At least 12 people were killed and 309 injured in an attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the country’s aviation authority said. The Iran-backed Houthi movement warned people on Sunday against using Saudi airports, AFP reported.
WorldThe US decision to impose harsher sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) is drawing criticism from Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, who is being awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
World politicsAt least 40 people are reported to have been killed in a drone strike in southeastern Sudan.
WorldThe UN human rights agency OHCHR condemns racist attacks against tennis star Coco Gauff on social media.
SportsAustralia has become the last continent to report its first cases of H5N1 bird flu. The virus is spreading rapidly, and the extreme weather expected this summer could, in the worst-case scenario, create the perfect storm for the mass death of thousands of birds and other animals. “The worst, devastating scenario would be that we lose entire species,” says Darren Grover, a biodiversity expert at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
SwedenThousands of protesters who accused the country’s election authorities of irregularities were detained on Saturday, including Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Indian “Cockroach Party.” The UN is demanding that India immediately release the detained protesters.
World politicsThe decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to human rights defender Navanethem “Navi” Pillay is “shameful” and leaves a permanent stain on Norway, according to US President Donald Trump. The Peace Prize should have gone to the United States, represented by me as president, he says.
World politicsThe United States is facing widespread criticism after announcing new sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). “Sweden regrets the US decision,” Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard wrote on X.
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