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Following a close vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council is ending the mandate of its independent investigators who found that all parties in Yemen’s conflict had committed acts that may amount to war crimes. On Thursday, 21 countries voted against the resolution put forward by the Netherlands to extend the war crimes probe, while […]
Nazi uniforms and flags, photos of Adolf Hitler, and German WWII medals were among a massive collection of Third Reich items found at the home of a Rio de Janeiro man, whom the police came to arrest on suspicion of raping a minor. The discovery, which lead detective Luis Armond described as “totally unusual and […]
Spanish officials have closed the airport of La Palma on Thursday due to ash coming from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been erupting on the most northwesterly island in the Canary Islands archipelago for more than two weeks. “The La Palma Airport is inoperative due to ash accumulation. The established protocols are being applied,” […]
A powerful earthquake has rocked southwest Pakistan, claiming at least 20 lives and leaving at least 300 injured in its wake. Hundreds of people, meanwhile, have lost their homes in the quake’s destruction. In the early hours of Thursday, a strong tremor hit near the Harnai district of Balochistan province, measuring at a magnitude of […]
A giant 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo’s famous statue of David displayed at the Expo 2020 in Dubai has been caught up in a censorship controversy, after organizers obscured its genitalia to adhere to strict public nudity laws. The 17-foot resin replica, manufactured from laser scans of the sculpture and coated with marble dust, was apparently […]
The Taliban destroyed an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) cell in Kabul, the group’s spokesperson has said, just hours after a fatal blast detonated at a major mosque that was holding prayers for his recently deceased mother. Taking to Twitter early on Monday, Zabihullah Mujahid, the son of the deceased woman, confirmed that a “special […]
In a threatening statement on Beijing’s “destabilizing” military moves that was published on Sunday, the US State Department warned China against even diplomatically and economically pressuring Taiwan in its own interests. In the statement, United States spokesperson and former CIA intelligence officer Ned Price warned China that the US was “very concerned” by its “provocative […]
A number of civilians were killed outside a major Kabul mosque, which was rocked by an explosion during a funeral ceremony for the mother of a top Taliban official. Three suspects have been detained following the incident. The explosion was confirmed by the son of the deceased, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who said that a […]
French police have launched a probe after officers fired rubber bullets at eight Iranian Kurdish men attempting to launch a migrant dinghy from Dunkirk to the UK. Suspected of trafficking, the men claim they’re innocent victims. A night patrol on the beach at Dunkirk last week came upon eight Iranian Kurdish men carrying a dinghy […]
A new vent has blown open at the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island, spewing out a large stream of lava. Scientists say the fissure is a new “focus of eruption,” and there are fears over where the molten rock will go. The new vent opened overnight some 400 meters (1,300 ft) to […]
A blaze that broke out in a Romanian hospital in the eastern city of Constanta has claimed at least nine lives, the authorities have said, making it the country’s third fatal hospital fire in under a year. Firefighters put out the blaze at around 8am GMT on Friday at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, with […]
A large bus depot in the German city of Stuttgart has gone up in flames, gutting vehicles and leaving a dense column of smoke looming over the city. Local residents have been advised to keep their doors and windows closed. The fire broke out at a depot operated by transit firm SSB in the east […]
More than one former employer of porn platform OnlyFans has reportedly kept access to the customer service software Zendesk after leaving the company, enabling them to access identity information of both creators and customers. OnlyFans is used mostly, but not exclusively, by amateur sex workers to sell pornographic content. The platform uses Zendesk to track […]
Chief negotiators for Serbia and Kosovo have formally reached agreement to conclude the latest round of escalation. “We have a deal,” tweeted EU special representative Miroslav Lajcak after two days of “intense negotiations.” The recent disagreement had seen Kosovo order its police to force any cars attempting to cross the border to remove Serbian license […]
At least 100 people were killed during an outbreak of gang warfare in an Ecuadorian prison. Several of the victims were brutally beheaded, while the fatality count continues to climb as authorities search for additional bodies. Violence broke out on Tuesday at the Penitenciaria del Litoral prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. By Wednesday, at least 100 […]