Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all
Woman arrested in Iran after stripping during anti-harassment protest
Amnesty International calls on authorities to release student, who reportedly had a violent confrontation with Basij paramilitaries
Sun 3 Nov 2024 15.41 GMT
Amnesty International has called on authorities in Iran to “immediately and unconditionally” release a female student who was arrested after stripping to her underwear in what the organisation described as a public protest against harassment relating to the country’s strict dress code.
The incident took place after the woman, who has not been identified, reportedly had a confrontation with members of the Basij paramilitary force who ripped her headscarf and tore at her clothes inside Tehran’s prestigious Islamic Azad University.
Videos posted to social media appeared to show her removing her clothes and walking out on to the street in just her underwear. A second video appears to show the woman being bundled into a car by men in plainclothes.
Spain: Angry reception as king visits flood-hit Valencia
An angry crowd confronted King Felipe VI and yelled abuse at him as he visited the town of Paiporta in Valencia. Flash flooding in the eastern region this week claimed more than 200 lives and left a trail of destruction.
Spain's King Felipe VI and government officials faced a hostile reception during their visit to the hard-hit area of Valencia, where devastating floods have claimed the lives of more than 200 people.
In Paiporta, one of the worst-affected towns near Valencia, crowds shouted abuse at the king and pelted his entourage with mud and objects.
Police had to step in with officers on horseback to keep back the crowd, who shouted "Get out! Get out!" and "Killers!" among other insults. Bodyguards opened umbrellas to protect the royals from mud and other objects thrown by protesters.
First fuel debris retrieved from Fukushima nuclear reactor
By FUMI YADA/ Staff Writer
November 3, 2024 at 17:27 JST
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said it retrieved a tiny amount of melted fuel from one of the reactors that went into a triple meltdown following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 2 the fuel debris, which measures no more than 5 millimeters, was removed from the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor around 9:50 a.m. on the same day and temporarily placed in an isolation box.
It will be transferred to a dedicated container if TEPCO confirms that its radiation level is below a predetermined amount.
Schools close in Lahore as pollution hits record level
Unprecedented air pollution in the Pakistani city of Lahore has forced authorities to close all primary schools for a week.
From Monday, 50% of office workers will also work from home, as part of a "green lockdown" plan. Other measures include bans on engine-powered rickshaws and vendors that barbecue without filters.
"This smog is very harmful for children, masks should be mandatory in schools," Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said.
Sikh Activists See It as Freedom. India Calls It Terrorism.
Reporting from New Delhi
In the months since Canada and the United States accused India of carrying out assassination plots against Sikh separatist leaders on North American soil, a lingering question has hung over the accusations: Why would the Indian government take such a risk?
Inside India, the Sikh cause to carve out a land called Khalistan from the state of Punjab largely fizzled out decades ago. Yet the Indian government still frames the Khalistan movement as a threat to national security — for reasons more mundane but no easier to weed out.
India has repeatedly accused Khalistan-related activists in countries like Pakistan and, more recently, Canada of sponsoring gang warfare, drug trafficking and extortion in India. Proceeds from these crimes, according to India’s government, sustain a campaign of what Indian officials call terrorism in the name of a religious political movement.
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