Haitian PM calls for calm as violent protests demand his resignation | Protests News

Haitian PM calls for calm as violent protests demand his resignation | Protests News

Rallies have paralysed the country amid calls for ouster of Ariel Henry in line with political agreement forged in 2022. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has called for calm in a public address as violent protests have erupted across the country demanding he step down. Henry’s brief speech did little…

Putin’s antiwar rival blocked from contesting Russia presidential election | Elections News

Putin’s antiwar rival blocked from contesting Russia presidential election | Elections News

Boris Nadezhdin, who has won support for his criticism of the Ukraine war, vows to challenge poll commission’s decision. Russia’s presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin has said his bid to run in elections in March has been blocked, and that he will challenge the decision of the election commission in the…

Panic in hemmed-in Rafah as Israel PM orders troops to prepare ground entry | Israel War on Gaza News

Panic in hemmed-in Rafah as Israel PM orders troops to prepare ground entry | Israel War on Gaza News

UN chief says ground invasion of city would widen the ‘humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences’. Panic is growing in Rafah over an imminent ground invasion after Israel’s prime minister ordered his military to prepare to enter the city in the southern Gaza Strip that is sheltering 1.2 million people…

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period | Climate Crisis News

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period | Climate Crisis News

EU monitors report comes as NASA launches climate satellite to survey oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over a 12-month period, European climate monitors have said, in what scientists called a “warning…

North Korea ends all economic cooperation with South as ties hit new low | News

North Korea ends all economic cooperation with South as ties hit new low | News

Relations have deteriorated as Pyongyang ramps up weapons development and Seoul bolsters ties with US, Japan. North Korea’s parliament has voted to abolish all economic cooperation agreements with South Korea as ties between the two neighbours sharply deteriorate. The latest decision comes after Pyongyang last month declared Seoul its main…

Pakistan on edge as millions vote amid crackdown, instability | Elections News

Pakistan on edge as millions vote amid crackdown, instability | Elections News

Lahore, Pakistan – Four months after Pakistan was originally scheduled to hold national elections, the country’s 128 million voters will on Thursday get the chance to pick their next federal government amid a pre-poll crackdown on former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party and a climate of political and economic instability. More…

Amnesty calls for war crimes probe over Myanmar military bombing of church | Conflict News

Amnesty calls for war crimes probe over Myanmar military bombing of church | Conflict News

The January attack in Sagaing killed 17 villagers, including two children, as they attended a Sunday service. Myanmar’s military should be investigated for war crimes over an air attack last month that killed 17 villagers, including two children, as they attended a Sunday church service, Amnesty International has said. Amnesty…

Qatar edge Iran 3-2 in dramatic Asian Cup 2023 semifinal | AFC Asian Cup News

Qatar edge Iran 3-2 in dramatic Asian Cup 2023 semifinal | AFC Asian Cup News

Al Thumama Stadium, Qatar – Qatar’s dream of winning a second successive Asian title, and doing it in front of their home crowd, has reached its final destination after the hosts fought their way past Asian giants Iran in the second semifinal of the AFC Asian Cup 2023. Qatar came back…

Paramilitary commander killed in Baghdad drone strike: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Paramilitary commander killed in Baghdad drone strike: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Abu Baqir al-Saadi of the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah group has been killed in eastern Baghdad, officials say. A senior commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon linked to an attack that killed three US troops, died in a drone strike on a vehicle in…