A rocket falls inside Baghdad’s Green Zone
One rocket fell on Wednesday inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, but caused no casualties, Iraqi military sources said.
Brazil’s biggest cities start reopening as COVID-19 surges
Brazil’s most populous state Sao Paulo reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths for the second day running on Wednesday even as its homonymous metropolis allowed shops to resume business and prepared to reopen its malls.
Nigerian minister calls for action on ‘alarming’ increase in rapes during coronavirus lockdown
Nigerian Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen called on law enforcement to expedite rape cases as they spiked during lockdowns aimed at containing the spread of the new coronavirus.
U.S.-Polish Fort Trump project crumbles
Fort Trump appears to have fallen. Poland’s grand proposal in 2018 to name a military base in honor of Donald Trump, in return for the U.S. president placing a permanent presence there, has crumbled amid disputes over how to fund the deployment and whe…
Rio de Janeiro governor faces impeachment proceedings over graft investigations
Rio de Janeiro’s state legislature voted unanimously on Wednesday to start impeachment proceedings against Governor Wilson Witzel for alleged graft in the purchase of ventilators and other medical supplies to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
WHO hopes to work with U.S. on Ebola despite Trump criticism
The World Health Organization hopes to work “side by side” with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo, its chief said on Wednesday, despite their differences over the new coronavirus.
U.N. Libya mission says warring sides have engaged in truce talks
Libya’s warring sides have begun to engage in a new round of ceasefire talks, the United Nations said on Wednesday, after rapid gains by the internationally recognised government ended with heavy fighting around the central coastal city of Sirte.
U.N. chief regrets North Korea decision to cut hotlines with South
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regrets that North Korea has severed hotlines with South Korea, warning that such channels “are necessary to avoid misunderstandings or miscalculations,” a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe dismisses rumours of coup, says country stable
Zimbabwe’s National Security Council (NSC) in a maiden news conference on Wednesday accused allies of the late former leader Robert Mugabe and some opposition officials of peddling rumours of an impending military coup and said the country was stable.
Libya’s GNA and LNA engage in U.N.-supported 5+5 joint military commission talks: tweet
The United Nations support mission in Libya said in a tweet on Wednesday that both Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) are engaged in the third round of 5+5 joint military commission talks.
