The UN Special Envoy for Yemen on Thursday welcomed recent steps to bolster stability and improve living conditions, but told the Security Council that only a renewed political process can end the country’s long-running conflict. Hans Grundberg also warned that rising regional tensions risk dragging Yemen back into broader confrontation. “I ask this Council to…
Jailed then exiled in London, Rahman returns home as the main contender to be next prime minister of Bangladesh Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Redwan Ahmed in Dhaka Tarique Rahman, who after 17 years in exile is the main contender to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh, has pledged to end entrenched corruption and put the country on a “new…
Only two survivors rescued after boat overturned off Libyan coast, UN migration agency says Agence France-Presse in Geneva Fifty-three people are dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, the UN migration agency said on Monday. Only two survivors were rescued. The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned…
The country’s first female PM is the object of a personality cult revolving around everything from her outfits and snacks to her favourite pink pen Justin McCurryin Tokyo Just eight months ago, Japan’s ruling party appeared to have reached the edge of the electoral abyss. It had lost a parliamentary majority for the second time in 15…
Taiwanese president says ties with Washington ‘rock solid’, hours after leaders of US and China share first call since November Guardian staff and agencies In their first call since November, Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned US president Donald Trump to be “prudent” about supplying arms to Taiwan, according to a readout of their call provided by…
In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos. Whether moving independently or embedded with troops, Guardian reporters witnessed the violence on the ground By Ian Mayes The allied attack on Iraq began on 20 March 2003. The Guardian’s 4am edition on Friday 21 March carried the headline:…
Five years after Myanmar’s military seized power and jailed the country’s elected leaders, the United Nations says the country’s crisis has only deepened, marked by escalating violence, mass displacement and a military-controlled election that UN officials warn has further entrenched repression rather than restored civilian rule. The people of Myanmar continue to suffer amid “widespread…
Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones Reuters More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, a spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the…
Alice Fowle for MetDesk Millions told to stay home in US and more than a million are left without power, while Australia faces record heatwave Cold weather across a vast swathe of the eastern US has been the likely cause of at least 49 deaths in the past week. At one point, about 213 million…
Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar industry Guardian staff and agencies China on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including “key members” involved in scam operations, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The centres are…