Fate of nationwide truce plan for Syria remains unclear
Opposition bloc tells Al Jazeera it has yet to receive a draft of a Russia-Turkey-brokered ceasefire plan.
The fate of a nationwide truce for Syria remains unclear with the Syrian National Coalition, the country's main political opposition bloc, telling Al Jazeera that it has still not received a draft plan from either Turkey or Russia.
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency had reported on Wednesday that a ceasefire plan had been submitted to Syria's rival parties and could come into force as early as midnight.
Sikh campaigners seek release of UK files on Golden Temple assault
Indian government’s attempt to clear militants from Sikh religion’s holiest site in 1984 resulted in hundreds being killed
Secret government files said to hold details of British involvement in an assault on Sikhism’s holiest shrine that killed hundreds of people should be released to the public, campaigners have urged.
Members of the Sikh Foundation believe the documents will show there was a greater level of cooperation between the British and Indian governments over the latter’s attempts to clear militants from the Golden Temple in the summer of 1984 than has previously been acknowledged.
Kim Jong-un has executed more than 300 people since he took power, report claims
Despot uses 'extreme' brutality to retain grip on powerJon Sharman
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has ordered more than 300 people to their deaths in the five years since he took power.
Mr Kim has used the executions to tighten his hold on power, according to the South Korean think-tank the Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS).
Some 140 of the 340 killed since 2011 were senior government officers.
In August two officials were reportedly executed with an anti-aircraft gun on Mr Kim's orders - one for falling asleep in a meeting and the other for proposing a project the despot believed would challenge his authority.Colombia Congress approves amnesty for thousands of FARC rebels
Latest update : 2016-12-29
Colombia's Congress on Wednesday passed a law granting amnesty to FARC rebels as part of the country's peace deal, a development the government hailed as "historic."
"Thanks to the Congress which in a historic vote approved the amnesty law, first step toward consolidating peace," President Juan Manuel Santos said on Twitter.
The measure grants special legal treatment, amnesty and pardon to members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) accused of political and related crimes.
The Senate passed the bill 69-0, after the House of Representatives approved it 121-0.
Africa in 2017: Fighting drought, demanding good governance
JOHANNESBURG—For several years now, it’s been a popular trope of the Western press to make sweeping statements about Africa’s collective future – the continent is tumbling, no it’s rising, or maybe, as The New York Times put it earlier this year, Africa – all 50 some countries and 1.2 billion people of it – is just “reeling.”
In truth, like everywhere in the world, the future you see here depends on where you stand – and where you look.
In 2016, I reported on violence, starvation, and corruption across Africa. I also wrote about a pioneering African astronomer, the continent’s refugee Olympians, and how Africa’s female politicians have set a global model for gender equity in governance.
9 questions about the UN vote on Israeli settlements you were too embarrassed to ask
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A controversial new United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory has triggered a brutal and messy diplomatic fight between President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and now President-elect Donald Trump.
The war of words got even nastier Wednesday, when Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a high-profile speech warning that Netanyahu’s settlement policy could doom any chance at a peace deal and threaten Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state.
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