CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general was “shocked” by a letter from Sudan’s army chief demanding the withdrawal of the UN envoy to the country, Sudanese and UN officials said on Saturday. . Secretary General Antonio Guterres received the letter on Friday from General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, a senior Sudanese military official and head of … Read more
Denis Kapustin, right in black, the leader of an anti-Putin group of ethnic Russians who has been identified as a neo-Nazi by the Anti-Defamation League, is interviewed and photographed by reporters in northeastern Ukraine, May 24, 2023. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times) A group of Ukrainian-aligned fighters, which earlier this week had been involved in … Read more
Part of the raid was filmed as many Baha’i members took part in the rally via video conferencing website Zoom – Twitter Houthi rebels in Yemen stormed a gathering of Baha’i worshipers and arrested 17 people, in the Iranian-backed group’s latest crackdown on the vulnerable religious minority. The gunmen have since “disappeared” all 17 victims, … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban and Iran reportedly exchanged gunfire on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan on Saturday, an advocacy group said, as tensions mount over human rights. water between the two nations. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency acknowledged the fighting on the border of Iran’s Sistan-Balochistan province and Afghanistan’s Nimroz … Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations said on Saturday it would suspend a plan to start disbursing aid to Syrian refugees in dollar-stricken Lebanon after Lebanese authorities refused. Lebanon has been in the grip of a severe financial crisis since 2019, with triple-digit inflation and the national currency having lost more than 98% of its … Read more
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities authorities on Saturday unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were recently discovered at a pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo. The spaces were found in the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is part of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mostafa Waziri, secretary … Read more
Starmer brexit Amid the sheer relief of Getting Brexit Done in January 2020, most of us will have overlooked or ignored the fact that the UK’s hard-fought deal with the EU is up for review at the end of 2025. According to current polling, the strong likelihood is that Labour, having won power, will be … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban and Iran reportedly exchanged gunfire on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan on Saturday, an advocacy group said, as tensions mount over human rights. water between the two nations. Neither Iranian state media nor Taliban-controlled media in Afghanistan have acknowledged the fighting on the border between Iran’s … Read more
UN Special Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked” by a letter from Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, apparently asking for the replacement of special envoy Volker Perthes amid a war brutal with the paramilitaries. António Guterres “is proud of the work done by Volker Perthes and reaffirms … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he refused to come to Russia at the invitation of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Source: Da Silva on Twitter Quote: “I just spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I thanked him for inviting me to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and told … Read more