Category: World News
Los Angeles (AFP) – Hundreds of high profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country’s three-month-old protest movement. Actors Emma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate…
Russia’s Wagner military group, in a bid to further choke off supplies to the contractor over its role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Wagner group, which was added to a trade blacklist in 2017 after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region, will now…
KABUL (Reuters) –Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and the United Nations. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher…
The UN Economic and Social Council voted Wednesday to immediately oust Iran from the UN’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality because of its systematic violation of the rights of women and girls, a decision the United States hailed as…
Paris (AFP) – Iran’s protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday. The figure is up from 488 in…
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – A prince, an ex-MP and former soldiers were arrested Wednesday in raids led by the German police against members of a far-right “terror group” that allegedly planned to attack parliament and overthrow the government. The group had…
(Reuters) – The German government will consider whether it still wants to have a presence on Twitter following the takeover by the world’s richest man Elon Musk, a spokesperson said on Friday. Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of the…
LONDON – Schools in Scotland, Uganda, Chile, Philippines and the United States triumphed at the inaugural “World’s Best School Prizes” on Wednesday for feats including saving mangroves and expanding classrooms in an area hit by war. The five schools shared…
The United Nations’ Refugee chief has demanded an investigation after 92 migrants were found stripped naked on the border between Turkey and Greece. Greek police announced on Saturday that the group of men, mainly from Afghanistan and Syria, had been…
The van carrying brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, not visible, who were convicted of killing journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, leaves the Valletta Law Court on October 14, 2022. © Jonathan Borg, AP Two brothers were on Friday jailed for 40…
