South Korea prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon for insurrection
A South Korean president does not have immunity in insurrection charges, which are punishable by life imprisonment or death. South Korea’s prosecutors have indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3. In a statement on Sunday, the prosecutors said they “indicted
Israel kills 4, wounds dozens in south Lebanon in breach of ceasefire deal
Attacks come on the day Israeli troops were supposed to withdraw from southern Lebanon and allow people to return home. The Israeli army has killed at least 22 people in southern Lebanon on the day its forces were due to withdraw under a ceasefire deal, according to health officials. In a statement, Lebanon’s Ministry of
Bowie’s Berlin: Up against the wall
Berlin, Germany – When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital of geopolitical turmoil, cleft in two physically and politically by 168km (104 miles) of machine-gun-guarded concrete wall. The stage on which Bowie was to perform lay to the west of
Gaza atrocities will ‘haunt’ Antony Blinken, says former US diplomat
Washington, DC – Israel’s devastating offensive in Gaza — and the United States’ support for it — will “haunt” outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the rest of his life, says a former diplomat, who quit in protest over the war last year. Hala Rharrit told Al Jazeera in a phone interview that the
More than 230,000 displaced in DRC since start of the year, UN says
The UN says the forced displacement is one of ‘the most alarming’ humanitarian crises in the world. More than 230,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of the year amid escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the United Nations. The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Friday described the displacement
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