesticides and parasites
Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of the world’s food. They also pollinate wild plants and thus contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and the beauty of nature. But climate change, pesticides and parasites are taking a terrible toll on bees and they need to be protected, according to […]
Twelve-year-old French woman buried after “evil” murder
A 12-year-old girl, whose murder shocked France and also sparked a bitter political controversy, was due to be buried on Monday, while an Algerian woman was already the subject of an expulsion order accused of murder. The murder and brutal assault of the girl known as Lola was branded an “evil” by President Emmanuel Macron […]
Inflation, abuse force doctors to leave Turkey
Turkish doctor Mesut started his career wanting to help patients and be of service to his country, but now the threat of patient violence and rising inflation have forced him to plan a move abroad. Mesut says he will quit his job at a private hospital in Istanbul and leave for Germany next year with […]
Guinean junta agrees to return to civilian rule in 2 years
Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years after facing sanctions over its original plan for a three-year transfer of power, West African bloc ECOWAS said on Friday. West African leaders expelled Guinea from the bloc last month and imposed sanctions on a number of people following a military coup. “In […]
“We would be burned”
Oscar Larralde vividly recalls the explosions that brought down an American spy plane over Cuba in 1962; His island nation was caught in the eye of a nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union. The then 17-year-old bank clerk and later soldier was convinced that the moment would mean the downfall of […]
Sierra Leone buries dead with outcry
Twenty-seven civilians killed in August’s unrest in Sierra Leone were buried in the capital Freetown on Monday after a state-led ceremony, as families have questioned police claims about their deaths. After a ceremony in the morgue of Connaught Hospital, coffins were lowered into individual graves in Bolima Cemetery in Freetown’s Waterloo area. “We are saddened […]
Homicide rate plummets amid ‘gangster peace’ in Medellin
Seven days without a single murder: The month of August marked a security record for Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, once the fiefdom of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. “In Medellin, safety is measured in lives saved,” said Mayor Daniel Quintero as he welcomed the breakthrough. Medellin has seen a staggering 97 percent drop in […]
Iran, hit by protests, accuses the US of a “destabilization plan”.
The Iranian president on Thursday accused the United States’ nemesis of destabilizing the Islamic Republic, which has been rocked by nearly a month of women-led protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Outrage over the 22-year-old woman’s death three days after her arrest by Iran’s notorious vice squad has fueled the biggest wave of […]
Thousands demonstrate in Haiti to protest calls for intervention
Thousands of Haitians demonstrated in Port-au-Prince on Monday to protest the government and its call for foreign aid to deal with endemic insecurity, a humanitarian crisis and a burgeoning cholera epidemic. A day after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an international special force to be deployed immediately to Haiti to help the crisis-hit Caribbean […]