Postcards: For struggling Afghan family, the next meal is a matter of faith
As the year comes to an end, JAMES MACKENZIE, MOHAMMAD YUNUS YAWAR and ALI KHARA, of Reuters, report from Afghanistan on the plight of the poor…
Mourners pay respects to South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Tutu
Cape Town, South AfricaReuters Hundreds of mourners queued on Thursday to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu whose body lay in state at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town where the anti-apartheid hero preached against racial injustice. Tutu, a Nobel Peace prize winner widely revered across racial and cultural divides for his moral rectitude […]
Vivaldi opera gets premiere in Ferrara nearly 300 years late
Rome, ItalyAP The Catholic Church and the northern Italian city of Ferrara made their peace Thursday with Antonio Vivaldi nearly 300 years after the city’s archbishop effectively canceled the staging of one of his operas, sending the famed Baroque composer into debt for his final years in exile. Ferrara Archbishop Giancarlo Perego attended the ceremony […]
Four protesting against military rule in Sudan shot dead, doctors say
Khartoum, SudanReuters Sudanese security forces shot dead four people during a crackdown on nationwide protests on Thursday, a doctors’ committee said, as tens of thousands of people marched against military rule. Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades as protesters marched through Khartoum and the neighbouring cities of Omdurman and Bahri towards the presidential […]
COVID-19 deaths in Eastern Europe surpass one million
Reuters Coronavirus deaths in Eastern Europe topped one million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Omicron variant threatened to batter the region. Three out of the five countries reporting the highest number of daily deaths in Europe are from the East, including Russia, Poland and Ukraine, Reuters data through Thursday showed. Medical […]
Myanmar rebels bury more than 30 people killed in ‘barbaric’ attack
Reuters A Myanmar insurgent group said it has buried the remains of more than 30 people who were killed and had their bodies set ablaze, as the UN Security Council called for accountability and an immediate end to violence in the country. Opposition activists have blamed Myanmar’s army for the 24th December attack near Mo […]
Nine Serbs indicted for killing around 100 Muslims during Bosnian war
Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaReuters A Bosnian war crimes prosecutor has indicted nine Bosnian Serbs for the killing of around 100 Muslim Bosniaks, including seven entire families, early in the 1992-95 war, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday. Twenty-six years after the end of its devastating war between Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats and […]
Curfew imposed in Sudan’s North Darfur after militias loot UN food stores
Khartoum, SudanReuters Authorities in Sudan’s North Darfur state announced a night curfew on Wednesday after armed groups looted a UN World Food Programme warehouse and facilities used by a former peacekeeping mission. According to initial reports, the warehouse in El Fasher looted by unknown armed groups late on Tuesday contained up to 1,900 tonnes of […]
2021 – A Year in Review: 24 stories that shaped Sight’s year
In our annual round-up, Sight editor DAVID ADAMS selects 24 stories that helped to shape Sight’s year…
US deportations of Guatemalans via air dwindle for second year of pandemic
Guatemala City, Guatemala Reuters The United States, with the completion of the three final deportation flights of Guatemalans in 2021, marked a second year of steady decline in the amount of migrants sent back to the Central American country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guatemala this year received 17,806 of its citizens deported from the United […]