Four killed, scores wounded in Russian air strikes on Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Four people were killed and scores wounded on Friday in Russian air strikes on Ukraine, including a deadly attack in which a missile slammed into a police building in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s hometown. In the latest wave of aerial attacks since Russia’s invasion last year, two women and a 46-year-old man were killed […]
Militants kill more than 60 in Mali on boat and at army camp
Bamako, Mali Reuters Islamist militants killed at least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers in attacks on a military camp and a boat in north-eastern Mali on Thursday, the interim government said. The assailants attacked the boat on a waterway that connects the northern regions of Gao and Mopti during the rainy season, and raided the […]
After slums and monkeys, Delhi removes stray dogs from streets as G20 nears
New Delhi, India Reuters Hundreds of stray dogs that roam the streets of the Indian capital Delhi are being rounded up by authorities and moved to shelters in the run-up to the G20 summit this weekend, according to animal activists and Reuters witnesses. Authorities have already cleared many slums in the city and put up […]
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Harrowing migrant drama puts spotlight on Europe border cruelty
Venice, ItalyReuters After the media was denied access to migrants desperately trying to cross the Polish-Belarus border, director Agnieszka Holland decided to step in and make a wrenching movie about their plight. Green Border, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, tells the story of refugees, charity workers, activists and border guards, whose […]
Ukraine wants help to pressure Russia to return illegally transferred children
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s human rights commissioner has called for more international pressure on Moscow to help Kyiv bring home thousands of Ukrainian children who Kyiv says have been illegally taken to Russia during the war. Dmytro Lubinets spoke to Reuters in Kyiv days after several minors were reunited with their parents in western Ukraine on Saturday after a […]
Hong Kong, Shenzhen deluged by heaviest rain on record, 83 hurt
Updated: 3:10pm (AEST)Hong Kong, ChinaReuters The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong was drenched on Friday by the heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago, with 83 people hurt, three seriously, as unusually wet weather caused by typhoons brought more disruption to southern China. Videos showed cascades of water surging down steep hillsides in […]
Sudan’s RSF deputy leader says US sanctions on him “unfair”
Dubai, United Arab Emirates/N’Djamena, Chad Reuters The deputy leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Thursday that US sanctions imposed on him over human rights abuses were unfair and declared that the RSF has seized enough army weapons to last 20 years. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, announced the […]
US Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh restricted from ministry
United States RNS US Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh, provisional bishop of the dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan, is being placed on leave and will be barred from practicing any form of ministry pending the resolution of a denominational investigation into allegations that he had physically and emotionally abused his wife and sons. Since June, […]
Recalling years of repression: The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on how documents gathered by the human rights organisation Vicariate of Solidarity shed light on how the church aided those suffering under the Pinochet regime…