G7 summit: Zelensky accuses some Arab leaders of 'blind eye' to war ahead of Japan trip
Volodymyr Zelensky has accused some Arab leaders of "turning a blind eye" to Russia's invasion ahead of his expected appearance at the G7 summit in Japan.
It is thought the Ukrainian president will arrive in Hiroshima on Sunday in a bid to secure further military support for a planned counter-offensive.
On Friday, Mr Zelensky was in Saudi Arabia for an Arab League summit.
Of the Arab League nations, only Syria has openly supported Russia's invasion.
Other member nations have sought to maintain good relations with Moscow.
"Unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to those [prisoner of war] cages and illegal annexations," said Mr Zelensky.
Iran executes three men accused over anti-government protests
Human rights groups condemn executions following demonstrations that swept country last year
Iran has executed three men it said were implicated in the deaths of three members of the security forces during anti-government protests, drawing condemnation from rights groups and risking further international isolation.
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeed Yaqoubi were killed on Friday morning, the Tasnim agency reported. Crowds had gathered outside the prison where they were being held on Thursday night as rumours of their imminent executions grew.
Cultural figures inside and outside Iran as well as family members had stepped up a campaign over the past week to halt the executions on the grounds that Iranian authorities had failed to produce definitive evidence of the men’s responsibility for the deaths of two members of the Basij paramilitary force and a law enforcement officer on 16 November
Sudan fighting displaces more than 1 million people: UN
While the majority of people have been displaced internally, hundreds of thousands have fled to neighboring countries too. Meanwhile, the army chief has fired his former ally turned rival from the Sovereignty Council.
More than a million people have been displaced by the monthlong fighting in Sudan, the United Nations Refugee Agency said on Friday.
Some 843,000 people have been displaced internally, while another 250,000 have crossed into other neighboring countries, spokesperson Matthew Satlmarsh told reporters in Geneva.
Egypt has seen the highest number of Sudanese refugees arrive in the country with 110,000 people there, Saltmarsh added. Chad, South Sudan and Ethiopia are other countries with large numbers.
Greece Says It Doesn’t Ditch Migrants at Sea. It Was Caught in the Act.
Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard.
The asylum seekers had already hopscotched countries for years to escape war in the Horn of Africa. They had barely set foot in Europe, hoping to start new lives, when masked men rounded them up and stripped them of their belongings.
Now they were crammed into the dinghy, rocking on the open waters and trying to shield themselves from the bright sun as Naima Hassan Aden clutched her 6-month-old baby and wept.
“We didn’t expect to survive on that day,” said Ms. Aden, a 27-year-old from Somalia. “When they were putting us on the inflatable raft, they did so without any mercy.”
Dutch tackle surge in football violence
From fireworks to pitch invasions, the Netherlands is facing a surge in football hooliganism that climaxed in a shocking attack by AZ Alkmaar supporters on West Ham fans this week.
Dutch authorities were already trying to tackle the problem after more than a dozen serious incidents this year, which have shocked the country despite it being no stranger to crowd trouble.
But the problem is now an international one after black-hooded AZ fans tried to storm the area reserved for friends and family of West Ham staff following the Hammers' 1-0 win in the Europa Conference League semi finals.
West Ham manager David Moyes admitted he was concerned for the safety of his family, while stars from the Premier League team climbed over the hoardings in a bid to stop the trouble on Thursday night.
Japan's refugee balancing act: Door open for Ukrainians, but not many others
By Elaine Lies
More than a year after escaping her native Kyiv with a broken leg one winter night, Lidiya Bibko lives in a tidy two-bedroom Tokyo flat as one of 2,300 Ukrainians who fled to Japan after the Russian invasion.
Japan's embrace of evacuees like Bibko has been unusual for a country notorious for its aversion toward foreign entanglements and immigrants, but the war in Ukraine has sparked a rare outpouring of public support.
With Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosting the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima this weekend, Japan's backing of Ukraine will be on full display as he leads the discussion to confirm a united front against Russia.
Last week, Japan pledged $1 billion in Ukrainian aid, including for its neighbors to take in refugees, and on the eve of the summit said it would accept wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a military hospital in Tokyo, an unprecedented step.
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