DR Congo President Tshisekedi seeks withdrawal of UN peacekeepers this year

Felix Tshisekedi’s pronouncement comes just weeks after the East African Community extended the mandate of a regional force in DRC. President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

UN investigators warn of risk of future atrocities in Ethiopia

Human rights commission says atrocities in Ethiopia continue and urges Human Rights Council to renew its mandate. UN-appointed investigators have warned that more atrocities were likely to be carried out…

Rwanda genocide sites, WWI cemeteries added to World Heritage list

The UN cultural body says memorial sites for human suffering can play a key role in peacebuilding. The resting place of the more than 800,000 people killed in the 1994…

The Palestinian women refusing to let their village be demolished

Khirbet Susiya, occupied West Bank – Heyam Nawajah never knows what to tell her daughter when she asks why they don’t have a home. “My daughter keeps asking: ‘Why don’t…

India suspends visas for Canadians as row escalates

Canada has 1.4 million people of Indian origin – more than half of them Sikhs – making up 3.7% of the country’s population, according to the 2021 census. India also…

Pro-wrestlers grapple on super-fast Japanese bullet train

Wrestling fans in Japan have been treated to a one-off match between two professional fighters grappling in the aisle of a super-fast bullet train. Tokyo-based DDT Pro-Wrestling organised the battle…

Thursday Briefing: Climate and Ukraine at the U.N.

Climate and Ukraine take center stage at the U.N. The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, convened a special summit yesterday in New York designed to shine a spotlight on the…

Indonesia jails woman for blasphemy over TikTok food video

Lina Lutfiawati was given a two year sentence over the video showing her praying before eating crispy pork. An Indonesian court has jailed a woman for two years after she…

Poland no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine as grain row escalates

Mateusz Morawiecki’s remarks come as tensions escalate over Ukraine’s grain exports.source

Middle East Roundup: Kneeling before Tehran? Iran and US swap prisoners

Moroccan girls at risk of exploitation, Libyan journalists coordinating on the ground – here’s the Middle East this week. The Qatar-brokered, Iran-US prisoner swap | Moroccan girls at risk of…

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