The five remaining members of the Australian “Bali Nine” drug ring say they are “relieved and happy” over their return home after 19 years in jail in Indonesia.The men — the last behind bars among nine Australian smugglers who were jailed in Indonesia in 2005 — flew into Darwin on Sunday under a secretive deal …
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Three years ago, Andrea Vanek was studying to be an arts and crafts teacher when spells of dizziness and heart palpitations suddenly started to make it impossible for her to even take short walks.After seeing a succession of doctors she was diagnosed with long Covid and even now spends most of her days in the …
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North Korean state media on Monday decried the South’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as a “ringleader of rebellion”, its first reaction to his removal from office over a short-lived martial law decree.Pyongyang has been relatively tight-lipped over South Korea’s political turmoil, which culminated Saturday in the country’s parliament voting to impeach him over “insurrection”.Yoon …
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Foreign countries stepped up efforts Sunday to establish contacts with Syria’s interim rulers, a week after Islamist-led rebels sent president Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Moscow, ending decades of brutal rule.The United Nations special envoy for Syria was among those arriving in the Syrian capital, where he pressed for “justice and accountability for crimes”.”And we need …
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Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory on Sunday killed at least 40 people, including several children, an Al Jazeera TV cameraman and three rescuers.Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said its cameraman Ahmed al-Louh was killed “in an Israeli bombardment” that targeted Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.Civil defence …
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Gaza’s civil defence agency reported Sunday that Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory had killed at least 22 people, including an Al Jazeera TV cameraman and three rescuers.Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said its cameraman Ahmed al-Louh was killed “in an Israeli bombardment” that targeted Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal …
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West African leaders from the regional group ECOWAS on Sunday gave three countries led by military governments six months to reconsider their decision to quit the bloc.The decision from the Economic Community of West African States came after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger reaffirmed as “irreversible” their decision to quit the group, which they condemned …
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The Syrian military intelligence officers who detained Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed told him to forget his name and who he was.They took away his papers, he said, and told him: “Now you’re number 3006.”For five and a half months Mohammed languished in one of president Bashar al-Assad’s jails, losing 40 kilograms (88 pounds), all the while …
West African leaders from the regional group ECOWAS met on Sunday for a summit with three nation members led by military governments on the brink of quitting the bloc.Before the Economic Community of West African States meeting, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger reaffirmed as “irreversible” their decision a year ago to quit the group, which …
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A week after a lightning rebel offensive toppled longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations special envoy for Syria on Sunday called for justice to prevail, not revenge.Syrians are only now beginning to scratch the surface of the atrocities committed, after the former despot fled the country for Russia.”We need to see of course justice …
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