Category: World News
Turkish authorities detain over a dozen people during opposition rally that was cut short due to violence
Fox News More than a dozen people have been detained over violence against an opposition election rally in Turkey’s eastern city of Erzurum over the weekend, the country’s justice minister said Monday. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, CHP, was speaking atop a campaign bus Sunday afternoon when a large…
Read More6 African tanker crew members freed after being held hostage by pirates, 10 hostages remain
Fox News Six crew members of a Liberian-flagged tanker held hostage for more than a month by pirates in West Africa have been freed, the Danish shipping company that owns the vessel said Monday. On March 25, pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo. The ship was found abandoned five days later…
Read MoreClashes in Sudan’s Darfur region killed at least 100 people, according to doctors in the country
Fox News Clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive Darfur region killed at least 100 people, according to Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate. Hospitals were still out of service in the Darfur city of Genena and an accurate count of the wounded was still hard to make, the doctors’ union…
Read MoreEuropean Union cancels diplomatic reception to prevent Israeli minister from attending
Fox News The European Union said Monday that it canceled a diplomatic reception to prevent a radical ultranationalist Israeli minister from attending. The act of protest by the EU’s delegation to Israel against a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the most religious and ultranationalist in the country’s history, could cause a diplomatic spat…
Read MoreBelarusian jailed for satirical drawing dies behind bars
Washington Post Belarus’ leading rights organization says a man sentenced to jail over a satirical drawing of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has died behind bars https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/belarus-crackdown-opposition-lukashenko-prison/33b16bde-eda8-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIran hangs two on blasphemy charges as executions continue to spike
Fox News Iran hanged two men Monday on charges relating to blasphemy as summary executions continue to rise following months of unrest across the Islamic Republic. Death sentences issued over blasphemy remain rare in Iran despite the more than 200 executions Tehran has carried out this year alone, reported the Norway-based Iran Human Rights. Yousef…
Read MoreEU cancels Tel Aviv event in protest over radical minister
Washington Post The European Union says it has canceled a reception at an event in Tel Aviv marking Europe Day to prevent a radical ultranationalist Israeli minister from giving an address https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/israel-eu-ben-gvir-netanyahu/a4bfc954-eda5-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreKing Charles III makes virtual appearance on ‘American Idol’
Washington Post King Charles III made a cameo appearance on “American Idol” after the royal coronation concert in his honor https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/king-charles-royal-family-coronation/ecbf1ba2-ed9f-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreAfghanistan, Pakistan agree to boost trade, lower tensions along border
Fox News Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in militant attacks on security forces, officials said Monday. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, struck the deal Sunday in Islamabad, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry.…
Read MoreSpain experienced hottest, driest April on record in the country
Fox News Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency, known by the Spanish acronym AEMET, said Monday the average daily temperature in April was 58.8 Fahrenheit, that is 3 degrees Celsius above the average. AEMET said average maximum temperatures during the month…
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