Diasporas

A United Arab Emirates court has dismissed South Africa’s request to extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption, but the Gulf state said on Friday the extradition request could be resubmitted, Reuters reported. The Guptas are accused of using their connections with Jacob Zuma, president …

Taiwan’s defense minister said on Monday morning that he detected 11 Chinese warships and 59 planes around the island as Beijing is to hold live-fire drills to end three days of military maneuvers. “The Chinese military continues to conduct military exercises around Taiwan”, the ministry said, adding that fighter jets …

Authorities in the United States are trying to assess the risks of leaking classified documents, which include the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to its national security, the Pentagon said on Sunday. This leak of secret documents, revealed last week by the New York Times, concerns in particular assessments and reports …

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suggested this Thursday in Kiev to cede the Crimean peninsula to Russia, to end the war in Ukraine, believing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “cannot want everything”. “Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot seize the territory of Ukraine. Perhaps Crimea will be discussed. But …

A court in Busan, South Korea, on Wednesday sentenced two employees of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) to nine years in prison each for sexual assault, local media report. Moses Owen Brown and Daniel Tarr had been detained in South Korea since last year for allegedly raping two Korean teenagers, …

More than 150 members of the Catholic clergy are accused of “horrible and repeated” pedophile acts on at least 600 children, from 1940 to 2002 in Maryland, US justice revealed on Wednesday, denouncing the “complicity” of the Church. These archdiocesan priests and staff “carried out repeated horrific acts on the …

A Brazilian woman spent ten hours in a grave before her cries for help enabled workers at the Visconde do Rio Branco cemetery, about 100 kilometers north of Rio de Janeiro, to save her. The 36-year-old woman told police that she was attacked at her home and beaten up by …

Forty-six people are missing and seven others died in southern Ecuador, in a landslide caused by heavy rains overnight from Sunday to Monday, according to an official report. Several dozen houses were buried in the town of Alausi about 300 kilometers south of Quito, in an Andean area hit last …

A bus carrying pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, burst into flames after a collision on a bridge on Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring around 30 others, according to Saudi state television. The accident, which took place in the province of Asir, underlines the constant challenge of the …

One of eight cheetahs flown to India from Namibia in September last year died on Monday, local media reported. Namibia’s environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the cheetah, aged five, died of kidney failure. He said the cheetah, named Sasha, was under medical care for the past three months. “The …