Venezuela, Iran and six other countries have lost their voting rights in the United Nations because they are in arrears with their contributions.
With immediate effect, Sudan, the island state of Antigua and Barbuda, the Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu have also lost their voting rights in the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary General António Guterres informed the body in a letter on Wednesday.
The former head of the Kazakhstan intelligence agency has been detained on suspicion of high treason, this body said on Saturday, after being dismissed amid recent violent protests.
According to the Interior Ministry, 26 demonstrators were killed during the protests against the government in Kazakhstan.
In addition, there were more than 3,000 arrests, reported the state broadcaster Khabar 24, citing the ministry. The authority therefore spoke of "armed criminals". Another 18 demonstrators were injured.
North Korea claims that it has successfully tested a hyper-sonic missile. The academy for defense science shot down a rocket and precisely hit a predetermined target 700 kilometres away, the state media reported.
The news agency KCNA reported that the test had confirmed the functionality of the flight controls and the "stability of the rocket in the active flight phase". In addition, the "fuel ampoule system under winter conditions" had been successfully tested.
North Korea launched a test projectile into the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea in both Koreas) that the South Korean military considers to be a ballistic missile.
The southern Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) initially reported that the North launched an "unidentified projectile" and minutes later sent a statement stating that "North Korea launched a projectile believed to be a ballistic missile from within of the country in the direction of the East Sea at 23.10 GMT on Tuesday".
In Afghanistan, more than 100 former security forces have been killed since the Taliban came to power in August. This emerges from a new report by the United Nations (UN). In most cases, the acts were perpetrated by the radical Islamic group, said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif.
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.
Research by South African scientists has shown that the data suggest that this new type of corona may be somewhat invasive against the body's immune system against the disease.
In fact, researchers have seen an increase in the number of people in South Africa who have been infected with Covid-19 for the second time or more.
For weeks, the news situation on the Polish-Belarusian border was the same: Thousands of people were stuck in catastrophic humanitarian conditions between the two countries, lured by the false promise of the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko to get safe conduct into the EU. In the past week something suddenly seemed to move: The EU decided on further sanctions against the regime in Minsk, at the same time Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Lukashenko on the phone. Suddenly he agreed to provide overnight accommodation and buses to bring people back inland from the forests in the border area.
On the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the worst fighting has broken out since the 44-day war last year. Armenia announced the deaths of more than a dozen soldiers on Tuesday and asked ally Russia to help defend the country. Both sides blamed each other for the escalation. Russia called on the conflicting parties to exercise restraint.
In the evening, the Armenian Ministry of Defense announced that it had declared a ceasefire in the border area following Russian mediation. According to the Russian Presidential Office, President Vladimir Putin had previously spoken to the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about the conflict.
According to the ruler Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus is trying to return migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border to their home countries. "Active work is being done to convince people to please return home. But nobody wants to return," said Lukashenko, according to the state news agency Belta. Belarus also wants "no border conflict" with Poland. This is "absolutely harmful to us," Belta quoted the Belarusian ruler as saying. The refugee crisis should not develop into a conflict.
Dawn newspaper's report was announced after EU pressure by the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority, according to which he had refused to bring the citizens of Minsk, capital of Belarus from the Middle East.
The case began when thousands of EU asylum seekers entered Poland, Lithuania and Latvia over the summer, many still trying to enter or being deported.
In the midst of the confusing situation surrounding thousands of stranded migrants, Belarusian and Russian soldiers are holding an exercise near the Belarus- Poland border . The Ministry of Defense in Minsk justified the maneuver on Telegram with an "increase in military activity" at the border. A "joint tactical battalion group" with paratroopers from both countries is holding the exercise in the Grodno region in western Belarus, it said.
Russia has dispatched two nuclear weapons-grade warplanes on a training mission over Belarus. Observers see this as a signal of Russian support for its ally in the dispute over the tense situation on the Polish border.
The Ministry of Defense in Minsk announced that two strategic Tu-160 fighter planes had carried out a series of test flights on the Ruschanski military site, including bombing. As part of the joint exercise, Belarusian fighter jets simulated an interception maneuver.
Daily flee currently around 4,000 to 5,000 Afghans from the Taliban, according to an aid organization in Iran. "Thousands of exhausted women, children and men cross the border from Afghanistan into Iran every day in search of safety," said the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Jan Egeland, during a visit to Iran. One cannot expect Iran to take in so many Afghans if the international community gives so little support.
The UN Security Council has called for an end to the violence in the crisis country Ethiopia. The UN body demanded that the conflicting parties "negotiate a permanent ceasefire and create the conditions for the start of an inclusive Ethiopian national dialogue".
The 15 members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the escalating violence and the humanitarian situation in the country. "Hate speech and incitement to violence and division" must be avoided.
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."
In Sudan, after the military coup almost a week ago, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the new rulers. They are calling for the restoration of the civilian-led government and a return to the "path of democracy". As in the previous days , gunmen shot at the demonstrators. According to the National Medical Committee, at least two people were killed in the city of Omdurman.
In Sudan , the military let the kidnapped Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok return home after the government coup. His wife is now back in the couple's house in the capital Khartoum , Hamdok's office confirmed according to the army.
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However, the ex-head of government is "under strict surveillance" at home, the statement said. It is unclear whether the disempowered head of government is under house arrest or can move freely. Hamdok's office said other former government officials as well as civil society leaders were still in "detention in unknown locations".
The human rights commissioner's office carried out the determination of the number of civilian victims in Syria on behalf of the UN Human Rights Council. When presenting the results to the panel, Bachelet emphasized that the data collection only included cases in which the full name of the person killed, the date of death and the governorate concerned were known.
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According to the information, 26,727 women and 27,126 children are among the 350,209 documented fatalities. Most people died in Aleppo (51,731), followed by the greater Damascus area with 47,483 and the city of Homs with 40,986 deaths.
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