Hundreds rally in Bangladesh over writer’s death in prison
0 Hundreds of people protested for the fourth day against the death of a writer inside a high-security prison in Bangladesh. The case has garnered international concern. On Monday, people …
Chadians furious after opposition leader’s mother, son killed
0 Phone lines and internet have been cut off in Chad’s capital Ndjamena after security forces stormed the home of opposition leader and presidential candidate Yaya Dillo, killing his mother …
France: Sarkozy found guilty of corruption, sentenced to prison
0 A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, guilty of corruption and influence peddling, sentencing him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. He …
Khashoggi ban: US to impose visa ban on 76 Saudi citizens
0 US President Joe Biden has warned Saudi Arabia “the rules are changing” in their relationship. It follows the release of a US intelligence report which accuses Crown Prince Mohammed …
UN general assembly addresses Myanmar military coup
0 Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations has made an emotional appeal on behalf of the overthrown government. He has urged the UN to take “all means necessary” to oppose …
Several dead as gang leader escapes in Haiti prison break
0 At least eleven people have been killed in a prison break in Haiti, including a police officer and a detention centre director. Witnesses say they saw heavily armed men …
Ecuador increases death toll in prison riots to 79
0 Police in Ecuador say riots have again broken out between gangs in a prison in the city of Guayaquil. This week has seen the worst prison violence in the …
At least 75 dead in Ecuador prison riots, dozens injured
0 Riots have broken out at three separate prisons in Ecuador, leaving at least 75 inmates dead. Officials blamed the riots at detention facilities in the cities of Guayaquil, Cuenca …
Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90
0 One of Saudi Arabia’s most influential oil ministers has died at the age of 90. Ahmed Zaki Yamani helped direct an oil embargo against the United States in the …
Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on UN convoy in DRC
0 Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an Italian policeman and their Congolese driver have been killed in an ambush on a World Food Programme convoy …