Iran called in China’s ambassador after Beijing issued a controversial joint statement with Arab states dealing, among other things, with three disputed islands. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Iran’s rival…
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USA: UN Sec-Gen urges Nigeria to investigate mass abortion report
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Nigerian authorities to investigate allegations of systemic and coerced abortions reportedly perpetrated by its army, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said. The Reuters…
USA: Washington sanctions ex-Guinea leader, Mali politician for right abuses
The United States has imposed sanctions on more than 40 people and entities for alleged rights abuses from nine countries, including Guinea’s former President Alpha Conde and Karim Keita, son…
Jersey: Three killed, several missing after explosion
At least three people have been killed and about a dozen are missing in an explosion early on Saturday at a block of flats on the English Channel island of…
Tunisia: Protests against President Saied ahead of parliamentary elections
Hundreds of Tunisians have taken to the streets to protest against President Kais Saied a week before parliamentary elections are set to take place under a new constitution. “Saied get…
Switzerland: Asylum seekers take to the UN to reclaim inalienable human rights
Seventy-four years since the United Nations recognised the equal and inalienable right of all humans to live freely and peacefully, a South Sudanese asylum seeker is demanding the international community…
Niger: German man freed more than four years after kidnapping
A German aid worker has been freed more than four and a half years after he was kidnapped in Niger, according to German aid organisation Help. In a statement on…
Serbia: President Vucic seeks NATO approval to send forces to north Kosovo
Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police to volatile northern Kosovo, although it believes there is no chance of the request being approved, Serbian…
Bangladesh: Tens of thousands rally to demand new elections
Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party have gathered in Dhaka to protest against the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections. The…
Equatorial Guinea: World’s longest-serving president starts sixth term
The world’s longest-serving head of state, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has been sworn in for a sixth term in office. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who is 80, took the…