The US says “serious negotiations” are about now taking place on a new Gaza truce and the release of more Israeli hostages But prospects remain uncertain after Hamas’s leader reportedly rejected the prospect of a temporary pause during talks in Cairo on Wednesday Meanwhile, Israeli forces say they’ve uncovered a network of tunnels in the…
An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who was in prison for almost half a century for a 1974 murder, the longest wrongful sentence to be served in the US. Glynn Simmons, 70, was freed in July when a judge ordered a new trial. But a county district attorney said on Monday there was not…
Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause. The court ruled that Mr Trump was not an eligible candidate because he had engaged in an insurrection over the US Capitol riot nearly three years ago. It does not stop Mr Trump…
A former doctor in Rwanda has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide in the east African country. Sosthene Munyemana was found guilty of crimes including genocide and crimes against humanity. He was accused of organising torture and killings in the genocide, in which 800,000 people…
The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Wednesday to discuss calls for “urgent humanitarian pauses” in Gaza A draft resolution by the United Arab Emirates also calls for the return of hostages and a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians Reacting, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said anyone who thinks Israel…
Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has authorized priests to bless same-sex couples. The move is seen as a significant victory for pro- gayers in the Catholic church The leader of the Roman Catholic Church said priests should be permitted to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples, under certain circumstances. But the Vatican said blessings…
A former adviser to pope Francis Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes. Becciu, 75, was the most senior Vatican official ever to face such charges and once seen as a papal contender himself. The trial centred on a London property deal that ended in huge losses…
The head of Turkey’s central bank said she has been priced out of Istanbul’s property market by rampant inflation, leaving no choice for the former finance executive but to move back in with her parents. “We haven’t found a home in Istanbul. It’s terribly expensive. We’ve moved in with my parents,” 44-year-old Hafize Gaye Erkan,…
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday at age 86, the royal court said, after three years in power marked by repeated political disputes. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn… the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait,” said a statement aired on state television….
Four healthcare workers have been jailed after they were caught on camera abusing an elderly patient. BBC reported on Thursday. Ame Tunkara and Morountaro Adefila were found guilty of ill-treatment and wilful neglect and sentenced on December 8 to four months in prison, Danny Ohen and Bridget Aideyan were also found guilty of the same…
