At Least 16 killed in Nepal Protest Over Social Media Ban
Police used rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannon and batons when the demonstrators pushed through barbed wire and tried to storm into a restricted area near parliament.
Police used rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannon and batons when the demonstrators pushed through barbed wire and tried to storm into a restricted area near parliament.
Around 40,500 children have suffered “new war-related injuries” in the nearly two years since the war erupted, with more than half of them left disabled, said the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Komnas HAM also reported that more than 900 people were injured and thousands detained, although most of them have since been released.
A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan on Monday, after a strong earthquake collapsed homes onto sleeping families in…
Waandamanaji, wakiwemo madereva wa ojek waliovaa jaketi zao za kijani, walikusanyika nje ya makao makuu ya polisi wakipiga kelele za “Muuaji! Muuaji!” huku wakirusha fataki na mawe. Polisi walijibu kwa kurusha mabomu ya machozi na kutumia magari ya maji kuwatawanya.
Police fired teargas in an attempt to disperse protesters, mostly motorcycle taxi drivers known locally as “ojeks”.
According to media watchdogs, around 200 journalists have been killed in nearly two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
Takriban watu nusu milioni wanakabiliwa na hali ya “njaa, ufukara na kifo,” huku zaidi ya milioni moja wakiwa katika hatari ya dharura ya chakula.
UN agencies have for months been warning of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has worsened as Israel steps up its offensive against Hamas.
Police said the officers had been on routine patrol when they came under fire. Iranian media published an image of a bullet-riddled police pickup with bodies lying on the ground nearby.