BBC There has been a lull in hostilities in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants said that a ceasefire with Israel had been agreed. It comes after a weekend during which Palestinian militants launched hundreds of rockets into Israel prompting retaliatory air and artillery strikes. At least four Israelis and 23 Palestinians were killed. Israel
AFP At least 90 people, including 65 children, are believed to have been infected with the HIV virus in Pakistan by a doctor using a contaminated syringe, officials said Friday. “We have arrested a doctor after receiving complaints from the health authorities,” said Kamran Nawaz, the local police chief heading the case in the southern
By BBC WIKILEAKS co-founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching his bail conditions. The 47-year-old was found guilty of breaching the Bail Act last month after his arrest at the Ecuadorian Embassy. He took refuge in the London embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault
By Associated Press Tokyo — Japan’s 85-year-old Emperor Akihito ends his three-decade reign on Tuesday when he abdicates to his son Crown Prince Naruhito. He’s the first emperor to abdicate in 200 years. Some key questions and answers about the abdication and ascension and other examples abroad: Why is Akihito abdicating, and how is it
BBC The UN children’s agency, Unicef, is warning that cases of measles around the world have nearly trebled compared with the same period last year. Unicef says this has created the environment for major outbreaks of the disease, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar. Measles is highly contagious and can be fatal.
By CBC News FLOODING from the spring thaw and rain has affected more than 2,500 households in Quebec and almost 1,700 residents have been forced to leave their homes, according to the latest numbers by Urgence Québec. Soldiers across the province were filling and stacking sandbags as officials warned floodwaters are likely to keep rising this
By Aljezeera AN initial probe into deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka shows it was “retaliation for Christchurch,” the country’s deputy defense minister said. “The preliminary investigations have revealed that what happened in Sri Lanka was in retaliation for the attack against Muslims in Christchurch,” state minister of defense Ruwan Wijewardene told parliament. Fifty
Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing new pressure from her restive Conservative Party to resign as lawmakers return to Parliament and to Brexit wrangling after an 11-day Easter break. Britain’s EU exit, due to take place last month, has been delayed as the government tries to win Parliament’s backing for a divorce
BBC Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg has died at the age of 98, his son Henri has said in a statement. He had recently been admitted to hospital suffering from a pulmonary infection, and passed away surrounded by his family, the statement said. Grand Duke Jean abdicated in favour of his son Henri in 2000,
AFP Sri Lanka fell silent for three minutes Tuesday on a day of national mourning to honour more than 300 people killed in suicide bomb blasts that have been blamed on a local Islamist group. Flags were lowered to half mast on government buildings, and people bowed their heads and reflected silently on the violence
NEWS24 MORE than 9 500 prisoners were ordered released on Wednesday in Myanmar under a presidential amnesty, but they did not include two Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters. The Facebook page of the Office of President Win Myint said he has signed a pardon for 9 551 prisoners, including 16 foreigners, to be released nationwide on
NEW YORK POST Disgraced Peruvian President Alan García blew his brains out Wednesday as cops rushed to arrest him in connection with a huge corruption probe. Current President Martinez Vizcarra said the 69-year-old head of state died after undergoing emergency surgery for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the José Casimiro Ulloa Hospital
AP London – A lawyer representing jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the Ecuadorian government has been spreading lies about his behaviour inside its embassy in London. Jennifer Robinson told Sky News on Sunday that Ecuador is making “pretty outrageous allegations” to justify allowing British police into its embassy on Thursday in order to take
AFP Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to form a right-wing governing coalition on Thursday after securing victory in a high-stakes Israeli election despite a strong challenge from a centrist alliance. The results from Tuesday’s vote came despite corruption allegations against the 69-year-old premier and kept him on course to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister
BBC PM Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to secure a record fifth term after almost complete results from Israel’s election suggest a new right-wing coalition. His Likud party is expected to finish with a similar number of seats as ex-military chief Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White alliance. But Likud and right-wing allies are set to
Associated Press In an unprecedented step to ramp up pressure on Tehran, the Trump administration is planning to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization.” The move is expected to further isolate Iran and could have widespread implications for U.S. personnel and policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. The Trump administration has escalated
AFP British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet with German and French leaders Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron as she scrambles to find a Brexit breakthrough ahead of Wednesday’s crucial EU summit. May will meet the two leaders on Tuesday, their offices announced on Monday, the day before the summit where she is expected to
PARIS (Reuters) French President Emmanuel Macron wants to declare April 7 as a national day of commemoration of the Rwandan genocide, his Elysee office said in a statement on Sunday. The presidency made the announcement as the Rwandan government started commemorations marking the 25th anniversary of the genocide against Tutsi and moderate Hutus, raising the
ALJAZEERA Thousands of people have once again hit the streets of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, in the latest rival displays for and against President Nicolas Maduro amid a deepening political crisis. As a major blackout continued affecting much of the country for the third day, anti-government protesters on Saturday heeded the call of the Washington-backed opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) PRESIDENT Donald Trump beat a retreat on two fronts this past week, the border and health care, and offered tortured explanations both times. He got his family history wrong in a speech that also drew a link between wind power and cancer that has not been proved. A look at some of the
