Category: World News
India escalates fight against BBC with new financial case
Washington Post India’s financial agency registered a case against the broadcaster, the latest crackdown since the BBC released a controversial documentary about the prime minister. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/india-bbc-financial-case-modi-documentary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNorway’s government expels 15 Russian diplomats suspected of spying while working at embassy in Oslo
Fox News Norway’s government said Thursday that it was expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country, saying they were suspected of spying while working at the Russian Embassy in Oslo. Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said the move was “an important measure to counter and reduce the scope of Russian intelligence activities in Norway, and thereby…
Read MoreTaliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada shares rare audio message
Fox News The Taliban have shared a rare audio message from their supreme leader, who says justice is an instrument for the Afghan government’s survival. Hibatullah Akhundzada, an Islamic scholar, almost never appears in public and hardly ever leaves the Taliban heartland in southern Kandahar province. He surrounds himself with other religious scholars and allies…
Read MoreUN rights chief seeks help for surge in central Med migrants
Washington Post The U.N. human rights chief is calling for an expansion in regular migration channels and search-and-rescue operations after a “steep increase” in the number of migrants and asylum-seekers making risky attempts to cross the central Mediterranean to Europe https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/migrants-italy-mediterranean-united-nations-human-rights/2114a67e-d9ff-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIn Ireland, Biden Aims to Shore Up Alliance on Ukraine
New York Times In a speech to Ireland’s Parliament, President Biden will highlight the country’s humanitarian assistance and its support for Ukrainian refugees. Here is what we’re covering. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/13/world/russia-ukraine-news
Read MoreBiden will thank the Irish people for their support of Ukraine.
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/13/world/russia-ukraine-news/biden-will-thank-the-irish-people-for-their-support-of-ukraine
Read MoreBiden says nothing of ‘great consequence’ in Pentagon leaks
Washington Post President Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive government documents had been leaked, “there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/leaked-documents-russia-biden-pentagon/e3eda7c8-d9f9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIndonesia police kill 2 suspected Jemaah Islamiyah militants
Washington Post Indonesia’s counterterrorism police squad has killed two men suspected of ties to Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaida-linked group blamed for a string of past bombings https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/indonesia-police-jemaah-islamiyah-militants-killed/7e91f544-d9f6-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNorth Korea fired ‘new type of ballistic missile’ in launch that sparked Japan evacuation warning: official
Fox News The North Korean launch that sparked Japan to issue a warning to citizens of its northernmost main island to “evacuate immediately” may have involved a “new type of ballistic missile,” a South Korean military official says. The official, speaking to Reuters, said South Korea is “still analyzing details like the trajectory, altitude and…
Read MoreLebanese judge lifts travel ban from central bank governor
Washington Post A Lebanese judge has rescinded a travel ban she had placed on the country’s embattled central bank governor, clearing the way for him to travel to Paris for a scheduled hearing with French prosecutors next month https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/lebanon-riad-salameh-bank-ban-money-laundering/fb9d9804-d9f1-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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