Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
World Court to hear Armenia’s demand for Azerbaijan withdrawal
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court will sit next Thursday to hear Armenia's demand for an emergency order to Azerbaijan to withdraw all its troops from civilian establishments in Nagorno-Karabakh, ...
Oct 06, 2023
Germany to send 150 soldiers to Kosovo in April -ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will send around 150 soldiers to Kosovo in April next year as a contribution to the UN's KFOR mission there, a spokesperson for the defence ministry said in Berlin on Friday....
Oct 06, 2023
Mohammadi’s Nobel Peace Prize highlights courage of Iranian women, UN rights office says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed activist Narges Mohammadi highlighted the cou...
Oct 06, 2023
Soccer-Anger in Poland after Legia Warsaw players arrested in Netherlands
WARSAW (Reuters) - Dutch police have arrested two players from Polish soccer team Legia Warsaw following their Europa Conference League match against AZ Alkmaar, officials said, prompting an angry rea...
Oct 06, 2023
UN rights chief deploys field team to probe missile strike on Ukrainian village of Hroza
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) deployed a field team on Friday to investigate an air strike on the Ukrainian village of Hroza that left at least 52 pe...
Oct 06, 2023
Russia seeks return to UN human rights body in challenge to West
By Michelle Nichols and Emma Farge UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia is seeking re-election to the United Nations' top human rights body next week in what is seen as a crucial test of Western e...
Oct 06, 2023
Analysis-Is the US strategy of engaging China working?
By Michael Martina and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Early in the Biden administration, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed that the United States would only hold talks with China if t...
Oct 06, 2023
Uganda arrests 40 opposition supporters as their leader arrives
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan security forces have arrested 40 people during an operation against supporters of opposition leader Bobi Wine whose detention under house arrest the Un...
Oct 06, 2023
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women's rights advocate, won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. One of Iran's leading human rights activists, Mohammadi has cam...
Oct 06, 2023
Norway, Russia generals meet to discuss border cooperation
OSLO (Reuters) - Two generals from Norway and Russia met in the Arctic on Thursday to discuss border cooperation and related issues, the Norwegian armed forces said on Friday, in the first known such ...
Oct 06, 2023
