Chile rejects conservative constitution, leaving Pinochet-era text in force | Politics News

Chile rejects conservative constitution, leaving Pinochet-era text in force | Politics News

Result comes a year after Chileans rejected a progressive constitution that would have expanded Indigenous rights. Chile has voted to reject a new conservative constitution, leaving the text drafted during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in force. With nearly all of the ballots tallied on Sunday night, more than 55…

Jimmy Lai’s security trial starts in Hong Kong, UK calls for his release | Courts News

Jimmy Lai’s security trial starts in Hong Kong, UK calls for his release | Courts News

BREAKINGBREAKING, The media tycoon and democracy supporter, now 76, has been in jail for three years, accused of ‘collusion with foreign forces’. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial for alleged national security offences, hours after the United Kingdom joined calls for his immediate release. Lai, who…

Serbia’s ruling SNS ahead in snap election, exit polls show | Elections News

Serbia’s ruling SNS ahead in snap election, exit polls show | Elections News

Ruling populists claim sweeping victory in the parliamentary election, which was marred by reports of significant irregularities. Exit polls say the ruling right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of President Aleksandar Vucic is in the lead in a snap parliamentary election widely regarded as a referendum on his government. According to…

At least 90 killed in latest Israeli attacks on Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp | Israel-Palestine conflict News

At least 90 killed in latest Israeli attacks on Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The first responders and locals are searching for the wounded as more bodies are believed to be under the rubble. At least 90 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the latest Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The enclave’s Health Ministry said…

Will Israel reach a deal on captives with Hamas? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Will Israel reach a deal on captives with Hamas? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Netanyahu insists the war on Gaza will continue – despite growing anger over the Israeli army’s killing of three captives. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again declared its military campaign in Gaza will not stop until Hamas is defeated. But with more than 100 Israeli captives being held in…

South Korea says North fired short-range ballistic missile into sea | Conflict News

South Korea says North fired short-range ballistic missile into sea | Conflict News

The launch came as Pyongyang marks the anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Un’s father and predecessor Kim Jong Il. South Korea has accused the North of firing a short-range ballistic missile amid tensions in the peninsula. Sunday’s launch came as North Korea condemned the United States-led military’s…

Starving Palestinians loot aid trucks as desperation mounts in Gaza’s Rafah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Starving Palestinians loot aid trucks as desperation mounts in Gaza’s Rafah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen after more than two months of Israeli bombing and forced displacement of people to the enclave’s south. On Sunday, hungry and desperate Palestinians were seen jumping onto aid trucks in order to get food and other supplies in Gaza’s Rafah area near…

Thousands flee as war reaches Sudan’s second-largest city | Conflict News

Thousands flee as war reaches Sudan’s second-largest city | Conflict News

Thousands of displaced people have fled the formerly safe city of Wad Madani in Sudan, as the war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reaches the city. Paramilitary forces established a base in the east of Sudan’s second-largest city and the capital of al-Jazirah state, the…

Kenya ‘disassociates’ with DR Congo rebels alliance after diplomatic row | Elections News

Kenya ‘disassociates’ with DR Congo rebels alliance after diplomatic row | Elections News

Kenya’s foreign ministry says it ‘strongly disassociates’ with a DRC opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels in Nairobi. Kenya has “strongly disassociated” itself from a Congolese opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels in Nairobi, spurring a diplomatic row with Kinshasa. The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs…