N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): More than 620 people, including dozens of minors, have been arrested in Chad after anti-regime protests that left at least 50 dead. The arrest figure is far higher than previously stated officially. N’Djamena prosecutor Moussa Wade Djibrine told reporters 621 people had been arrested and sent to Koro Toro hig...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s new legislative assembly has held its inaugural session over a month after the year’s second coup in the country. The military junta led by Capt. Ibrahim Traore, who seized power from Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on September 30, has appointed 71 members to the assembly from political parties, [&hell...
Paris, France (AFP): Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in an updated toll Saturday. The Islamic republic has been gripped by protests that erupted over the death of Amini on September 16, three days after her […...
BERLIN (AA) – Lithuania has said the next round of European Union sanctions on Iran will focus on Tehran’s support for the Russian war in Ukraine and the ongoing crackdown on protesters. “On Monday, we will be suggesting additional listings that would be added to the Iranian sanctions list. From the European side, I think […...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party resumed its anti-government march toward the capital Islamabad on Thursday, which had been halted following an assassination attempt on him last week. The march resumed from the point where Khan was attacked in the Wazirabad district of northeastern Punjab...
Libreville, Gabon (AFP): The leaders of Chad’s two main opposition groups have said that they are in hiding over fears for their safety, following a violent crackdown on demonstrations last month. Succes Masra, head of the Transformers party, told AFP he was in “another country” because he was wanted by the “presidentia...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two Bangladeshi citizens were gunned down on Wednesday allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the northern Bangladesh border, officials said. Both the men, aged between 28 and 30, were shot dead in the border district Lalmonirhat as they, along with a group of cattle smugglers, allegedly tried to [&h...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has designated UK-based Persian-language news network Iran International as a “terrorist organization” and warned Britain that it will “pay for its anti-Iran actions.” In an interview aired Tuesday night, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib decried the UK, the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia for the...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan said his anti-government march on the capital Islamabad will be resumed on Tuesday from the same point where he was attacked and wounded on Thursday. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Khan said the march will take another “10 to 14” days to reach the ...
Karachi, Pakistan (AFP): The assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan and his accusation it was a plot involving a senior intelligence officer have pushed Pakistan into a “dangerous phase”, analysts say. Khan escaped with bullet wounds to his legs from an assassination attempt Thursday as he led supporters on a hig...
