Prague could see one of its largest demonstrations in recent years on Saturday. Many Czechs are preparing to protest what organizers of the rally describe as democratic backsliding under Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
Despite not being recognized by Germany, the Taliban have appointed a new head of the Afghan embassy in Berlin without the German government’s approval, broadcaster ARD reported.
She woke up to messages flooding her phone. Doctored images of her, sexualised and viral, had spread while she slept.
More than 1,000 people have been killed and 2,584 injured in Lebanon since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, UN officials said Saturday.
Forests cover more than 40 per cent of Belarus. At the same time, the country recorded twice as many forest fires last year compared to the year before.
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – a major new rainforest protection fund launched by Brazil at COP30 – is unlikely to make payments to rainforest countries until at least 2028, experts said, while it raises funds in financial markets. The proposed new mechanism aims to pay rainforest countries for achieving low deforestation rates. Rather […]
Responding to FIFA’s announcement that no action will be taken against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) over the participation of clubs based in illegal settlements in Israel’s leagues, Steve Cockburn, Head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International said: “By refusing to take action against clubs based in Israeli settlements, FIFA has failed to enforce its own rules and is blatantly flouting international law. FIFA had a clear opportunity to […]
Commenting on Amnesty International’s designation of Artyom Kamardin, Yegor Shtovba and Nikolai Dayneko – poets imprisoned in 2022 for public reading of their anti-war poetry – as prisoners of conscience, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “What crime have these men committed? Reading poetry in public cannot threaten national security, […]
In 2018, Sylvie Njobati’s grandfather told her about a sacred ancient artefact known as Ngonnso, stolen by the Germans during the colonial period from 1884 to 1916, and donated to Berlin’s Ethnological Museum, by German Military Officer, Kurt Von Pavel. Ngonnso was seen as a cultural cornerstone for the Nso people, an ethnic group from […]
The junta government has rebuffed a European Parliament resolution demanding the release of ex-President Bazoum. It further warned the EU to stop meddling in Niger’s internal affairs.
