Another pro-Palestinian protest at the Vuelta a España cycling race caused a rider to crash on Sunday. Approximately 55 kilometres before the finish of the 15th stage in Monforte de Lemos, a man carrying a Palestinian flag jumped out of the bushes. Although the protester fell just before reaching the road, he startled the passing breakaway group, causing Spanish rider Javier Romo to crash. Another rider then fell over the Movistar cyclist. The three-week long Vuelta across Spain has been disrupted almost daily by numerous protest actions. The demonstrations are primarily directed against the I...
Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has promised "to lead Guyana into a future of shared prosperity," after he secured another five-year term in the flourishing, oil-rich country's elections. "Every community counts, every citizen matters and every dream deserves a chance to flourish," Ali, who has been governing the South American nation since 2020, said after the official results were published on Saturday. "Together we'll transform this country of ours into the land of shared prosperity that it is destined to be," Ali said in a video message posted on Facebook. Ali's People's Progressive ...
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that Palestinian prisoners need to be supplied with sufficient food, ordering an end to the food reduction policy implemented by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, local media reported on Sunday. The court accepted a petition brought by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), which had previously reported that conditions for Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisoners have significantly deteriorated since the October 7, 2023 attacks and the subsequent conflict in Gaza. According to the group, many of the Palestinian prisoners, which reportedly ...
At least four people were killed and dozens were injured after a building collapsed Sunday morning in Indonesia's West Java province, according to local media. National broadcaster TV One cited the owner of the newly-built community hall as saying that the death toll had risen, after the local disaster management agency had confirmed three deaths. Hundreds of women, many of whom had brought their children along, had gathered for a Koran recital at the two-storey hall located in an Islamic boarding school in Sukamakmur village, Bogor district, when the accident occurred. Bogor district head Rud...