Death toll soars to 72 in Addis Ababa garbage landslide
Scuffles break out in Ethiopia as bereaved families accuse rescue workers of delays after garbage collapse kills scores.
Bereaved families scuffled with rescue workers on Tuesday at a dump in the Ethiopian capital where the collapse of a mountain of garbage killed at least 72 people on Saturday.
Relatives pushed and shoved emergency workers, angrily accusing them of delays and saying dozens of people were still missing after the disaster at the Reppi dump.
"Nobody is helping us. We are doing all the digging ourselves. It is shameful," Kaleab Tsegaye, a relative of one victim, told the Reuters news agency.
'I am not afraid': the Delhi student facing death threats for taking on India's right wing
When Gurmehar Kaur posted a note of defiance on Facebook she became the subject of national debate – and a torrent of abuse
The photograph that led to Gurmehar Kaur being put under 24-hour police protection was taken by her best friend on a camera phone in her university dorm room. The simple colour shot shows her holding a placard saying she would not be intimidated by a rightwing group she accused of disrupting her college.
Only hours after she posted the image to Facebook, Kaur, a 20-year-old English student at Delhi University, found herself at the centre of a national debate that, for weeks now, has fed television shows, news stories and editorials and has involved politicians, film stars and the former captain of India’s cricket team.
The debate has thrown into the spotlight not only the issue of online abuse but also the political climate in India where universities have become key political battlegrounds and where powerful rightwing student bodies have mass political support.
Somali pirates seize oil tanker in first major hijack since 2012
Emirati ship Aris 13 carrying fuel from Dijbouti to Mogadishu with eight Sri Lankan crew members on board when it was attacked
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia, Somali officials and piracy experts have said, the first such seizure of a large commercial vessel on the crucial global trade route since 2012.
The Aris 13 reported being approached by two skiffs on Monday, John Steed with the organisation Oceans Beyond Piracy said. The ship was carrying fuel from Djibouti to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, he said. Eight Sri Lankan crew members were aboard.
An official in the semiautonomous state of Puntland said over two dozen men boarded the ship off Somalia's northern coast, an area known to be used by weapons smugglers and members of the al-Qaeda-linked extremist group al-Shabab. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the press.
EU court allows ban on headscarf in workplace
Private firms are justified on certain grounds to bar a female employee from wearing a headscarf or veil, according to the European Court of Justice. The top court was ruling on cases in France and Belgium.
The court issued a complicated judgement Tuesday on two cases, involving a veil-wearing software engineer in France and a headscarf-wearing receptionist in Belgium, centered on the EU-wide law known as the anti-discrimination or equal treatment Directive 2000/78.
"An internal rule of an undertaking [firm] which prohibits the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination," the court said.
Lebanon’s lucrative trade in wild animals
At first glance, the photos are cute: the tiny lion, tiger and bear cubs nestling in their owner’s arms could be stuffed animals. But there’s no escaping the fact that these are wild animals, part of an illegal trade that can see these baby animals sell for thousands of dollars apiece.
Lebanese Internet users pose with newly bought lions on social media as if they were puppies. It's easy to find ads for wild animals on sites like OLX, the Lebanese equivalent of Ebay. A bear cub can sell for $6,000 while a baby tiger might be priced at $25,000. “Sales have skyrocketed in the last six months, but we don’t really know why,” Jason Mier, director of the NGO Animals Lebanon, told FRANCE 24. His group has been fighting animal trafficking for years.
Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysia 'to deport 50 North Koreans'
Malaysia says it will deport 50 North Koreans for overstaying their visas, despite its recent ban on North Koreans leaving the country.
The group were working in Sarawak on Borneo island, Malaysia said.
But it did not say why the government had decided to expel them despite the ban, which was imposed in response to a similar move by Pyongyang.
Ties between the two remain tense after the murder of the North Korean leader's half-brother in Malaysia last month.
Kim Jong-nam was killed with a potent nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport. Malaysia has not directly blamed North Korea for this, but there is widespread suspicion Pyongyang was responsible.
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