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- Israel rejects UN and EU calls for inquiry into Gaza bloodshed
- Gambia accuses ex-president's supporters of sheltering rebels
- 'I might go to jail tomorrow' – Thai tycoon takes on junta
- Texas woman jailed for five years for voting while on probation
- Ex-Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt dies aged 91
- Senator Warren says Trump diplomacy has been a 'terrible mistake'
- Al-Shabaab attack kills dozens of Ugandan soldiers in Somalia
- Fears for asylum seekers as Nauru moves to cut ties to Australia's high court
- At least 10 killed after car crash 'causes' hotel collapse in India
- Bahrain strikes its biggest oil field, dwarfing current reserves
- 'I went to death row for 28 years through no fault of my own'
- Britain braces for more bank holiday rain and snow
- Northern Irish boy, 10, dies after Tenerife hit-and-run
- How to solve the aid sector crisis? Don’t employ expats | Emma Nicholson
- Against the tide: lifeguards in Ghana – in pictures
- Texas: protest planned for unarmed black man killed by police officer
- Costa Rica elects president who fought election on gay rights platform – video report
- China retaliates against Trump tariffs by targeting US food imports
- Explosive device 'capable of causing serious injury' found in Queensland car park
- The heartbreaking life of Somali refugee women in Indonesia – in pictures
| Israel rejects UN and EU calls for inquiry into Gaza bloodshed Posted: 01 Apr 2018 09:51 AM PDT Defence minister says soldiers 'did what had to be done' after protests turned violent Israel's defence minister has rejected United Nations and European Union calls for an investigation into the killing of more than a dozen Palestinians by the military during demonstrations on the Gaza frontier. Gaza's coastal enclave has been shaken by the bloodiest episode in years after protests advertised as peaceful sit-ins turned violent, with Israeli troops firing rounds of live ammunition at crowds of stone-throwers. Continue reading... |
| Gambia accuses ex-president's supporters of sheltering rebels Posted: 01 Apr 2018 03:07 AM PDT Government says supporters of Yahya Jammeh are attempting to destabilise west African country The Gambia's new government has accused supporters of the former president, Yahya Jammeh, of welcoming foreign rebels into their homes in an attempt to destabilise the country. Residents of Foni, the Gambian region where Jammeh had a vast farm and allegedly "bunkers and treasure", have been hosting members of a rebel group that for three decades have been fighting for the secession of their region from Senegal. Continue reading... |
| 'I might go to jail tomorrow' – Thai tycoon takes on junta Posted: 01 Apr 2018 02:38 AM PDT Party founded by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has grabbed headlines, but can it make a lasting impression? It is rare, under Thailand's oppressive military regime, for political feathers to be publicly ruffled. Campaigning is banned and dissidents and activists are regularly thrown in jail. But Thai newspapers were abuzz last week with talk of democracy and political accountability thanks mainly to one man, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Charismatic and wealthy, Thanathorn is the co-founder of Future Forward, which was formed in March after the electoral commission allowed new parties to register for the first time in five years, with a view to a possible election in 2019. Continue reading... |
| Texas woman jailed for five years for voting while on probation Posted: 01 Apr 2018 04:16 AM PDT
A Texas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to vote in the 2016 presidential election when she was ineligible because she was on probation. Related: Texas woman fights harsh voter fraud sentence: 'I just wanted them to hear my voice' Continue reading... |
| Ex-Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt dies aged 91 Posted: 01 Apr 2018 12:37 PM PDT Ríos Montt, convicted of genocide in 2013 in a ruling that was thrown out on irregularities, died of a heart attack Former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, who seized power in a 1982 coup, has died. His lawyer, Jaime Hernandez, said the family told him the 91-year-old died of a heart attack. Continue reading... |
| Senator Warren says Trump diplomacy has been a 'terrible mistake' Posted: 01 Apr 2018 06:14 AM PDT The Democratic senator, on a visit to China, said US allies were having trouble understanding Trump's 'chaotic' foreign policy On a three-day visit to China, Democratic senator and potential 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said Donald Trump's efforts to "take the legs out from underneath our diplomatic corps" had been a "terrible mistake". Warren discussed trade and North Korea with senior Chinese officials including Liu He, vice-premier for economic policy, Yang Jiechi, a top diplomat, and minister of defense Wei Fenghe. Continue reading... |
| Al-Shabaab attack kills dozens of Ugandan soldiers in Somalia Posted: 01 Apr 2018 02:00 PM PDT Up to 46 Ugandan peacekeepers killed in double suicide car bomb attack by Islamist militants Dozens of Ugandan soldiers are thought to have been killed when Islamist extremists attacked their base on Sunday in the latest of a series of bloody strikes against peacekeepers in Somalia. Local officials told the Guardian that as many as 46 Ugandan troops, part of the 22,000-strong regional force in Somalia, died in the attack by the al-Qaida affiliated al-Shabaab movement in the town of Bulamarer, 80 miles south-west of the capital, Mogadishu, at around 9am local time. Continue reading... |
| Fears for asylum seekers as Nauru moves to cut ties to Australia's high court Posted: 01 Apr 2018 12:00 PM PDT Legal experts say end to long-standing arrangement could leave asylum seekers held in detention with 'virtually no rights' Nauru has severed a long-standing arrangement to allow appeals to the high court of Australia, impacting on the rights of asylum seekers to challenge the refusal of refugee status. The high court is the final appellate court for Nauru, under an agreement between the two countries that has been in place since 1976. It can be terminated by either government with 90 days notice. Continue reading... |
| At least 10 killed after car crash 'causes' hotel collapse in India Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:50 PM PDT Rescuers search wreckage of four-storey building in Indore for survivors after incident on Saturday night A four-storey rickety hotel building collapsed in central India, killing at least 10 people and injuring another three, police said Sunday. Rescuers working through the night with sledgehammers and chainsaws pulled alive 10 people from the debris of the building that came crashing down in Indore, a city in Madhya Pradesh state, on Saturday night, said police officer Sanju Kamle. Continue reading... |
| Bahrain strikes its biggest oil field, dwarfing current reserves Posted: 01 Apr 2018 10:02 AM PDT Find has substantial reserves of light crude and natural gas, says Kingdom's oil minister Bahrain has discovered its biggest oil field in more than 80 years. The "highly significant" oil and deep gas resource is thought to dwarf the Gulf kingdom's current reserves, according to an official announcement on Sunday. It is located in the Khaleej al-Bahrain basin, located off the country's west coast. Continue reading... |
| 'I went to death row for 28 years through no fault of my own' Posted: 01 Apr 2018 12:00 AM PDT Anthony Ray Hinton endured almost three decades behind bars, wrongly convicted by Alabama's racist judiciary system. Here, he tells his incredible story Anthony Ray Hinton was going out of his mind on Alabama's death row as he repeatedly churned over the iniquities of the shambolic trial that put him there. So he started a book club. The prison warden wasn't keen but after Hinton told him that it was better to have inmates applying their minds to reading than to ways of causing disruption, he reluctantly agreed. The book club began with a handful of death row prisoners meeting in the jail's law library, and for a few years the numbers grew as word spread that reading was as good an escape as any of them could expect. But then the numbers shrank again as each of the members was executed until only Hinton remained of the original group. His cell was so close to the electric chair he could smell the burning flesh of the men he'd been debating the writings of James Baldwin and Harper Lee with. Continue reading... |
| Britain braces for more bank holiday rain and snow Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:38 AM PDT Weather warnings in place across the UK with travel disruption on rail and roads expected Five weather warnings are in place as heavy rain and snow blight swathes of the UK on Easter Monday. Forecasters have warned of treacherous driving conditions and travel disruption, with localised flooding in parts of southern England, Wales and Northern Ireland and up to 12cm of snow forecast across parts of northern England and southern Scotland. Continue reading... |
| Northern Irish boy, 10, dies after Tenerife hit-and-run Posted: 01 Apr 2018 10:47 AM PDT Two men have been arrested by Spanish police in connection with the incident A 10-year-old boy from Northern Ireland has died in hospital in Tenerife after being knocked down in a hit-and-run while leaving a shopping centre. Carter Carson, from Newtownabbey in County Antrim, was on an Easter holiday with his family. He was hit by a car on Thursday night in Adeje, a resort in the south of the island. He was treated initially in a local hospital and was then moved to the university hospital in the capital, Santa Cruz, where he died on Friday. Continue reading... |
| How to solve the aid sector crisis? Don’t employ expats | Emma Nicholson Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:00 AM PDT My charity is locally built, managed and sustainable, but most small organisations like us receive no government support I can guarantee that the charity I have been running in Iraq for the past 26 years will not be embarrassed by the shocking behaviour of our expat staff, as recently highlighted in the press. We don't have any expat staff. I founded Amar International to help the many thousands of Iraqis maimed by chemical weapons, the Marsh Arabs forced into tented exile in Iran, and the countless other victims of Saddam Hussein's genocidal regime. Continue reading... |
| Against the tide: lifeguards in Ghana – in pictures Posted: 01 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT It is difficult to know how many people die each year by drowning in Ghana, in the absence of official statistics. But the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, crossed by violent currents, are considered dangerous, and many local bathers do not know how to swim. The Ghana National Aquatic Rescue Unit was set up in 2016 after its founder helplessly witnessed the drowning of a three-year-old girl on Labadi beach, one of the most popular in the Ghanaian capital of Accra Continue reading... |
| Texas: protest planned for unarmed black man killed by police officer Posted: 01 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT Danny Ray Thomas was wandering with his trousers around his ankles on a Houston street when he was shot dead by a deputy A protest and a community meeting are planned for Monday at the location where an unarmed black man with his trousers around his ankles was killed by a Texas police officer. Danny Ray Thomas appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis when he was shot dead last month by a deputy with the Harris county sheriff's office who encountered the 34-year-old walking on a north Houston street. Continue reading... |
| Costa Rica elects president who fought election on gay rights platform – video report Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:30 AM PDT Costa Ricans have elected as president Carlos Alvarado Quesada, a centre-left candidate promising to allow gay marriage, protecting the country's reputation for tolerance. Quesada, a former minister and fiction writer, has won 61% of the vote with results in from 95% of polling stations - a far bigger lead than predicted by opinion polls Continue reading... |
| China retaliates against Trump tariffs by targeting US food imports Posted: 01 Apr 2018 10:10 PM PDT Responding to US president's tariffs on steel and aluminium, China targets 120 US products including a levy of 25% tariff on frozen pork China has implemented retaliatory tariffs of up to 25% on $3bn in food imports from the US, raising uncertainty over the possibility of a trade war between the two countries. China's ministry of commerce said it would be "suspending tariff concessions" on 120 US food products. Fresh and dried fruits, almonds, pistachios and wine would be subject to an additional 15% tariff. Eight other items, including frozen pork, would be subject to a 25% tariff. The tariffs would begin on Monday, the ministry said. Continue reading... |
| Explosive device 'capable of causing serious injury' found in Queensland car park Posted: 01 Apr 2018 11:27 PM PDT Man and a woman charged after device found in a cardboard box inside a car outside Ipswich's Redbank Plaza shopping centre Bomb squad officers have dismantled a crude explosive device in the car park of a Queensland shopping centre that police say could have caused serious injury. A 37-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman have been charged after a large glass jar containing an explosive liquid and other unspecified "components" were found in a cardboard box inside their car. |
| The heartbreaking life of Somali refugee women in Indonesia – in pictures Posted: 01 Apr 2018 06:59 PM PDT Escaping unimaginable atrocities in their home country, the refugees face poverty, hunger and homelessness in Jakarta Continue reading... |
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