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Islamic extremists kill 8 farmers and abduct 10 in latest attack in northeastern Nigeria
By Haruna Umar On June 24, 2023 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists killed eight farmers and abducted 10 in an attack in northeastern Nigeria, officials said Friday — the latest in a volatile region that is a key part of the country’s breadbasket and where militants have threatened food supplies. The farmers were ambushed…
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Taliban leader claims women are provided with a ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ in Afghanistan
By Rahim Faiez On June 25, 2023 ISLAMABAD (AP) — The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message Sunday claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women’s lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girls’ education is severely curtailed. The statement from…
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Haitians suffer in shelters as gang violence displaces thousands
On June 23, 2023 Haitians seek safety in makeshift shelters, parks and abandoned buildings, with little aid or prospect of going home. A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil neighbourhood, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes. Forced out of the area, one family of four lived on the streets of Port-au-Prince…
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Ukraine updates: IAEA in Russia to ease Zaporizhzhia fears
On June 23, 2023 The UN atomic agency’s head, Rafael Grossi, said the meeting was “timely.” Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy said Moscow has hidden the bodies of those killed in the Kakhovka dam breach. DW has the latest. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met with the director of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on Friday to discuss the…
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Rohingya in Bangladesh protest to be sent home after UN aid cut
On June 9, 2023 Tens of thousands of refugees demonstrate in Bangladesh camps to push for repatriation to Myanmar after food ration is slashed. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are demanding to be repatriated to Myanmar so that they can leave the squalid camps they have lived in since fleeing a brutal…
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Palestinian toddler shot by Israeli troops in West Bank dies of wounds
On June 5, 2023 NEBI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian toddler who was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week died of his wounds on Monday, Israeli hospital officials said. Mohammed al-Tamimi was shot in the head last Thursday near his village of Nebi Saleh while riding in a…
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UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died
By Samy Magdy On June 8, 2023 CAIRO (AP) — About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said Thursday. The evacuation came after 71 children died from hunger and illness in the facility since mid-April. The…
Read MoreUkraine war: Girl, 2, killed and many injured in Dnipro after Russian strike
By James FitzGerald & Adam Durbin By June 4, 2023 A two-year-old girl has been killed and 22 injured after an alleged Russian air strike in a residential area of Ukraine’s central city Dnipro. Her body was pulled from the rubble of a house in the Pidhorodnenska community overnight, the region’s governor said. Serhiy Lysak…
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Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy figures on Tiananmen Square anniversary
By Guardian staff and agencies in Hong Kong On June 4, 2023 At least 20 people detained, including activist Alexandra Wong and leader of opposition party, as hundreds of police conduct stop and search operations This article is more than 1 month old Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy figures on Tiananmen Square anniversary This article is…
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