Lawyer for Tanzanian journalist appeals to president for pardon
The lawyer for a prominent Tanzanian journalist arrested more than two months ago called on Tuesday on President John Magufuli to pardon him as a court postponed a hearing into his case for a sixth time.
Russia detains North Korean fishermen, vessels for poaching: Ifax
Russian border guards have detained 87 North Korean poachers and 11 small vessels in waters in the Sea of Japan which Moscow considers its own exclusive economic zone, the Interfax news agency cited the Federal Security Service as saying on Tuesday.
Tractors snarl Dutch roads in emissions protest
Dutch farmers went on a go-slow in their tractors on Tuesday, clogging up major highways in the Netherlands as they headed to The Hague to demonstrate about what they complain is an attempt to make them the scapegoats over nitrogen pollution.
Tears as China’s military extravaganza stirs patriotic passion
Amid the roar of tanks rolling through a residential street in central Beijing at midday, 31-year-old Li Meiping cried tears of joy.
First Burundi refugees in Tanzania to return home as mass repatriation starts: official
Burundi agreed on Tuesday that a first group of its refugees in Tanzania would return home on Thursday, as a mass repatriation planned by the two governments begins, a Burundian official told Reuters.
Migrant death toll in Mediterranean tops 1,000 for sixth year: UNHCR
More than 1,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth year in a row that that “bleak milestone” has been reached, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Somalia fights to standardize schools with first new curriculum since civil war began
Every school day, Shuayb Muhidin travels Mogadishu’s battle-scarred streets to get to Banadir Zone School. For years, the government has battled Islamist insurgents but now authorities are also turning to a new challenge: schools like Muhudin’s.
Iran court sentences brother of president Rouhani to five years in prison: report
An Iranian court sentenced the brother of President Hassan Rouhani to five years in prison, a judiciary spokesman was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the semi-official Fars news.
Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA
Iranian courts have sentenced one person to death for spying for the CIA and jailed two others for 10 years for the same crime, as well as imprisoning a fourth person for 10 years for spying for Britain, the judiciary said on Tuesday.
A dozen hand-picked foreigners join China’s parade of soldiers and tanks
Among the 100,000 almost entirely domestic participants in China’s military-led parade on Tuesday was a float bearing a dozen hand-picked foreigners – a token tribute to overseas links at time when many of China’s foreign ties are strained.
