Iranian authorities have released journalist Elnaz Mohammadi from the Hammihan newspaper on bail one week after her arrest, media reported Sunday, but her sister, also a reporter, remains in custody. Elnaz Mohammadi was detained after going to the prosecutor’s office “for an explanation”, but has since been “released from Evin prison on bail”, the reformist daily Hammihan reported. Her sister Elahe Mohammadi was arrested on September 29 after reporting for Hammihan from the funeral of Mahsa Amini’s funeral, and remains in custody. Iran has witnessed nationwide protests since the September 16 death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old ethnic Kurd,…
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said late Saturday that he plans to return to Brazil “in the coming weeks” after arriving in the United States in December. “I too want to return to Brazil. I intend to return to Brazil in the coming weeks,” the right-wing ex-leader said during a meeting with Brazilian supporters in Boca Raton, Florida, according to a video broadcast by CNN Brasil. Bolsonaro traveled to the United States in late December, several days before supporters stormed government buildings in Brasilia in an attempt to overturn the election victory of his rival, leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da…
Cyprus went to the polls Sunday for a tightly fought presidential runoff between two career diplomats seeking the top post in the south of the divided Mediterranean island. The post Cyprus votes for new president in tight run-off election appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
A Palestinian was shot dead during a clash with Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian health ministry and the Israeli military said. It was the latest in a spiralling number of deaths in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this year that has triggered mounting international concern. Mithkal Suleiman Rayyan, 27, died of a bullet wound to the head near the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, south of the northern city of Nablus, the ministry said. The Israeli military said it was aware that a Palestinian had been declared dead following “heavy clashes between dozens of Palestinians and…
UK police said Saturday they have arrested 15 people including one child after fireworks were thrown and a police car set on fire at an anti-immigration demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers near Liverpool. Merseyside Police said that “15 people have so far been arrested following violent disorder” in the Knowsley area in northwestern England, after initially reporting three arrests. Police said “missiles including lit fireworks were thrown at officers and one of our police vans was attacked by offenders, using hammers before setting it on fire” during clashes outside The Suites Hotel. One officer and two members of…
Eleven pilot whales were saved on Saturday after they became stranded near the shore on Sri Lanka’s west coast in the early hours, wildlife officials told AFP. A navy team aided the rescue effort alongside local fishermen who raised the alarm when they spotted the pod after midnight near the resort village of Kudawa. “There […] The post 11 stranded pilot whales saved in Sri Lanka appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Bangladesh said Saturday it had withdrawn two new school textbooks after protests from Islamist groups incensed by a curriculum overhaul to recognise transgender identities, same-sex relationships and secular science. Thousands have demonstrated in the capital Dhaka since last month demanding that the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) scrap the changes to the books, published for students aged 11 to 13. One section of the new history and social science book narrates the story of a child called Sharif who transitions, takes the female name Sharifa and goes to live with other transgender people. The state-run NCTB said it took…
Somaliland soldiers were attacked on Saturday by militia, state television reported, despite a ceasefire imposed after heavy fighting earlier this week in the breakaway state. Somaliland, which has claimed independence from Somalia since 1991, has never been recognised internationally, but is often seen as a beacon of stability in a chaotic region. However, political unease has surged in recent months, and this week the UN said at least 20 people were killed after fighting erupted between government forces and militias in the contested town of Las Anod. The town is claimed by both semi-autonomous Puntland — a northern state in…
Tens of thousands of Iranians hit the streets in Tehran and other cities on Saturday to mark the 44th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, after months of anti-government protests. For the past two years, the 1979 overthrow of the Western-backed shah was commemorated mainly in vehicles and on motorcycles due to Covid restrictions. But this year, many flag-waving people travelled on foot to converge on the capital’s iconic Azadi (Freedom) Square, despite chilly temperatures. They chanted slogans including “Down with the US”, “Down with Israel”, “Down with the UK” and “Down with the traitor Al Saud”, an AFP journalist said.…
Death toll in Peru mudslides rises to 18Peruvian authorities on Friday said the death toll from devastating mudslides in the country’s southern and central regions has climbed to 18, including three children. The landslides, which occurred last Sunday, have also left 27 people injured and 20 missing, according to data from Peru’s National Institute of Civil Defense. The latest fatality came early Friday in the central Andean region of Junin, where a rock and mudslide buried a vehicle, killing one person and injuring two others, the institute said. Rains were heaviest in the Arequipa region, where homes, roads, schools and…