BBC News: An activist in Thailand has been jailed for two years after a court found she insulted the monarchy by dressing like the Thai queen. Jatuporn ‘New’ Saeoueng, 25, wore a pink dress at a political demonstration in Bangkok in 2020. She denied the royal insult charge, saying she had just worn a traditional […]
ALJAZEERA: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed “issues of mutual interest” with his Mexican counterpart, including drug trafficking, migration and trade, as top officials from the two countries met for high-level economic talks in Mexico City. The US State Department said in a statement on Monday that Blinken noted “his continued appreciation […]
ALJAZEERA: Armenia and Azerbaijan have reported new border clashes that left an unknown number of Azerbaijani troops dead. The fighting, which broke out early on Tuesday, marks the latest flare-up between the arch foes, who fought a war in 2020 over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. Each side blamed the other for the fighting. In a […]
ALJAZEERA: The head of a United Nations team investigating human rights abuses in Myanmar has said that the scope and scale of alleged international crimes taking place in Myanmar “broadened dramatically” during the past year, as the military sought to assert its control in the wake of the February 2021 coup. The UN established the […]
BBC News: Ukrainian forces have seized even more territory from Russia as they continue their counter-offensive, the country’s president has said. Volodymyr Zelensky said troops have now retaken more than 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq miles) from Russian control in September, in the east and the south. The BBC cannot verify these figures. Russia has […]
ABC News: ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country’s agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. Shahbaz Sharif spoke to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan overnight to thank Turkey […]
BBC News: BEIJING — Chinese state media say the country’s top legislator decried sanctions against Russia during a recent visit to the country, underscoring China‘s backing of Moscow in its war on Ukraine despite claims of neutrality. The official Xinhua News Agency said Li Zhanshu urged greater cooperation on “fighting against external interference, sanctions and […]
BBC News: Ukrainian forces outnumbered Russians by eight to one in last week’s counter-attack in the Kharkiv region, Russia’s top occupation official there says. Vitaly Ganchev told Russian TV that Ukraine’s army had taken villages in the north and broken through to the Russian border. Ukraine says it has regained control over 3,000 sq km […]
ABC News: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that her government will not be pursuing any moves toward changing New Zealand to a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Ardern said she thought New Zealand would eventually become a republic, and it would probably happen within her lifetime, but […]
Reuters: Sept 12 – An Australian city councilman who met Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on her final trip to his country in 2011 remembered a warm and engaging monarch who showed a genuine interest in his life. “She chatted to us, and I’m sure she had conversations like that a thousand times a day but, when […]