Repressions grow in Algeria, is freedom of speech in danger? | Human Rights News

Repressions grow in Algeria, is freedom of speech in danger? | Human Rights News

Since February 2019, Mustapha Bendjama, the editor of the daily newspaper Le Provincial, has been held by police forces and interrogated at least 35 times. In his hometown of Annaba in eastern Algeria, he has been under constant pressure from authorities due to what his allies say are his consistent…

Terry Venables, ex England, Spurs and Barcelona manager, dies aged 80 | Football News

Terry Venables, ex England, Spurs and Barcelona manager, dies aged 80 | Football News

Venables, who guided England to the Euro 96 semifinals and Barcelona to the 1986 European Cup final, died after a long illness. Terry Venables, the former manager of England’s national football team, Tottenham Hotspur and Barcelona, has died aged 80 after an illness, his family said. Venables guided England to…

Biden seeks to expand Israeli access to US weapons stockpile | News

Biden seeks to expand Israeli access to US weapons stockpile | News

If White House request granted, it would enable Israel to access US weapons with less congressional oversight. The White House aims to lift nearly all restrictions on Israel’s access to weapons from a crucial US stockpile, enabling a smoother weapons pipeline to Israel, which has paused weeks of its devastating…

Russia downs Ukrainian drones, missiles day after its attack on Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia downs Ukrainian drones, missiles day after its attack on Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian air defences intercept Ukrainian drones over four regions inside its territory, including Moscow, a day after its attack on Kyiv. Russian air defences have intercepted Ukrainian drones over several regions inside its territory, including Moscow, just a day after Kyiv reported the “largest drone attack” on Ukraine since Moscow…

Mexican journalists freed days after being abducted in southern province | Media News

Mexican journalists freed days after being abducted in southern province | Media News

Reporters Silvia Nayssa Arce, Alberto Sanchez and Marco Antonio Toledo have been released unharmed, officials say. Three Mexican journalists, who were abducted over the past week, have been released after authorities launched search operations in the southern province of Guerrero, according to the state attorney general’s office. The state’s prosecutor…

Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew after military barracks attacked | Military News

Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew after military barracks attacked | Military News

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio claims ‘calm restored’ after government said the attack was repelled. Sierra Leone has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked a military barracks in the capital, Freetown, according to a government statement, after months of post-election unrest in the West African nation. Sierra Leone’s…

Israeli forces carry out deadly raids in the West Bank amid Gaza truce | Occupied West Bank News

Israeli forces carry out deadly raids in the West Bank amid Gaza truce | Occupied West Bank News

Five Palestinians were shot dead in Jenin, while a sixth was killed in the village of Yatma in Nablus on Sunday. Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians, including one minor, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, taking the total number of Palestinians killed in…

Taylor beats Cameron to become two-weight undisputed boxing champion | Boxing News

Taylor beats Cameron to become two-weight undisputed boxing champion | Boxing News

Ireland’s Katie Taylor added Britain’s Chantelle Cameron’s world super-lightweight titles to her lightweight belts six months after losing to her at the same venue. Katie Taylor has avenged her only professional loss by beating Chantelle Cameron in a majority decision to become a two-weight undisputed boxing champion. The Irishwoman improved…

Photos: Lebanese residents of border towns return home amid truce in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Photos: Lebanese residents of border towns return home amid truce in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

As a cautious calm descended on the border of south Lebanon on Saturday, the second day of a four-day ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, villages that had emptied of residents came back to life – at least briefly. Shuttered shops reopened, cars moved through the streets and, in one border…