'I want justice': Victims of Syria chemical attacks speak freely for first time
Tawfiq Diam is emotional because it's the first time he's been able to speak freely about what happened to his family back in 2018, in Douma in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus.
"If I'd spoken out before, Bashar al-Assad's forces would have cut off my tongue. They would have slit my throat. We were not allowed to talk about it," he says.
Tawfiq's wife and his four children aged between eight and 12 - Joudy, Mohammed, Ali and Qamar - were killed in a chemical attack on 7 April 2018.
Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 World Cup host despite human rights concerns
- Fifa congress waves through bid for men’s tournament
- England’s FA understood to have supported decision
Wed 11 Dec 2024 15.46 GMT
Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 World Cup host despite human rights concerns
- Fifa congress waves through bid for men’s tournament
- England’s FA understood to have supported decision
- Live reaction as Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 host
Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host for the 2034 men’s World Cup, after the solitary bidder for the Fifa tournament was waved through by acclamation.
The news confirms an outcome expected for more than a year since Fifa expedited its bidding process for the 2034 event. The decision has been widely condemned by human rights organisations, who cite arbitrary detentions, the abuse and deaths of migrant workers and suppression of the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people in the country. The English Football Association is understood to have supported the bid at the congress.
Saudi officials have promised that the World Cup will be part of a “journey of remarkable transformation” for the country.(They're lying.) Its bid document argues that the country has “championed a human rights approach” through the bidding process and commits to “managing risk and maximizing positive social impact throughout the tournament”.
Sudan facing biggest humanitarian crisis recorded — report
The plight of Sudan has been ranked as the world's single biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded, with millions of civilians bearing the brunt of the brutal civil war, according to a new report.
For the second consecutive year, Sudan topped a watchlist of global humanitarian crises prepared by the International Rescue Committee aid agency.
The civil war in the country that erupted between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023 has wiped out at least 61,000 people, which is considered a conservative estimate.
The UN says the conflict has driven 11 million people from their homes and unleashed the world's biggest hunger crisis. Nearly 25 million people, which is half of Sudan's population, need aid, according to UN figures.
Police raid South Korean President's office in martial law investigation
The investigation into South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at martial law accelerated on Wednesday, as police conducted a raid on Yoon's office and arrested a slew of officials, including the former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun.
South Korean police said Wednesday that they raided President Yoon Sook yeol's office, as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathers pace.
"The Special Investigation Team has conducted a raid on the presidential office, the National Police Agency, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the National Assembly Security Service," the unit stated in a message sent to AFP.
Yoon is already under a travel ban as part of an "insurrection" probe into his inner circle after his short-lived suspension of civilian rule on December 3.
These Palestinians disappeared after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza
Reem Ajour says she last saw her husband and then 4-year-old daughter in March, when Israeli soldiers raided a family home in northern Gaza. She is haunted by those chaotic last moments, when the soldiers ordered her to go – to leave behind Talal and Masaa, both wounded.
Eight months later, the 23-year-old mother still has no answers about their fate. The military says it does not have them. Troops leveled the house where they were staying soon after the raid.
“I am living and dead at the same time,” she said, breaking down in sobs.
Ajour is one of dozens of Palestinians that an Israeli legal group, Hamoked, is helping in their search for family members who went missing after being separated by Israeli soldiers during raids and arrests in the Gaza Strip.
Ghana to Botswana: Why African voters are throwing out ruling parties
Several countries recorded total electoral power transfers while opposition groups made significant wins in others.
Jubilant victory songs filled the air in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Monday as supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party filled the streets to celebrate their candidate, former President John Dramani Mahama’s win in an election that will once again make him head of state of the West African nation.
Decked in the party’s colours of red, white and black, supporters, young and old, blew on flutes, whistled and drummed thunderously on plastic buckets, as they hugged and danced in front of the NDC headquarters in Accra’s Adabraka neighbourhood.
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