NATO to deploy more troops to Kosovo to curb violence
Zvecan, Kosovo Reuters NATO is to send 700 extra troops to Kosovo and put another battalion on high alert to go in as unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country’s northern Serb-majority area after votes last month. In the town of Zvecan on Tuesday, dozens of NATO […]
At least 10 dead, 55 injured as bus of Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Srinagar, IndiaAP A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skidded off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, police said. The bus was on the way to Katra town from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar city when it fell into the […]
UN rights chief tells Britain of concerns over migration bill
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday he has formally conveyed his concerns over a new British migration law to the government, saying he was worried it would bar people from seeking asylum. Stopping small boat arrivals across the Channel from France is a priority for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak […]
Intense clashes in Sudan’s capital after ceasefire extended
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Intense clashes could be heard in Sudan’s capital on Tuesday, residents said, after military factions battling for more than six weeks agreed to extend a ceasefire aimed at allowing aid to reach civilians. The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to extend a week-long ceasefire deal by five days […]
Ukraine war comes to Moscow as drones strike both capitals
Updated: 7am, 31st May, 2023 (AEST)Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian drones struck wealthy districts of Moscow on Tuesday, Russia said in what one politician called the most dangerous attack on the capital since World War II, while Kyiv was also hit from the air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia sent tens of thousands […]
Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as paedophilia scandal grows
La Paz, Bolivia AP A Spanish Jesuit priest who died in 2012 has been accused of sexually abusing a minor in Bolivia three decades ago, the latest in a string of paedophilia cases that have shaken the Catholic Church in this Andean country. Jorge Vila Despujol, who died in Barcelona in 2012, was formally accused […]
Health Insight: Headaches after exercise – here’s why they happen and how to prevent them
ADAM TAYLOR, director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre at Lancaster University in the UK, looks at exertion headaches…
NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters
Leposavic, Kosovo Reuters Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s President put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. “While countering the most active fringes of the […]
Armenia, Azerbaijan trade barbs ahead of new peace talks
Reuters Armenia and Azerbaijan hurled fresh accusations at each other two days before new talks aimed at clinching a peace accord to resolve decades of disputes over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The ex-Soviet states have fought two wars over the region, recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated mainly by ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan recaptured in […]
Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign
Misrata, Libya Reuters A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015. The Attorney General’s office said in a statement that […]