UN Security Council members urge Taliban to void bans on women
Eleven members of the UNSC call on the group to reverse restrictive policies on women’s and girls’ education and work.Several members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have urged the Taliban to end its repressive treatment of women in Afghanistan, as the group continued to impose restrictive policies on their education and work. The
Peru president will not resign, apologises for protest death toll
More than 40 people have been killed and hundreds injured in protests that have rocked Peru since December.Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has apologised for dozens of deaths in protests that have broken out across the country in recent weeks, but insisted that she will not step down. Speaking to the nation in a late night
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 325
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 325th day, we take a look at the main developments.A satellite view shows a destroyed school and buildings in south Soledar, Ukraine, January 10 [Handout via Reuters]Here is the situation as it stands on Saturday, January 14, 2023: Fighting Russia said its forces wrested control of the war-scarred town
‘Extremely dangerous’ tornado tears across US South as storms hit
The National Weather Service received 33 tornado reports across southern states like Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky.A “large and extremely dangerous tornado” ripped across central Alabama on Thursday, part of a line of storms that have slammed the southeastern United States. No deaths have been reported so far but the enormous, swirling weather system destroyed homes
Black Lives Matter co-founder’s cousin killed in police incident
The death of Keenan Anderson, the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder, has sparked outcry in the United States and renewed scrutiny of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), which repeatedly Tasered the English teacher before he went into cardiac arrest. “They’re trying to George Floyd me. They’re trying to George Floyd me,” Anderson
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