Paris: People’s patience has run out against the government’s decision to increase the retirement age by 2 years in France. Riots once again broke out across the city. Protesters continue to demand the rollback of the said reforms. Agitators set garbage cans on fire, broke traffic lights, some fanatics also vandalized bank windows and ATM…
Washington: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on charges of war crimes based on his alleged involvement in the abduction of children from Ukraine. According to the English-Arabia report, the court said in a statement that the Russian president is allegedly responsible for the war crime…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. The Hague-based court has issued an arrest warrant for Putin due to the illegal transfer and deportation of children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia. The court said that there are solid…
—Photo: Reuters Unknown assailants shot dead 22 people, including 3 Buddhists, at close range in central Myanmar. According to the foreign news agency “Reuters”, the spokesman of Myanmar’s military junta said that its soldiers have been involved in clashes with rebel fighters in Panlaung region of Southern Shan State, but they did not harm any…
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement to protect against cyber threats. The agreement was signed between an Israeli cyber intelligence company and a UAE telecom company. The Israeli company tracks cyber attacks, identifies them and issues alerts for potential cyber attacks to public and private organizations. Under the three-year agreement, the…
A Buddhist temple in Great Britain, file photo Belgium is likely to officially recognize Buddhism, with the federal government today approving a proposed law. The Belgian Buddhist Union applied for recognition of Buddhism in March 2006. The Union estimates that there are currently one and a half million Buddhists living in the country. Apart from…
China’s president will visit Russia next week, Photo: File Beijing: China, expressing concern over the length of the war, has demanded that Ukraine and Russia negotiate a ceasefire. According to the World News Agency, China’s senior diplomat Qin Gang spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart on the phone and stressed the need for a ceasefire, saying…
Polish MiG-29 aircraft, file photo Poland and Slovakia have agreed to supply fighter jets to Ukraine. Poland will be the first NATO member country to supply 4 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. Polish President Andrzej Duda said the fighter jets were taken from the former German Democratic Republic and will be handed over to Ukraine after…
The report, covering the period between May 2020 and December 2022, draws on interviews with 207 victims and witnesses and an analysis of more than 2,500 items of evidence, including photographs, videos, medical, and court records. ‘Unacceptable picture of impunity’ “Our report paints an unacceptable picture of impunity and the near-total destruction of civic space…
“Brutal” armed conflict has left 10 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in need of humanitarian assistance – more than double the number in 2020, UNICEF warned in a new report. And hostilities spilling over into neighbouring countries, are putting an extra four million children at risk. “The conflict may not have clear boundaries, there…
