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Category: 3. World

  • Money, power, violence in high-stakes Philippine elections

    Money, power, violence in high-stakes Philippine elections

    MANILA: Philippines election hopefuls like mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa have to ask themselves whether the job is worth taking a bullet.
    The country’s elections commission, Comelec, recorded 46 acts of political violence between January 12 and April 11, including the shooting of Espinosa.
    At a rally this month, someone from the crowd fired a bullet that went through his chest and exited his arm, leaving him bleeding but alive.
    Others have been less lucky.

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  • Afghan FM tells Pakistan’s top diplomat deportations are ‘disappointment’

    Afghan FM tells Pakistan’s top diplomat deportations are ‘disappointment’

    KABUL: Afghanistan’s foreign minister expressed “deep concern and disappointment” to his Pakistani counterpart on Saturday over the forced deportation of tens of thousands of Afghans since the start of April.
    Pakistan has launched a strict campaign to evict by the end of the month more than 800,000 Afghans who have had their residence permits canceled, including some who were born in Pakistan or lived there for decades.

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  • Despite small diaspora share, Gulf-based Indians send home 40% of remittances

    Despite small diaspora share, Gulf-based Indians send home 40% of remittances

    New Delhi: Despite making up only about one-quarter of India’s overseas population, Indian nationals in Gulf states send almost 40 percent of the country’s bank remittances, the latest data shows.

    India’s diaspora is one of the largest, accounting for 35.4 million people, based on last month’s estimates submitted to parliament by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita.

    Members of the diaspora are a key source of India’s foreign currency inflows and, in the…

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  • Russia says it has retaken another village in the Kursk region from Ukrainian forces

    Russia says it has retaken another village in the Kursk region from Ukrainian forces


    New Delhi: Despite making up only about one-quarter of India’s overseas population, Indian nationals in Gulf states send almost 40 percent of the country’s bank remittances, the latest data shows.


    India’s diaspora is one of the largest, accounting for 35.4 million people, based on last month’s estimates submitted to parliament by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita.


    Members of the diaspora are a key source of India’s foreign…

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  • Angola to end mediation role in DR Congo conflict

    Angola to end mediation role in DR Congo conflict


    JAKARTA: Indonesian students staged nationwide protests on Monday against a contentious revision to the military law that activists say threatens the nation’s young democracy.


    Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at regional government offices in various Indonesian cities, including Batam, Kupang, Lampung and Sukabumi, as well as the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya. A smaller group also turned up in front of the parliament building in Jakarta.


    With…

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  • White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic

    White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic


    ADDIS ABABA: Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing them said on Monday.


    The Tigray region, bordering Eritrea, endured a war between 2020 and 2022 that claimed up to 600,000 lives, according to some estimates.


    The conflict pitted Tigray People’s…

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  • Ethiopian, Eritrean officials accused of war crimes

    Ethiopian, Eritrean officials accused of war crimes


    LUANDA: Angola will step down from its position as a mediator between parties involved in an escalating Rwanda-backed rebel offensive in eastern Congo, the presidency said on Monday, with another African state set to lead efforts to get peace talks back on track.


    The ethnic Tutsi-led M23 escalated their long-standing rebellion this year, seizing east Congo’s two biggest cities since January and encroaching into territory rich in minerals such as gold and…

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  • Mozambique leader meets opposition chief to reset relations

    Mozambique leader meets opposition chief to reset relations

    MAPUTO: Mozambican President Daniel Chapo met main opposition figure Venancio Mondlane for talks to ease tension following months of violent clashes between protesters and security forces, the president’s office said late on Sunday.

    Political turmoil has gripped the nation since October’s disputed general election.

    The election, which several international observer missions said was tainted by irregularities, was followed by more than two months of demonstrations and blockades,…

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  • Humanitarian aid cuts could cause more children to die: UN

    Humanitarian aid cuts could cause more children to die: UN


    ADDIS ABABA: Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing them said on Monday.


    The Tigray region, bordering Eritrea, endured a war between 2020 and 2022 that claimed up to 600,000 lives, according to some estimates.


    The conflict pitted Tigray People’s…

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  • Trump’s portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’

    Trump’s portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’


    ADDIS ABABA: Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing them said on Monday.


    The Tigray region, bordering Eritrea, endured a war between 2020 and 2022 that claimed up to 600,000 lives, according to some estimates.


    The conflict pitted Tigray People’s…

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    News Source: www.arabnews.com