Newcastle fans opposed to the club’s Saudi owners are to stage a protest highlighting human rights abuses in the Gulf state ahead of Saturday’s match at home to Chelsea. Wednesday’s announcement by NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing came as Newcastle’s ow…
Russia’s Putin will not go to G20 summit in Indonesia
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 leaders’ summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali next week, Moscow’s embassy in Indonesia told AFP on Thursday. “I can confirm that [Foreign Minister] Sergei Lavrov will lead the Russian d…
Man indicted on federal charges in attack on Paul Pelosi
A man already in custody in last month’s attack on the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges of assault and attempted kidnapping. The charges stemming from the 28 October break-in at the P…
ICC prosecutor seeks new arrest warrants for crimes in Libya
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Wednesday that he has submitted new applications for arrest warrants stemming from his investigations of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya. Karim Khan told the …
Egypt activist Abdel Fattah’s family demands proof of life
The family of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is refusing food and water, demanded information on his health on Wednesday amid what they said were “rumours of force-feeding”. International concern has mounted since Abdel Fattah,…
Facebook owner Meta to lay off over 11,000 staff: Zuckerberg
Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in “the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history,” boss Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday. He said the cuts represented 13 percent of the social media titan’s workforce and would…
Drone strike targets Iranian fuel convoy in Syria
At least two fuel trucks were destroyed in an airstrike by an unidentified drone on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq late on Tuesday, Iraqi security and border officials told Reuters. The strike was carried out by a drone and targeted a tanker t…
ICC prosecutor urges Haftar to ‘prevent’ crimes by troops
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he had urged eastern Libyan military chief Khalifa Haftar to “prevent” crimes by his troops, as investigations into their actions continue. Karim Khan, the first ICC prose…
WHO chief Tedros walking tightrope on Ethiopia’s Tigray
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the leader of the World Health Organization (WHO), is in the rare position of heading a UN agency’s response to a humanitarian crisis in which his own family’s survival is at stake. Tedros, 57, hails from Tigray, the besiege…
Azmi Bishara warns against new forms of Israeli extremism
The rise of religious Zionism represents the most significant and dangerous development following recent Israeli elections, the director of the Arab Institute for Research and Policy Studies, Dr. Azmi Bishara has said. The further rise of the Israeli r…