Russia’s Supreme Court suspends ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban
The group that seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 is removed from Russia's list of banned 'terror' organisations.
Two years into Sudan’s war, where is its civil society?
Civil activists negotiate with warring sides to work but face harassment, arrests, and accusations of bias.
Macron announces joint commission with Haiti amid calls for reparations
France imposed harsh ‘ransom’ after revolution that campaigners say stunted Caribbean country’s development
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has announced a joint commission with Haiti to examine the countries’ shared past as Haitian campaigners demand a reimbursement of billions of dollars worth of “ransom” paid to France.
Macron announced his intention to create the commission as campaigners renewed calls for reparations on the bicentenary of an agreement to pay 150m francs to France in 1825 to compensate slave-owning colonists after the Haitian Revolution.
Continue reading...Trump attacks Fed boss Powell for not cutting interest rates
The US president says Jerome Powell's "termination" as central bank chair "cannot come fast enough!"
Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed – CNN
- Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed CNN
- Saudi defense minister hands letter from king to Khamenei during Tehran visit The Times of Israel
- Saudi defence minister arrives in Tehran ahead of Iran-US talks Reuters
- Iran Builds Ties With US Ally as Regional War Fears Grow Newsweek
- Saudi defence minister visits Iran ahead of US talks Financial Times
‘Resist protectionism,’ China’s Xi tells Cambodia as Phnom Penh seeks loans – Reuters
- 'Resist protectionism,' China's Xi tells Cambodia as Phnom Penh seeks loans Reuters
- Cambodia and China Strengthen Ties as US Imposes Tariffs The New York Times
- China’s leader ends Southeast Asia tour that touted Beijing’s reliability vs. US tariff threats AP News
- Xi Jinping visits Phnom Penh on anniversary of U.S. humiliation Nikkei Asia
- Xi hails Queen Mother Monineath as promoter of China-Cambodia friendship Xinhua
Frontier A321neo Lands So Hard That Engine Flames, Wheel Falls Off – One Mile at a Time
- Frontier A321neo Lands So Hard That Engine Flames, Wheel Falls Off One Mile at a Time
- FAA and NTSB investigating after Frontier Airlines’ hard landing in Puerto Rico CNN
- Frontier Airlines passenger describes terrifying landing after plane’s wheel breaks off Fox News
- ‘It was the end’: Video shows passengers panic as US plane catches fire, landing wheel breaks off Hindustan Times
- Final goodbyes heard on flight from Orlando before hard landing in Puerto Rico WFTV
‘One of Largest Offensives’ – Ukraine Wipes Out 140 Russian Troops, 29 Vehicles in Southern Assault – Kyiv Post
- ‘One of Largest Offensives’ – Ukraine Wipes Out 140 Russian Troops, 29 Vehicles in Southern Assault Kyiv Post
- Russia using new mass assault tactics on battlefield, Kyiv says Reuters
- Ukraine Destroys 29 Russian Armored Vehicles Assaulting South Newsweek
- Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia with long-range FPV drone for first time, sources say Euromaidan Press
- Russian forces intensify artillery shelling and drone strikes in the south – Voloshyn Ukrinform
Double Tap: Ukraine Retaliates Against Bloody Russian Missile Attack With Rare Follow-Up Drone Strike – Kyiv Post
- Double Tap: Ukraine Retaliates Against Bloody Russian Missile Attack With Rare Follow-Up Drone Strike Kyiv Post
- Analysis: Trump calls Sumy missile strike a ‘mistake.’ But Russia’s war seems to be raging on exactly to Putin’s plan CNN
- Russian drone hits bakery preparing Easter cakes, killing one, Kyiv says Reuters
- Russian missiles hit Sumy civilians as military held ceremony, soldier says The Washington Post
- US Derails G-7 Condemnation of Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine Bloomberg
US-Somali airstrike as battle rages for key town
Heavy fighting broke out on Wednesday after al-Shabab raided the town, saying they had captured it.
US-Somali airstrike as battle rages for key town
Heavy fighting broke out on Wednesday after al-Shabab raided the town, saying they had captured it.
New daily weight-loss pill shows success at clinical trial
Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in participants with type 2 diabetes
A significant trial of a daily weight-loss pill has found that it helped people to shed the pounds and reduce their blood sugar levels, making it a contender to join the new wave of drugs that combat obesity and diabetes.
People who took a 36mg pill of orforglipron lost an average of 7.3kg (16lbs) over nine months, according to results from a phase 3 clinical trial reported by the drug’s manufacturer, Eli Lilly, on Thursday.
Continue reading...Hundreds of Capybaras ‘Conquered’ This Town. Now What? – The New York Times
Hundreds of Capybaras ‘Conquered’ This Town. Now What? The New York Times
ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’
United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil war
The international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on whether the United Arab Emirates can be plausibly found “complicit in the commission of genocide” by arming the Rapid Support Forces militia in Sudan’s civil war.
The case was brought by Sudan, whose acting justice minister, Muawia Osman, told the world court in The Hague last week that the country’s “ongoing genocide would not be possible without the complicity of the UAE, including the shipment of arms to the RSF”. Sudan wants ICJ judges to force the UAE to stop its alleged support for the RSF and make “full reparations”, including compensation to victims of the war.
Continue reading...Lebanese army making progress in displacing Hezbollah near Israeli border – The Washington Post
- Lebanese army making progress in displacing Hezbollah near Israeli border The Washington Post
- Lebanon’s president says he seeks to disarm Hezbollah this year CNN
- Will US pressure tactics on Lebanon make Hezbollah disarm faster? Al Jazeera
- Lebanese president says Hezbollah disarmament will come through dialogue not ‘force’ AP News
- Lebanese president speaks of plans to disarm Hezbollah this year; terror group says no The Times of Israel
Israel kills children in attacks on tents including Gaza’s “safe zone”
Israeli air attacks on tents in Gaza have killed at least 35 Palestinians in the past 24 hours.
Cambodia Is Still Haunted by the Legacy of the Khmer Rouge – Jacobin
- Cambodia Is Still Haunted by the Legacy of the Khmer Rouge Jacobin
- Fifty years after fall of Phnom Penh, history weighs on Cambodian politics Al Jazeera
- Cambodia’s Descent Into a Death Spiral: Fifty Years On Council on Foreign Relations
- Church accompanies scarred Cambodians 50 years into the Khmer Rouge genocide Catholic Review
- Cambodian Day of Remembrance: Gathering held at Ravenswood Cambodian American Heritage Museum to mark 50 years since genocide ABC7 Chicago
French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?
A mysterious group has accused Justice Minister Gérard Darmanin of declaring "war" on prisoners.
French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?
A mysterious group has accused Justice Minister Gérard Darmanin of declaring "war" on prisoners.
Ex-Russian general jailed for seven years over bribes
Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony after being accused of taking bribes.