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US, EU, UK impose new sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown
The West stepped up pressure on Iran to crack down on protests on Monday as the United States, European Union and Britain imposed new sanctions on Tehran. The actions reflect a deterioration in already tense relations between the West and Tehran in recent months, and come as Iran responds to unrest following the September death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in morality police custody. The latest response to a deadly crackdown.
Ukraine promises sweeping personnel changes as allies vie for tanks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said there were personnel changes at the top as well as at the grassroots level, a move that follows the most high-profile graft allegations since the Russian invasion nearly a year ago. Ukraine has a long history of corruption and unstable governance.
Judge unexpectedly revives frozen Beirut blast probe
A judge overseeing the 2020 Beirut port bombing unexpectedly revived the probe and charged the top security official after his investigation was frozen for more than a year amid political resistance, three judicial officials said on Monday. Judge Tarek Bitar’s efforts to try senior officials over the bombing that killed 220 people and devastated Beirut have been hampered by factions including the heavily armed Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Analysis – Lula fights Brazil military’s pro-Bolsonaro lean with carrots and sticks
Following violent unrest in the capital this month, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has taken a carrot-and-stick approach to assert authority over Brazil’s armed forces and rein in sympathy for his predecessor in military camps. On Saturday, Lula fired the army commander for not following government orders to dismantle tent cities of Bolsonaro supporters, a government source said. Cry out for a military coup and storm government buildings.
Erdogan to Sweden: Don’t expect Turkey to back NATO bid after Stockholm protests
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden should not expect Turkey to support its NATO membership after weekend protests near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, including the burning of copies of the Koran. Protests in Stockholm on Saturday over the accession of Turkey and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) increased tensions with Turkey, whose support requires Sweden to join the military alliance.
Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy for first time since 2017
The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for North Korean human rights to fill a post that has been vacant since 2017 amid debate over how human rights issues fit into efforts to combat Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. President Joe Biden nominated Julie Turner, the longtime diplomat and current director of the East Asia and Pacific Office in the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the White House said in a statement.
WHO urges ‘immediate action’ after cough syrup death
The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from tainted medicines following a spate of child deaths last year linked to cough syrup. In Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan, more than 300 children, mainly under the age of five, will die in 2022 from acute kidney injury linked to contaminated drugs, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Monday.
UN aid chief confronts Taliban on women’s rights in Afghan capital
A statement from Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said the UN aid chief visited Kabul on Monday and raised concerns about women’s education and cooperation with the Taliban government’s acting foreign minister. The Taliban-led government last month ordered non-government organizations not to allow most of their female employees to work, prompting many aid agencies to partially suspend operations amid the humanitarian crisis unfolding during a harsh winter.
Russian tycoon tells Kremlin: Tolerate, don’t punish dissident remote workers
One of Russia’s wealthiest tycoons on Monday called on authorities to tolerate rather than punish the hundreds of thousands of workers who have fled abroad as a result of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, saying the country needs their brainpower. “People who work for our economy from abroad — remotely or otherwise — should not be punished,” Vladimir Potanin, a billionaire metals executive, told the online RBC news portal. He called for an end to talk of punishment against them, which he called “incitement”.
Pakistan begins restoring power after second major grid failure in as many months
The Pakistani government began restoring power to millions of people on Monday after a grid failure triggered the worst blackout in months and highlighted weak infrastructure in the debt-ridden country. An investigation has been launched into the outage, which began around 7:00 am local time (0200 GMT) and has lasted more than 12 hours so far during the peak winter season.
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