World
Women and girls subjected to domestic violence in Iraqi Kurdistan face "daunting obstacles" when they seek state protection, Amnesty International said, accusing authorities of failing to prosecute the abusers.A report issued Wednesday by the London-based rights group said gender-based vio...
An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed more than 20 civilians on Monday, two officials from the provincial authority said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region."At least 21 civilians have been killed" in the village of Djiguibombo, several dozen kilometres (mil...
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday promulgated a law banning child marriage in a country where hundreds of thousands of girls are married before turning 18."Freedom has come for our women," Bio said during a ceremony organised by feminist groups and west African first ladie...
Iranians will vote on Friday in a presidential runoff pitting the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative anti-Western former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to cast ballots in the election, which was called after the death of ultraconservative p...
The far-right National Rally (RN) is the only party capable of winning an absolute majority in France's legislative elections, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Wednesday, urging voters to block their rise to power.Attal admitted four days ahead of the polls that many French voters would have to...
Business & Commerce
Asian stocks rose Wednesday following fresh records on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell fanned hopes of an interest rate cut by saying the battle against inflation had made "progress" and the job market was cooling.After a run of above-forecast data and warnings from c...
World,Back Page
A total of 39 people have been killed in anti-government protests in Kenya that erupted last month over planned tax hikes, the national rights watchdog said Monday, a tally double what the government has admitted so far.The updated toll was announced by the Kenya National Commission on HumanRights o...
At least 19 people were killed, four of them Guatemalans, in a turf battle between two drug gangs in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, authorities said Monday.A cargo truck was found with 16 men shot dead inside, while three others were found dead outside the vehicle, the ministry of public saf...
Sri Lanka will save $5 billion following the restructure of its bilateral debt, much of which is owed to China, through slashed interest rates and longer repayment schedules, the president said Tuesday.The island nation defaulted on its foreign borrowings in 2022 during an unprecedented economic cri...
French authorities on Monday detained leading film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for questioning over accusations of sexual abuse, sources close to the case said.An AFP journalist saw both men, who have denied the allegations, arrive at a Paris police station on Monday morning, accomp...
The United Kingdom heads to the polls on Thursday in a general election that is expected to see the main opposition Labour party return to power after 14 years.Here are the main players in the nationwide vote.Keir StarmerLabour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer and chief public pro...
Heavy battles and bombardment hit Gaza City's Shujaiya district for a fourth day on Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged his forces were engaged in a "difficult fight".Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled the devastated neighbourhood, where the ...
Sports,Cricket
World Cup-winning skipper Rohit Sharma said his team's victory was a "dream come true" for India, as he awaited his return home to a hero's welcome.The T20 triumph ended more than a decade of heartache after India's previous World Cup win came in the 50-over version in 2011.&qu...
Sports,Football
England's quest to end 58 years of hurt at Euro 2024 remains alive thanks to one moment of Jude Bellingham brilliance, but the Three Lions failed to look like future European champions in sneaking past Slovakia 2-1.Another embarrassing exit for English football at a major tournament was looming ...
Ivory Coast this week received its first vaccines against malaria, a disease that kills four people a day in the country, mostly small children, the government said Saturday.A total of 656,600 doses have been received, which will "initially vaccinate 250,000 children aged between 0 and 23 month...
Fans in blue India jerseys shed tears of joy and danced on tabletops at a sports bar in New Delhi on Saturday as Rohit Sharma's team edged South Africa to win the T20 World Cup and end a global title drought.India won a thrilling final by seven runs in Barbados to clinch their first major title ...
Argentina shrugged off the injury absence of Lionel Messi to maintain their perfect start at the Copa America on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Peru in Miami.Lautaro Martinez scored twice at the Hard Rock Stadium to seal a win that ensured Argentina advance to the quarter-finals as Group A winners...
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli announced their retirement from Twenty20 internationals after India's thrilling seven-run win over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final in Barbados on Saturday.Kohli was the first to declare his decision after being adjudged player of th...
Switzerland dumped reigning champions Italy out of Euro 2024 with a stunning 2-0 victory on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals for the second time in their history.Murat Yakin's supremely well-drilled side outplayed the flat two-time winners in the last 16 clash in Berlin and will face England...
A Kai Havertz penalty and a Jamal Musiala strike gave Germany a 2-0 win over Denmark on Saturday as the host nation reached the Euro 2024 quarter-finals after a dramatic game that was delayed by almost half an hour in the first half due to a violent storm.Havertz stroked home from the spot early in ...
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