Mexico warns Venezuelan migrants not to form caravans
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexico’s government on Saturday moved to discourage the formation of caravans by Venezuelan migrants, saying any who do will not be eligible to enter the United States under a new humanitarian scheme announced this week. Under a plan announced on Wednesday, Washington said it would grant up to 24,000 Venezuelans humanitarian […]
Fire, gunshots at Tehran jail holding political prisoners, dual nationals
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters A fire broke out on Saturday in Tehran’s Evin prison, where many of Iran’s political and dual-national detainees are held, and witnesses reported hearing gunfire. State news agency IRNA said eight people were injured in the unrest, which erupted after nearly a month of protests across Iran over the death […]
Gunmen kill 11 at Russian military base in latest blow to war in Ukraine
Reuters Gunmen shot dead 11 people at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, the defence ministry said, in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s forces since the invasion of Ukraine. RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying 15 other people were wounded in the shooting on Saturday in the south-western Belgorod region […]
SpaceX capsule splashes down, returning four astronauts from Space Station
Los Angeles, US Reuters The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station safely returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida after nearly six months of research aboard the orbital outpost. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule dubbed Freedom, carrying three US NASA astronauts and an […]
Indonesia’s fatal soccer stampede caused by tear gas, say investigators
Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters, the country’s security minister said on Friday. The team, which included government officials, soccer and security experts, has been investigating how […]
Death toll from Nigerian floods tops 500 – ministries
Lokoja, Nigeria Reuters Widespread flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water and blocked food and fuel supplies, two government ministries said on Friday. The floods have hit 27 of Nigeria’s 36 states and impacted around 1.4 million people, the ministries for humanitarian affairs and for disaster management […]
US immigration: What Biden’s latest deal for Venezuelans means for other refugees
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks to representatives of US refugee resettlement agencies about what the US President Joe Biden’s deal focused on Venezuelan migrants means in the wider context…
Putin says Ukraine mobilisation should be finished in two weeks
Astana, Kazakhstan Reuters Russia should be finished calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, promising an end to a divisive mobilisation that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summoned to fight in Ukraine and huge numbers flee the country. Putin also said Russia had no plans “for now” for […]