by News Feed Editor | May 18, 2022 | World
French court confirms charge of complicity in ‘crimes against humanity’ for Lafarge over alleged payoffs to ISIL (ISIS) and other armed groups.A French appeals court has confirmed a charge of complicity in crimes against humanity for cement group Lafarge over alleged...
by News Feed Editor | May 18, 2022 | World
The Supreme Court of India has released after 30 years a man jailed over the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv GandhiIndia’s top court has ordered the release of a man convicted over the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. A bench...
by News Feed Editor | May 18, 2022 | World
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a “global food shortage” in the coming months, but says talks can avert a crisis. Washington reopens its embassy in Kyiv after abandoning the diplomatic post shortly before the Russian invasion. President Joe Biden’s...
by News Feed Editor | May 18, 2022 | World
Washington remains committed to helping Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion, the US says, as embassy staff return to the capital.The United States has reopened its embassy in Kyiv, the US Department of State announced, nearly three months after withdrawing American...
by News Feed Editor | May 18, 2022 | World
Tajikistan’s interior ministry says 70 ‘active members of a terrorist group’ were detained after deadly clashes in Gorno-Badakhshan.At least eight people have been killed in clashes between Tajik security forces and “anti-government militants” in a restive region...
by News Feed Editor | May 18, 2022 | World
Turkey has opposed NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland, but US says concerns can be addressed.US President Joe Biden has said the bids by Sweden and Finland to join NATO would be successful, despite objections raised by Turkey to their applications. “I think...