Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Firefighters tackle a blaze in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv following an overnight drone attack. Officials say the strike killed one person and destroyed three warehouses.
Si Thep (Thailand) (AFP) – The ancient city of Si Thep, dating back to between 1,500 to 1,700 years ago, has been inscribed in UNESCO’s cultural world heritage list — Thailand’s first addition since 1992. But the looting of the city’s artefacts has hindered the efforts of archaeologists to unravel the full historical site.
Geneva (AFP) – War crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Ethiopia despite the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities 10 months ago, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia warns. “This was as bad as it gets, it was extreme. It included gang rape, it included cruelty of the worst kind, but I must admit that the worst of this was perpetrated by Eritrean forces in Tigray. Though, of course, the Ethiopian forces were also responsible,” says Radhika Coomaraswamy, a member of International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia.
Geneva (AFP) – War crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Ethiopia despite the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities 10 months ago, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia warns. “This was as bad as it gets, it was extreme. It included gang rape, it included cruelty of the worst kind, but I must admit that the worst of this was perpetrated by Eritrean forces in Tigray. Though, of course, the Ethiopian forces were also responsible,” says Radhika Coomaraswamy, a member of International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia.
Ottawa (AFP) – Canada is probing “credible allegations” that Indian agents may have had a role in the slaying of an exiled Sikh leader in June near Vancouver, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. Trudeau tells an emergency session of the parliamentary opposition that his government is “actively pursuing” evidence of a link between India and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen.
Staten Island (United States) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at Staten Island University Hospital in New York, to honor Ukrainian soldiers and talk to doctors, ahead of the UN General Assembly.
Huancavelica (Peru) (AFP) – At least 24 people have been killed and 35 injured, when a bus careened off the edge of a rural mountain road in southeastern Peru. The accident occurred before dawn, when a bus traveling between two Andean towns overturned and fell into a 200-meter-deep ravine in the region of Huancavelica. IMAGES OF OVERTURNED BUS
New York (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that he spoke to five US citizens freed from Iran after they landed in Qatar in a swap. “Five of the seven, of course, had been unjustly detained, imprisoned in Iran, some for years, two others had been prevented from leaving Iran,” Blinken tells reporters in New York.
Poissy (France) (AFP) – The Champions League is “not an obsession” for PSG, says club captain Marquinhos. Speaking on the eve of the club’s first game of the tournament against Dortmund, the Brazilian describes Group F — containing Newcastle and AC Milan — as “very tough.”
Derna (Libya) (AFP) – A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, search and rescue for bodies and any survivors continue. The massive flood burst two upstream river dams in Derna. Questions are being asked about whether the disaster could not have been prevented, as cracks in the dams have been reported since 1998.
