Daily Archives: October 1, 2022

The draft resolution, circulated by the United States and Albania, was supported by ten of the fifteen members of the Council, with Russia voting against it. Four members abstained, Brazil, China, Gabon and India. The draft described the so-called referendums held by Russia in the four regions of Ukraine which Moscow now regards as sovereign […]

Special Representative Bintou Keita told the UN Security Council that following a resurgence of the M23 rebel movement, confidence in the UN mission, known by its French acronym, MONUSCO, has deteriorated. ‘Hatred, hostility and violence’ Violent demonstrations and serious incidents have caused the death of several dozen protesters and four mission staff, she said, strongly condemning […]

The Singapore Grand Prix is live on BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says he is “absolutely confident” his team did not breach Formula 1’s budget cap in 2021. Ferrari and Mercedes say it is an “open secret” that two teams breached the limit to one […]

Tackling this scourge was the theme of a recent UN event held during the opening session of the General Assembly, at which senior officials called for measures to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable for their crimes. “I followed him into the house. I didn’t know he was going to rape me.” At just 13 […]

Allegedly, Capt. Ibrahim Traore appeared on Friday on national television announcing that Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who overthrew the country’s democratically elected president in January, had been removed from power “after failing to end the terrorist violence” that has forced 2 million people to flee their homes. In a statement published by his […]

France ‘firmly denies’ any involvement of the French army in an alleged counteroffensive plan by toppled leader Damiba. The army officers who seized power in Burkina Faso said toppled military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was planning a counteroffensive from a “French base”. Gunshots rang out Saturday in the capital Ouagadougou amid signs of lingering tensions […]

At least 31 people are confirmed dead, including 27 people in Florida mostly from drowning. Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida’s flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina began assessing damage from its strike. Now weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, Ian was expected to move across central North Carolina […]

Russian forces shelled a civilian evacuation convoy in Ukraine’s northeast killing 24 people on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said. Bombardments have intensified after Moscow illegally annexed a swath of Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of the war. “In the Kupyansk district, a shot-at convoy of cars containing civilians was found. According to preliminary data, 20 […]

Demonstrators and security forces clash during rally remembering the uprising three years ago when at least 600 people were killed. Dozens of Iraqis were injured after violence erupted when thousands of Iraqis gathered in Baghdad to mark the third anniversary of nationwide protests against corruption. Protesters waved the Iraqi flag and chanted “we want to […]