Abe killer wielded homemade gun, grudge over mother’s financial ruin, police say
Nara, Japan Reuters The man arrested for Shinzo Abe’s killing believed the former Japanese leader was linked to a religious group he blamed for his mother’s financial ruin and spent months planning the attack with a homemade gun, police told local media on Saturday. Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, was identified by police as the […]
Death and devastation as Russian rockets hit Ukraine apartment block – local officials
Chasiv Yar/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local officials said on Sunday as rescuers picked their way through rubble. Ukraine also reported clashes with Russian troops on fronts in the east and […]
Sri Lanka protesters vow will not let up until President, PM quit
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Leaders of Sri Lanka’s protest movement said on Sunday they would occupy the residences of the President and Prime Minister until they finally quit office, the day after the two men agreed to resign leaving the country in political limbo. Thousands of protesters stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s home and office and the […]
Children find lost families as Congo conflict rages
Manono, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Jason Kandeke and his sister Esther got out of the van and rushed into the arms of their weeping uncle and grandmother – the children’s first contact with their family since Congolese fighters killed their parents six years ago. Militias raided their village of Mingele in south-eastern Democratic Republic […]
Activists reject Uzbek Government’s version of deadly protests
London, UKReuters A week after Uzbekistan’s deadliest outbreak of violence in nearly 20 years, opposition politicians and human rights groups are challenging the government’s narrative that protesters were high on drugs and incited by “foreign forces”. Authorities in the Central Asian state say 14 civilians and four law enforcement officers died during clashes that broke […]
North Korean streets flooded as heavy rains exacerbate economic crisis
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korean towns along the border with China were flooded this week after heavy rain, threatening to exacerbate an already critical food and economic situation in the country. North Korea state broadcasters said the city of Sinuiju had reported its heaviest rainfall of the year on Thursday, with at least 132.5 millimetres […]
Ukraine conflict: More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say
Reuters correspondents report on claims an increased number of young Russian men are looking to avoid the country’s mandatory military service amid the ongoing war in Ukraine in what illustrates the ambivalence in Russian society to the conflict…
Flooding in Pakistan kills dozens as heavy monsoon rains lash the country
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon rains battered the country. In the southern province of Balochistan, 57 people, including women and children, were killed after being swept away in flood waters, according to Ziaullah Langove, the disaster and home […]