25-01-2023 BERLIN/ BANGKOK: Myanmar activists and 16 alleged victims of abuse have filed a criminal complaint in Germany, accusing top generals of instigating genocide against Rohingya Muslims and other atrocities since a military coup two years ago. The filing is the latest in a series of international legal efforts to …
Read More »France repatriates 47 nationals from Syrian camps
25-01-2023 PARIS: France has brought back 47 French nationals from northeastern Syria, the country’s foreign ministry said, after a United Nations committee condemned Paris for failing to protect its citizens held in the war-torn country. The operation involved 32 children and 15 women, the ministry said in a statement on …
Read More »Thai police seize 1.1 tonnes of crystal meth in less than a week
25-01-2023 Police in Thailand have seized more than one tonne of crystal methamphetamine in less than a week amid a surge in narcotics trafficking since the country’s borders reopened after COVID-19 lockdowns. The haul was uncovered in a series of drug busts in the north and south of the country …
Read More »Nigeria opens ‘game changer’ billion-dollar deep seaport
25-01-2023 LAGOS: Nigeria has opened a billion-dollar, Chinese-built deep seaport in Lagos, which is expected to ease congestion at the country’s ports and help it become an African hub for transshipment, handling cargoes in transit for other destinations. President Muhammadu Buhari, who commissioned the port on Monday, has made building …
Read More »7 killed in two shootings in Half Moon Bay, California
24-01-2023 CALIFORNIA: Seven people were killed and one person critically injured in two related shootings at agricultural facilities in a coastal community in northern California, and a suspect is in custody. The latest bloodshed in the United States came less than 48 hours after an attacker killed 11 people at …
Read More »Israeli minister visits UAE ahead of Netanyahu trip
24-01-2023 JERUSALEM/ DUBAI: An Israeli minister has made a secret trip to the United Arab Emirates ahead of a possible visit to the Gulf state by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reports say. Ron Dermer, Israel’s strategic affairs minister, travelled on Sunday to Abu Dhabi, where he met senior …
Read More »UN body condemns Quran burning in Sweden
24-01-2023 UNITED NATIONS: The high representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations has condemned the burning of the Muslim holy book by a Swedish-Danish far-right politician as a “vile act”. Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, carried out the stunt outside the Turkish embassy …
Read More »It’s ‘now or never’ to stop shrinking population: Japanese PM
24-01-2023 TOKYP: Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the country’s declining birth rate, saying it was “now or never” for the world’s oldest society. “Our nation is on the cusp of whether it can maintain its societal functions,” Kishida said in a …
Read More »Former Lebanon PM charged in Beirut blast investigation
24-01-2023 BEIRUT: The judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion has charged Lebanon’s then-prime minister, Hassan Diab, and two other former ministers with homicide with probable intent, according to a court summons seen by the Reuters news agency. Other top officials, including the country’s public prosecutor and the head of …
Read More »Protests after Israeli threats to remove Palestinian village
24-01-2023 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Dozens of Palestinians have protested against threats made by top Israeli politicians to imminently carry out the forced displacement of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem, home to at least 180 people. The protest took place on Monday after far-right …
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