Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate what he termed the worsening human rights crisis in the United States, where even basic international obligations are…
Category: 2. World
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Ukrainians would like to watch comedies
Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent, in Kyiv
BBCThe Kyiv Opera’s latest show, Patriot, is a rock opera which features popular anthems of Ukrainian independence I’ve never heard an audience so silent.
When the credits rolled on…
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Honouring Kenya’s forgotten World War soldiers
National Army MuseumThousands of Kenyan soldiers fought in the British army during the world wars One day, some 85 years ago, Mutuku Ing’ati left his home in southern Kenya and was never seen again.
The 30-something Mr Ing’ati had disappeared with…
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Araghchi refutes claim by Netanyahu on Israel role in region
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of the Israeli regime who has been massacring Palestinians and has invaded several countries in the region in the past two years, has recently said in an interview that America wants “a strong and…
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DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson has died aged 97.
His co-discovery of the structure of DNA opened the door to help explain how DNA replicates and carries genetic information, setting the stage for rapid advances in molecular…
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Israel receives coffin Hamas says contains body of Gaza hostage
Israel has received a coffin that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad said contains the body of a hostage, Israel’s military says.
Hamas’s armed wing said the body had been found on Friday in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The body has been…
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Ugandans welcome ICC’s war crimes charges against LRA leader
AFP via Getty ImagesJoseph Kony’s rebel group gained notoriety for hacking off the limbs of people Survivors of the reign of terror inflicted by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in Uganda have told the BBC they welcome the move by the…
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Hakim: we will not allow Iraq’s stability to be undermined
TEHRAN- Iraqi National Wisdom Movement leader Ammar al-Hakim emphasized the importance of electoral participation during his bloc’s final campaign rally, declaring that voting is not a mere formality or administrative act, but a national duty…
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British ex-soldier arrested over killing of Kenyan woman in 2012
A former British soldier is facing extradition to Kenya in connection with the alleged murder of a 21-year-old woman there in 2012.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said Robert James Purkiss was arrested in Tidworth, Wiltshire on 6 November and…
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Pakistan says Afghanistan talks in Istanbul deadlocked
The update on the talks by Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Friday came after an Afghan official said four Afghan civilians were killed and five others wounded in clashes between Pakistani and Afghan forces along their shared…
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