In March, the United States imposed new sanctions on 11 Zimbabwean individuals, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife, and other officials, following allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. It also placed sanctions on three businesses – also because of alleged corruption, human rights abuses and election rigging. A…
Human Rights Watch says Ethiopia’s army ‘summarily executed’ several dozen civilians in the country’s northwestern Amhara region in January. Ethiopia’s army “summarily executed several dozen civilians” and committed other war crimes in the northwestern Amhara region earlier this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said, as it called on the…
Human Rights Watch says 54 children among dead in ‘unlawful’ attack on residential building on October 31. An “unlawful” Israeli air attack that killed 106 people in a residential building in central Gaza on October 31, 2023, was an “apparent war crime”, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The inquiry…
Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday that allows temporary shutdowns of foreign media in Israel including — and perhaps principally — Al Jazeera. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said several times he intends to shutter Al Jazeera in Israel. The law allows for the closure of foreign media…
Political pressure on Rishi Sunak to halt arms exports to Israel grows after seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed in an air strike in Gaza. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing growing political pressure to stop selling weapons to Israel after seven aid workers, including three…
New Delhi, India – It was a quick chain of events. On November 10, 2022, India’s Enforcement Directorate – the country’s premier agency tasked with tackling financial corruption – arrested P Sarath Chandra Reddy, an entrepreneur in the southern city of Hyderabad, on allegations of involvement in a liquor scam…
Australian leader says he demanded ‘full accountability’ for Australian’s killing in call with Benjamin Netanyahu. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has slammed Israel’s explanation for the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza as “not good enough”, as outrage over the attack continues to reverberate globally. Australian woman Zomi Frankcom…
The first time 27-year-old Ong Mei Ching* came across the Chinese online magazine, Sixth Tone, it immediately caught her attention. For years, Ong had been interested in Chinese current affairs and had stayed updated about news from China, but she found that much of the coverage revolved around similar topics….
The quake struck on Wednesday morning and was the strongest to hit the island in 25 years. The search for survivors of Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years continues. At least nine people have been confirmed dead and hundreds injured after the magnitude 7.2 tremor hit off the island’s east…
As the war enters its 770th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fighting Kharkiv regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said three emergency workers were killed in a Russian attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The three had gone to help after a Russian…
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