- Therapy dogs dressed as judges help South African kids get ready to testify in court3 hours ago
- Iraqi authorities used excessive force during protests, killing over a hundred
An Iraqi government committee investigating a wave of unrest found that 157 people, mostly civilians, were killed because security forces used excessive force and live fire to quell protests, according to a report by the panel seen by Reuters.
read more ...4 hours ago - Lebanon ‘sectarian system has entrenched’ the country, students tells FRANCE 24
Lebanese students have joined the general strike as hundreds of thousands step up their five-day protest against the government, to root out systemic corruption. But the young want to end Lebanon’s sectarian politics, FRANCE 24’s reporters say.
read more ...8 hours ago - Northern Ireland legalises abortion and same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage and abortion laws in Northern Ireland were liberalised on Monday in a landmark shift for the province aimed at bringing it into line with mainland Britain but which has stoked resentment.
read more ...10 hours ago - Trudeau’s Liberal Party projected to retain power in Canada as minority government
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ruling Liberals will form a minority government, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp projected on Monday after polls closed across the country.
read more ...13 hours ago - Thai king strips ‘disloyal’ new royal consort of titles
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his newly named royal consort of her titles and military ranks for being "disloyal" and conducting a rivalry with Queen Suthida, the palace said late on Monday.
read more ...23 hours ago - Commons speaker refuses to allow new vote on Johnson’s Brexit deal
Britain's parliamentary speaker John Bercow told the government on Monday it could not again tryto get a vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal because it was posing the same question to parliament twice.
read more ...1 day ago - Turkey’s Erdogan accuses West of ‘standing by terrorists’ in Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday lashed out at Western states, accusing them of “standing by terrorists” in failing to support Turkey’s operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters.
read more ...1 day ago - ‘Lebanon is going backwards,’ taxi driver-protester tells FRANCE 24
Lebanon is one of the most heavily indebted countries in the world and now, for the first time in over a decade, the country is also running low on hard currency, specifically US dollars. Petrol prices as a result are on the rise and protesters are taking to the streets en masse.
read more ...1 day ago - Bland versus flash? Canada elects new parliament after tight race
Canadians are electing a new Parliament on Monday after a tight election campaign that has raised the threat of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being knocked from power after just one term.
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