What parasitic worms in defector reveal about conditions in North Korea
Updated 0802 GMT (1602 HKT) November 23, 2017
Parasitic worms and a chronic liver infection identified in a North Korean soldier who dramatically defected are providing clues into health conditions inside the secretive rogue state, experts said Wednesday.
The soldier was shot up to five times November 13 while making a run for the South Korean side of the border through the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, according to dramatic security video released this week.
North Korean soldiers fired at him about 40 times, hitting him with bullets from both pistols and an AK-47, violating the armistice agreement between the two countries after the Korean War, the UN Command said.
Manus Island: PNG police move into detention centre and tell refugees to leave
• Journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani arrested as squad steps in
• Refugees report they have been told to hand over phones and go within hours
• Refugees report they have been told to hand over phones and go within hours
A police operation is under way on Manus Island, with Papua New Guinean police and immigration officers entering the former detention centre in an effort to move detainees out, more than three weeks into a deteriorating humanitarian crisis.
Refugees inside the centre have reported large numbers of officers, including the paramilitary police mobile squad, have entered and given them an hour to leave. The officers shouted at detainees and demanded they hand over their phones.
Refugees described police as intimidating and aggressive as they dismantled structures and threw away refugees’ belongings. One officer was seen carrying a large bush knife, which are common on Manus.
Burma and Bangladesh sign deal to repatriate 'hundreds of thousands' of Rohingya Muslim refugees
Burma and Bangladesh have signed an agreement to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled the country, a Burmese official has said.
"We are ready to take them back as soon as possible after Bangladesh sends the forms back to us," said Myint Kyaing, a permanent secretary at Myanmar's ministry of labour, immigration and population, referring to registration forms the Rohingya must complete with personal details before repatriation.
Slave trade in Libya: Outrage across Africa
Media reports about alleged migrant slave markets in Libya have resulted in strong reactions across the continent. African politicians demand an investigation and the prosecution of those responsible.
Who's the highest bidder? 800 Dinar! 1,000 Dinar! 1,100 Dinar! In the end, the winning bid is 1,200 Libyan Dinar – the equivalent of $800 (€680). A done deal; however, this isn't just any auction for a car or a piece of art. What's being sold here is a group of frightened young men from Sub-Saharan Africa.
The low-resolution images, apparently taken at a market in Libya earlier in 2017 were shown on the US-based network CNN last week, which looked further into the issue. Journalists working for CNN discovered several such slave markets in the country's interior, proving what experts had feared for a long time: migrants trying to reach Europe via Libya continue to be subject to abuse.
Saudi-led coalition to reopen Yemen port, airport for humanitarian aid
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Wednesday it would reopen a key Red Sea port and Sanaa airport to aid, after a more than two-week blockade following a missile attack on Riyadh.
The coalition said it would reopen Hodeida port to receive "urgent humanitarian and relief materials" and Sanaa airport to UN aircraft from midday on Thursday (0900 GMT).
It did not specify when or if it would ease a blockade on commercial traffic.
Hodeida, which is controlled by Huthi rebels backed by Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran, is a key conduit for much-needed food and medicine imports to Yemen.
A mysterious radiation cloud spread over Europe in September. Russia finally acknowledged it.
But officials won’t say where it came from.
After weeks of denying its existence, the Russian government this week acknowledged the strange surge of radiation that billowed over Europe in September.
The French nuclear safety regulator IRSN first detected the radioactive element ruthenium 106 in the air in late September, tracing its origins to the Ural Mountains in the border region between Russia and Kazakhstan. Other European cities like Stockholm, Milan, and Budapest also began picking up radiation traces.
Ruthenium is a rare transition metal. The ruthenium 106 isotope has a half-life of 373 daysand is used to treat cancers like melanoma. Since it doesn’t occur in nature, any measured ruthenium 106 is assumed to originate from human activity.
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