Author: Daniel Hughes
A Chinese language coast guard ship used a robust water cannon on Sunday then rammed and barely broken an anchored Philippine authorities vessel off an island inhabited by Filipinos within the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine coast guard stated.
Kosovo is holding municipal elections on Sunday, with the governing left-wing Self-Dedication Motion, or Vetevendosje!, looking for to seize the capital’s metropolis corridor amid lingering political tensions and strained relations with Serbia.
British police have arrested two males on suspicion of homicide after the previous Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to demise at a jail in northern England, the place he was serving a 29-year sentence for youngster intercourse offenses.
Preparations had been underway Sunday to ramp up support getting into the war-battered Gaza Strip beneath a brand new ceasefire deal that many are hoping will sign an finish to the devastating 2-year-long warfare.
Cameroon voted in an election Sunday that might see Africa’s oldest chief prolong his rule by one other seven years.
Afghanistan stated Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani troopers in in a single day border operations, in response to what it known as repeated violations of its territory and airspace. Pakistan’s military gave far decrease casualty figures, saying 23 troops have been killed.
The lady lengthy blamed for her function within the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a contemporary makeover.
Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy grid in a single day into Sunday, a part of an ongoing marketing campaign to cripple Ukrainian power infrastructure earlier than winter, and expressed “excessive concern” over the U.S. probably offering Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
The Trump administration on Sunday denounced China’s restrictions on underground church buildings and the current detention of dozens of leaders of the unregistered Beijing Zion Church, together with distinguished pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin.
Elvis Nghobo tried to get into 4 totally different skilled faculties in Cameroon however couldn’t make it. Pissed off, the 34-year-old turned to promoting meals at a market in Yaounde, the nation’s seat of energy. Nghobo blames his woes on what he calls a corrupt schooling system which favors kids of the elites. Because the central African nation prepares for Sunday’s presidential election, he stated he wouldn’t be heading out to vote. He referred to as the outcomes a foregone conclusion for 92-year-old Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, who has dominated for Nghobo’s whole life. “He’s already too outdated to control,…