Some 23,000 staff of an opposition-held municipality in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city, hit the streets for a seventh day Wednesday in a massive strike demanding higher wages. The strike, which was called by the Confederation of Progressive Workers' Unions (DISK), is seeking the elimination of wage differences between municipal staff from other unions.
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Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead. Given the number of people still missing nearly a week later, the toll from a single morning of flooding in Mokwa could be worse than all of 2024 combined, which saw 321 deaths from flooding across the country.
Ivory Coast's upcoming presidential election faces controversy as four prominent opposition figures, including Tidjane Thiam and ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, are excluded from the final electoral list. Thiam's nationality is under question, while Gbagbo and others are barred due to past convictions. The electoral commission insists on respecting court decisions, while the opposition alleges a lack of democracy. With 8.
The Islamic State (IS) claimed its first attack against Syria's new government forces since Bashar al-Assad's ousting, planting an explosive device targeting a military vehicle in Sweida province. This incident, confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, marks a shift from IS's primary focus on Kurdish-led forces.
The Dutch government has set aside 5.7 million euros for a likely payout following the brazen theft of an ancient Romanian pure-gold helmet from a museum in the Netherlands. In this case, the state had guaranteed insurers that it would cover 5.7 million euros ($6.5 million) if the works were stolen.
President Zelenskyy affirmed Ukraine's successful drone attack on Russia, warning of continued strikes unless Moscow ceases its offensive. Speaking after US-brokered peace talks in Istanbul, he highlighted the drone strike as a strategic operation. Both sides agreed to exchange wounded prisoners and discussed a potential meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin, while Russia rejected Ukraine's ceasefire proposal.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has condemned India's decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, calling it a "weaponisation of water." Addressing an international conference in Dushanbe, Sharif warned that Pakistan would not permit India to endanger millions of lives for political purposes by violating the treaty.
Egypt has denied that a controversial court ruling over Sinai's Saint Catherine monastery threatens the UNESCO world heritage landmark, after Greek and church authorities warned of the sacred site's status. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's office defended the ruling Thursday, saying it "consolidates" the site's "unique and sacred religious status", after the head of the Greek Orthodox church in Greece denounced it.
China hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for drawing a connection between the Ukraine conflict and the fate of Taiwan, saying the two issues are "different in nature, and not comparable at all". "Comparing the Taiwan question with the Ukraine issue is unacceptable," China's embassy in Singapore said on social media, a day after Macron warned Asian defence officials in Singapore not to view Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a far-away problem.
Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung's ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the cusp of South Korea's presidency. South Korea has experienced a leadership vacuum since lawmakers suspended Yoon for deploying armed troops to parliament in his failed attempt to suspend civilian rule.