Calm restored to Dublin streets after 34 arrested for riots
Dublin, IrelandReuters Calm was restored to the streets of central Dublin on Friday night amid a heavy police presence after 34 people were arrested following rioting the previous night that was triggered by the stabbing of three young children in the street. Police were on alert for further violence after rioters smashed shop windows; set […]
Happy but wary, displaced Palestinians try to head home to north Gaza
Khan Younis, Gaza Reuters Many joyful but wary Palestinians emerged from makeshift shelters at the start of the four-day Gaza ceasefire on Friday to begin the long journey back to their homes. In the southern town of Khan Younis, which has been housing thousands of displaced families including from heavily bombarded northern Gaza, streets were […]
Hamas frees 24 hostages from Gaza on first day of truce
Updated: 9:30am (AEDT)Gaza/Israel-Gaza borderReuters Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war’s first truce, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers, after guns fell silent across the Gaza Strip for the first time in seven weeks. The hostages were transferred out of Gaza and handed over to […]
Ceasefire takes hold in Gaza ahead of hostage release, aid enters enclave
Updated: 10:50pm (AEDT)Doha, Qatar/Gaza Reuters There were no reports of bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks as Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave. The truce began at 7am, involving a comprehensive ceasefire in north and south Gaza, […]
Terrorism, cyber attacks main Paris 2024 threats as security plan finalised
Paris, FranceReuters Terrorism and cyber attacks are the two main risks the Paris Olympics faces, with a potentially highly exposed opening ceremony, but organisers are confident they will be ready to face the challenge next year. Paris 2024 is launching the third of four waves of tenders for private security, which will result in the […]
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South Korea court orders Japan to compensate ‘comfort women’, reverses earlier ruling
Seoul, South KoreaReuters A South Korean appellate court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate a group of 16 women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, overturning a lower court ruling that dismissed the case and prompting a stern protest from Tokyo. The legacy of Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean peninsula […]
Thousands of Sri Lankan workers set to depart for Israel despite war
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Supermarket manager Laknath Dias says the economic crisis in his native Sri Lanka is too much for him to bear. He is getting ready to fly to Israel in December to work as a farmhand for nearly 10 times the pay, despite the war with Hamas. Dias is among 20,000 workers […]
New Ecuador President Noboa pledges reforms to reduce violence, create jobs
Quito, EcuadorReuters Business heir and former legislator Daniel Noboa was sworn in as Ecuador’s new President on Thursday, pledging to reduce violence and create jobs via urgent legislative reforms. Noboa, 35, won an October run-off in the South American country, which is facing deep economic challenges that have pushed thousands to migrate and spiking violence […]
Brazil to propose mega fund to conserve forests at COP28 climate summit
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Brazil plans to propose a “huge” fund to pay for the conservation of tropical forests at the United Nations COP28 climate change summit that begins later this month in Dubai, the country’s top climate negotiator said on Thursday. That potential financing mechanism, not previously reported, would be the latest in a proliferation […]