Russian troops use rape as 'an instrument of war' in Ukraine, rights groups allege
Updated 0420 GMT (1220 HKT) April 22, 2022
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine and began closing in on its capital, Kyiv, Andrii Dereko begged his 22-year-old stepdaughter Karina Yershova to leave the suburb where she lived.
France says Russian mercenaries staged ‘French atrocity’ in Mali
The French army says it has filmed Russian mercenaries burying bodies near a Malian military base to falsely accuse France’s departing forces of leaving behind mass graves.
The video, filmed with a drone and seen by AFP on Thursday, shows what appear to be white soldiers covering bodies with sand near the Gossi base in northern Mali.
The claim came after a Twitter account using the name Dia Diarra, who describes himself as a “former soldier” and “Malian patriot”, posted pixelated images of corpses buried in sand and accused France of atrocities.
Israeli raid on Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem leaves more than 30 Palestinians injured
At least 31 Palestinians have been injured in clashes after Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday. It is the latest round of violence at the site as tensions rise in East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces entered the mosque early in the morning, ahead of Friday prayers in the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims, before firing rubber bullets and stun grenades. It was after Palestinian youths reportedly hurled stones at a gate where the authorities were stationed.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service, 14 Palestinians were taken to the hospital, two with serious injuries. Violence at the compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, has surged over the past week, raising concerns about a slide back into more intense conflict.
Why isn't Germany supplying Ukraine with heavy weapons?
The criticism against German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been unrelenting. He's been accused of stalling and breaking his promises over sending heavy weapons to Ukraine. DW looks at some of the main points of contention.
The German government has listed several reasons why it's been unable to dispatch heavy weapons to Ukraine. Do those claims hold up? Several of its explanations are listed below.
Germany is simply following the lead of its allies
This has been Chancellor Olaf Scholz's mantra since the outbreak of the war. He has said he's doing everything in close coordination with NATO and EU partners. "Look at what our allies are doing, for example our friends in the G7," he said at a press conference on Tuesday, pointing out that countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States were supplying the same weapons that Germany was sending.
On Earth Day, climate activists rally against fossil fuels
Climate change activists around the world staged a wave of protests for Earth Day on Friday, pushing demands such as an immediate halt to European imports of Russian oil and gas and an end to building fossil fuel infrastructure.
In Europe, activists in Berlin, Warsaw, Brussels and elsewhere held rallies outside German government and embassy buildings, where they handed out red-stained notes of Russia’s rouble currency to symbolise blood, saying Russian money was fuelling both climate change and the bloody invasion of Ukraine.
Narita airport deploys net traps to stop turtles infiltrating runway
Traps to prevent turtles from infiltrating a runway at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture have been set up in its retention pond to avoid a repeat of a 2021 incident where an intrusion by one of the reptiles delayed departures.
The around 1-square-meter floating traps were deployed in the airport's retention pond beside the runway, as many pond sliders -- an invasive turtle species -- apparently breed in bodies of water nearby.
The traps exploit the turtles' proclivity for sunbathing. If one rises to the water's surface and climbs the structure, it is likely to fall into the trap's net, according to Narita International Airport Corp.
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