Thu 30 January 2025: France ended its military presence in Chad on Thursday, vacating its last base in the central African nation a day ahead of the deadline set by Chadian authorities. The French military withdrew from the Sergent Adji Kossei base in the capital, N’Djamena, marking the final step in its departure, the Chadian […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government will retain a ban on asylum seekers being able to claim protections under modern slavery and other human rights laws, even as its ministers have previously criticised those measures, Reuters has reported. Starmer is under pressure to deal with tens of thousands of people who arrive in […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: A regional plane collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, according to authorities. “A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that her administration will send a letter to US tech giant Google to address President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” The executive order was among the first signed by Trump the day after he was […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: Salwan Momika, known for publicly burning copies of the Holy Quran, was shot dead in his apartment in Sweden on Wednesday night, state media reported on Thursday. Salwan Sabah Matti Momika, 38, was found dead at his address in the city of Sodertalje, public broadcaster SVT reported. A man in his 40s was found […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: The Palestinian group Hamas set free a female Israeli soldier in Gaza on Thursday under a ceasefire agreement with Israel. Agam Berger was handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Al-Razan area in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to an Anadolu reporter. Two […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining sites. The rebel group launched its most recent offensive in 2021 and currently controls vast territories in the south-east of North Kivu province, surrounding and cutting off the main city of Goma. […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: A damning report released yesterday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) reveals the catastrophic impact of Israel’s military offensive on pregnant women and newborns in Gaza, documenting severe shortages in medical care, alarming increases in miscarriages and devastating conditions for childbirth. The 50-page report, titled “Five Babies in One Incubator: Violations of Pregnant […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: Syria’s new authorities announced that Ahmed al Sharaa, who took the helm after longtime ruler Bashar al Assad’s ouster last month, was appointed interim president and tasked with forming a transitional legislature, state media reported. Sharaa was appointed “as the country’s president in the transitional phase”, state media said on Wednesday, […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: Israel said on Wednesday that 11 more hostages held in Gaza, including five Thais, would be freed over two days this week as part of a fragile Gaza ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had received a list from Hamas of eight hostages to be freed on Thursday, including […]
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