The United States has called on Russia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates to halt their military interventions in Libya as demanded in October 23 cease-fire agreement. The United States also warned the three countries to accept Libya’s sovereignty as the country is trying to unify its government, hold elections and end years of war. Stephanie […]
Luigi Di Maio, the Italian Foreign Minister said last week Friday that Italy has halted the sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. According to the minister, Italy’s action is to send message of peace to Yemen and to protect human rights. The Italian Network for Peace and Disarmament said that
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It was reported that two men aged 27 and 29 were recently flogged 77 times each at Banda Aceh’s Tamansari city park in Indonesia for homosexuality. The men who their neighbours caught having sex were arrested in November 2020 by the Islamic religious police. The Sharia court sentenced the men to 80 strokes of cane
It was reported that a Dutch Appeals Court has ordered Shell Nigeria to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers in the Niger Delta for oil spills. The court also ordered Shell Nigeria’s parent company to install equipment to prevent future damage caused by leaks in the Niger Delta. The court ruled that Shell is responsible for
President Joe Biden’s government has appointed Rob Malley as the United States special envoy for Iran. Rob Malley was former president Barack Obama’s Middle East adviser and took part in 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiations. He also supports United States to return to the agreement. Iran on the other hand is pressuring United States to
It was reported that the United States government under President Joe Biden has put temporary hold on the sales of several foreign arms, including those of F-35 fighters to the United Arab Emirates worth $23 billion. Those massive foreign arms sales to Gulf Arab countries which the administration of former President Donald Trump initiated were
Stephan Ernst, a 47 year old German neo-Nazi was on Thursday, 28 January 2021 sentenced to life in prison at the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt for murdering pro-migration politician (Walter Luebcke). The court found Stephen Ernst guilty of shooting dead Walter Luebcke (politician from Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party) on 1 June, 2019. Walter
The United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed series of executive orders, addressing climate change crisis, ban on oil drilling on federal land and others. President Biden stated while signing the executive orders that his government has waited too long to deal with the climate crisis and cannot wait any longer. President Biden also
Viewers Corner News correspondent in Kampala reported that President Yoweri Museveni’s government has withdrawn military and police from Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) home a day after court’s order. Bobi Wine has been under house arrest with his wife since the country held the presidential election which the long-serving President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner.
Malka Leifer, 54 year old Israeli woman who was accused of 74 counts of rape and sexual abuse when she was a principal at Adass Israel School in Elsternwick (a Jewish girls’ school in Melbourne, Australia) has been extradited from Israel. It was reported that Malka Leifer was accused of sexually abusing three female students
