World Court to rule on emergency measures in Myanmar genocide case on January 23: Gambia
The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest court, will issue a decision on a request for emergency measures in a genocide case against Myanmar on Jan. 23, the Gambian Ministry of Justice said on Twitter on Monday.
Iran makes arrests in plane shootdown, police crack down on protests
Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error.
New video shows two Iranian missiles hit Ukraine plane in Iran – NYT
New security camera footage shows two Iranian missiles, fired 30 seconds apart, hit a Ukrainian commercial airliner after takeoff from Tehran on Jan. 8, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Rockets target Taji military base north of Baghdad – statement
Iraqi camp Taji north of Baghdad was targeted by Katyusha rockets on Tuesday, with no casualties reported, an Iraqi military statement said.
Former Sudan spy service men clash with government forces in Khartoum
Armed ex-security agents linked to Sudan’s toppled ruler Omar al-Bashir fought government soldiers in the capital Khartoum on Tuesday, residents said, in the biggest confrontation so far between the old guard and supporters of the new administration.
Why the Ukrainian plane tragedy is unlikely to lead to global airspace rules
Why was the Ukrainian airliner mistakenly shot down near Tehran by Iranian forces last week for the loss of 176 lives even allowed to take off from a country that had just fired missiles towards its neighbour? And why didn’t the airline just delay or c…
Trudeau asks for help in dialogue with Iran in plane crash probe: Ukraine
Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau has asked for Ukraine’s assistance in dialogue with Iran about identifying the bodies of Canadian citizens who died in a plane crash last week, the Ukrainian president’s office said on Tuesday.
News coverage of Australian bushfires highlight Murdoch family rift on climate
The younger son and daughter-in-law of News Corp Executive Chairman and Fox Corporation Co-Chairman Rupert Murdoch took aim at both organizations’ coverage of climate change, widely viewed as a contributing factor to the Australian bushfires, in a stat…
Chemical factory in Spain’s Tarragona on fire after blast
Fire broke out on Tuesday at a chemical factory in the Tarragona province of northeast Spain, most likely as a result of a chemical accident, Catalonia’s civil defence agency said.
Amazon tribes gather to plan resistance to Brazil government
Brazilian indigenous leaders began a four-day tribal gathering in the Amazon on Tuesday to plan their opposition to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture.
