Poland election results: Who won, who lost, what’s next
Poland elected right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki, who won a narrow victory against Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.
Al-Qaida affiliate attacks Mali army bases as junta struggles to contain jihadist threat
Attack in Timbuktu comes as Islamist group JNIM claims separate assault near border with Burkina Faso
An al-Qaida-linked group has launched an assault on a Malian army base in Timbuktu, according to military sources and local officials, a day after it claimed responsibility for another attack near the border with Burkina Faso.
“The terrorists arrived today in Timbuktu with a vehicle packed with explosives,” a local official told Agence France-Presse. “The vehicle exploded near the [military] camp. Shooting is currently continuing.”
Continue reading...Inquest into notorious apartheid-era killings opens in South Africa
‘We want to correct the historic record’ – families of the Cradock Four, beaten and killed in 1985, seek justice 40 years on
An inquest has opened into one of the most notorious killings of South Africa’s apartheid era, with a former general denying he ordered the deaths of four men who became known as the Cradock Four.
Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto were stopped at a roadblock on 27 June 1985 by security officers and beaten, strangled with telephone wire, stabbed and shot to death.
Continue reading...‘Restricted’: Nearly 7 billion people worldwide lack full civil rights
An Atlas of Civil Society report warns that democracy and human rights are under attack globally.
Ukraine bombs Russian bases: Here are some of Kyiv’s most audacious attacks
Ukrainian strikes on four Russian airbases mark an escalation in cross-border incursions before peace talks in Turkiye.
Al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out huge attack on Mali’s army
The army says it defended its post "vigorously" but eventually withdrew, as militants seized on their base.
Gaza mother pleads for help to save emaciated 5-year-old
Video shows 5-year-old Osama al-Ruqab is wasting away from Israel's forced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.
‘Hope Greta and her friends can swim!’ Lindsey Graham writes regarding Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’ – The Jerusalem Post
- 'Hope Greta and her friends can swim!' Lindsey Graham writes regarding Gaza 'Freedom Flotilla' The Jerusalem Post
- Climate activist Greta Thunberg and "Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham join aid ship sailing to Gaza CBS News
- Greta Thunberg sets sail with Gaza flotilla that aims to break Israeli naval blockade The Times of Israel
- Nonprofit ship sets sail for Gaza after drone attack setback Reuters
- Greta Thunberg’s Gaza trip mocked by Lindsey Graham The Times
Mount Etna erupts as large plumes rise from volcano
The full scale of the eruption is currently unclear and disruption appears to be minimal.
Mount Etna erupts as large plumes rise from volcano
The full scale of the eruption is currently unclear and disruption appears to be minimal.
UK unveils major military boost in face of rising Russian threat
Investment to pour into nuclear warheads, submarines and munitions to confront 'most immediate threat since Cold War'.
Freedom Flotilla on its way to Gaza as critics call for ship to sink
Critics, including US officials, are calling for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s new mission to fail.
More than 700 believed dead in devastating Nigeria floods
About 500 people are still missing in the town of Mokwa, and officials fear no more survivors will be found.
‘Obligation’: Reactions as Nawrocki wins Poland’s presidential election
Populists cheer Eurosceptic Karol Nawrocki's narrow victory, while centrists hope for cooperation.
UK should impose sanctions on Egypt over jailed activist, says Helena Kennedy
Top human rights lawyer calls for UK to take case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah to international court of justice
The UK government should impose sanctions on key figures in the Egyptian government in response to its refusal to release the British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, Labour’s most prominent human rights lawyer has proposed.
Writing in the Guardian, Helena Kennedy called for the UK to take the case to the international court of justice, as France has recently done in the case of a national held by Iran.
Continue reading...The genocide of the Palestinian people “starts with words”
Rula Jebreal on how some US media narratives are complicit in the normalisation of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
Video: Right-wing Polish opposition candidate narrowly wins election
Right-wing opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki has narrowly won Poland’s presidential election.
Watch: Mount Etna in Sicily spews huge plumes of ash
Footage shows clouds of dark coloured smoke and ash billowing from the volcano on the Mediterranean island.
Tourists flee as Italy’s Mount Etna erupts
Dozens of tourists were just metres from the crater of Italy’s Mount Etna when the volcano erupted.
Ukraine hits Russian airbases with smuggled drones in major operation
Ukraine says it struck 41 war planes deep inside Russian territory in a major operation using smuggled drones.