Famine stalks millions in South Sudan after droughts, floods: U.N.
Famine threatens the lives of up to 5.5 million people in South Sudan, where droughts and flooding have destroyed crops and livestock, compounding “intense political instability”, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
Ukraine police detain people over 2016 journalist killing: minister
Ukrainian police have detained people in connection with the killing in 2016 of the investigative journalist Pavel Sheremet, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Thursday.
Hong Kong protesters mark six months since pivotal clash with police
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gathered on Thursday to mark six months since their first major clash with police, when they blocked legislators from advancing an extradition bill that has since been scrapped.
Side by side, glimpses of Palestinian refugee camps then and now
History has marched on since they arrived in the middle of the last century, seeking refuge for what they thought would be a few weeks, but staying for a lifetime.
One dead in India’s Assam as protests over citizenship law turn violent: hospital
One person died in India’s Assam state on Thursday, a hospital official said, as police clashed with protesters opposing a law that would make it easier for non-Muslim minorities from some neighboring countries to seek Indian citizenship.
Flights resume at Libya’s Mitiga airport in Tripoli
Mitiga, the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli, resumed flight operations on Thursday after a nearly 3-1/2-month break, and is expected be fully operational by the end of this month, the transportation minister said.
Malaysia’s Anwar gives statement to police after denying sexual assault
Malaysian prime-minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he has given a statement to police after denying an accusation that he sexually assaulted a former aide a year ago.
Summit head Chile says ‘no excuses’ if climate talks fail
The Chilean president of a U.N. climate summit told bickering governments on Thursday there could be no justification for failure to reach new agreements on fighting global warming in the final stretch of the talks in Madrid.
Belgium ordered to take in 10 children born to IS fighters
A Brussels court ordered the Belgian government on Thursday to help bring to Belgium 10 children who were born in Syria to Islamic State fighters of Belgian nationality.
Trump mocks teen climate activist Thunberg: ‘Chill Greta, Chill’
U.S. President Donald Trump reprised his ridicule of 16-year-old Greta Thunberg on Thursday after the Swedish climate activist was named Time’s Person of the Year for 2019.
