In Myanmar, the judiciary has brought five further charges of alleged corruption against Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a military coup. This was reported by several media, citing sources familiar with the court case.
Overall, the 76-year-old is now confronted with eleven charges. Ten of these involve violations of an anti-corruption law. According to the information, she faces up to 160 years in prison.
Myanmar's disempowered Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison by a court.
The 76-year-old was found guilty in two cases of illegal import and possession of walkie-talkies and in one case of violating corona regulations, according to a judicial officer. In connection with the radio equipment, she is said to have disregarded telecommunications and import-export laws.
According to the international news agency, Russia is continuing to intervene in Ukraine through a separatist armed group, on which Russia is also facing international pressure.
Ukraine's military has accused Russian-backed militants of attacking patrols and killing one.
The North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un focused on the precarious domestic supply situation and the corona pandemic in his New Year's declaration.
Kim presented "the achievement of an epochal step in the solution of problems related to the daily needs of the people" as "an important task," reported the state news agency KCNA. "Emergency measures" to combat the pandemic would also have "top national priority".
The remains of more than 30 people have been found in eastern Myanmar , according to reports from human rights groups. The people, including the elderly, women and children, are said to have been killed and then burned.
According to the human rights group Karenni Human Rights, the victims are civilians who tried to flee their villages in Kayah state because of fighting. The Karenni are an ethnic group in the multi-ethnic state of Myanmar.
According to NATO knowledge, Russia is continuing its troop movements on the border with Ukraine. There are no signs that the military build-up will stop or slow down, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the sidelines of a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj in Brussels. "The opposite is the case, it goes on."
Stoltenberg called the Russian approach unjustified, provocative and destabilizing. They call for a return to diplomacy and de-escalation. NATO is ready to talk to Russia. Any further Russian aggression against Ukraine will have serious consequences and a high price, said Stoltenberg.
Great Britain, together with the USA and Canada, has launched new sanctions against the military leadership in Myanmar. The government imposed travel bans on leading representatives of the military regime and arranged for the assets of the persons concerned to be frozen, according to the British Foreign Office.
It is responding to the most serious human rights violations, including the persecution and killing of civilians for their religious beliefs, it said.
In Myanmar , government troops are said to have raided a village in the north-west of the country and burned 11 people alive. United Nations spokesman Stéphane Dujarric expressed deep concern about the reports and condemned the violence. "Credible reports suggest that five children were among those killed," said the UN spokesman. Dujarric reminded the Myanmar military authorities of their obligations under international law to ensure the safety and protection of civilians and called for those responsible for "this heinous act" to be held accountable.
Hundreds of people stood in long queues in which patients waited for their turn to vote at the more than 1,500 polling stations set up in the small West African country from 08:00 LT to 17:00 LT.
US President Joe Biden has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against engaging in military action in Ukraine. In the face of a large deployment of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine, there were fears that Russia might attack the neighboring country. Biden is planning extensive initiatives to "make it very, very difficult" for Putin to invade Ukraine, he told journalists in the White House.
The US journalist Danny Fenster, who has been detained in Myanmar for five and a half months , has been released unexpectedly. He was released from custody after a "private humanitarian visit" by former US diplomat Bill Richardson in the crisis country and personal negotiations with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, it said in a statement. Fenster had only been sentenced to eleven years in prison a few days ago.
America is concerned about continued pressure from China on Taiwan. US President Joe Biden will soon meet Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually.
Shortly before a video summit between President Joe Biden and China's head of state Xi Jinping, the US issued a warning to Beijing about the growing pressure on Taiwan. In an interview with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Antony Blinken "expressed his concern about the continuing military, diplomatic and economic pressure exerted by the People's Republic of China on Taiwan," the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday (local time).
Blinken and Wang spoke on Friday in preparation for the video summit on Monday, according to the State Department. The US representative demanded that Beijing take part in a constructive dialogue in order to resolve the Taiwan issue "peacefully and in a manner that is consistent with the wishes and interests of the people of Taiwan."
A court in Burma (Myanmar) sentenced American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison on Friday for various crimes, including violating a law that punishes anyone who tries to delegitimize the military junta.
According to the Frontier news portal, for which Fenster worked, the journalist has been sentenced to three years for violating said law, another three for illegal association and five years for breaking immigration law.
Sudan's military leadership has ordered the release of four ministers arrested during the coup a week and a half ago. The "supreme commander of the armed forces", General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had the release of the ministers for telecommunications, trade, information as well as youth and sport, reported the state television.
Shortly before the announcement of the order, UN Secretary General António Guterres made a personal phone call to Burhan to make it possible for Sudan to return to democratic transition. According to a UN statement, Guterres called on the general to "make every effort" to resolve the political crisis in Sudan and to restore constitutional order and the transition process."
Monday, October 25th, early morning in Khartoum. Nobody is surprised when the soldiers arrive. Least of all the prime minister, whom the generals have been threatening for days. Armed men kidnap Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdalla to an undisclosed location. Military vehicles hit the streets, blocking bridges over the Nile. State television plays patriotic songs on a loop, ministers are arrested. In the afternoon, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, appears in front of the cameras, declares the state of emergency and the interim government under Hamdok's leadership as dissolved. According to Burhan, the military had to act "to ensure the security of the country". It's a coup, even if Burhan doesn't want to call it that.
Sudan's army, it seems, on October 25th, embarked on the "Egyptian route" and laid the grave lid on democratization . Burhan and Egypt's president and ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi are close friends. The last thing Al-Sissi wants in his "backyard" is a democratic Sudan. Both also enjoy the support of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Free elections, protection of civil rights and transparent governance do not appear in their worldview either.
General Burhan, however, has a problem: Sudan's protest movement is bigger, more closed and more organized than the Egyptian ever was.
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