A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said. Sadai Banowan, which means women’s voice in Dari, is Afghanistan’s only women-run station and started 10 years ago. It has eight staff, six of them female. Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director for…
Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian men during a military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, taking the total number of Palestinians killed this year to 94. “Two citizens were killed by the occupation bullets in Nablus,” the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Monday. The Israeli army said…
On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and its Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for the war crimes of illegal deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. The crimes were allegedly committed from at least February…
Finland’s opposition right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP) is holding a narrow lead in the country’s parliamentary election, with 20.8 percent support from advance ballots, but the early tally is often skewed and the outcome remains a toss-up as counting continues. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) of Prime Minister Sanna Marin is running second with 20.7…
Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky has been killed in a blast in a cafe in St Petersburg, according to Russian news agencies, quoting sources as saying it was caused by an exexplosive device. Russian news reports said Tatarsky was killed in the explosion at the Street Food Bar No. 1 cafe on Sunday. 25…
Israel’s cabinet has voted to approve major budget cuts across ministries to fund a controversial “national guard” led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday that the cabinet approved the establishment of the force, but that a committee comprised of Israel’s existing security agencies would determine the guard’s authorities and whether…
Three British men, including a charity worker, are being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan, a UK non-profit organisation says, and the UK foreign ministry says it is working to secure contact with them. In a statement released on Saturday, the foreign office said it was providing support to their families. The Presidium Network said…
