ADDIS ABABA, June 19 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights commission said in a statement late on Saturday that a video circulating on social media showed government security forces carrying out at least 30 extrajudicial killings in December 2021.
The video, widely shared since Friday, showed a group of men wearing army combat fatigues forcing men off trucks parked on a rural roadside and shooting them.
JERUSALEM, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday warned Iran against "attempts to orchestrate attacks against Israelis overseas," threatening that Israel will exact a price for attempts to harm its citizens.
Making the remarks at the weekly cabinet meeting, Bennett said "we are currently witnessing Iranian attempts to attack Israelis in various overseas locations," adding that "Iran's plans focus on Turkey" while Israeli security services "are working to thwart attempted attacks before they are launched."
NICOSIA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus, an island country in the eastern Mediterranean, on Sunday re-established a regular sea-link with the outside world for the first time after 21 years.
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades attended a ceremony at the port of Limassol to mark the launching of a ferry connection with Greece, hailing the event as "historic."
CAIRO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with visiting Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh on Saturday, discussing regional and international issues.
During a meeting in the Red Sea resort city, the two leaders agreed to maximize bilateral coordination and cooperation to develop the joint Arab action system in a bid to safeguard Arab national security and enhance Arab capabilities, said an Egyptian presidential statement.
Berlin, Jun 19 (AP-PTI) Germany's economy minister said on Sunday that the country will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible shortages caused by a reduction in supplies from Russia.
Germany has been trying to fill its gas storage facilities to capacity ahead of the winter months, when gas is more urgently needed as a heating fuel.
18 June 2022; MEMO: Algeria intends to strengthen its partnership with Russia in the industrial and commercial fields in light of the country's adoption of a new investment law providing greater incentives for industrial projects. This comes at a time when the Ukrainian Embassy in Algeria has appealed to Algerian companies to withdraw from the Russian market, offering promises of compensation if they move to invest in Ukraine.
19 June 2022; MEMO: Saudi Arabia has partially outsourced the Hajj pilgrimage process to a company with ties to India's far-right ruling party and its leader Narendra Modi, in what is yet another revelation regarding the kingdom's reforms of the pilgrimage process.
19 June 2022; MEMO: Iran on Saturday told the United Arab Emirates that Tehran gave a high priority to improving ties with its neighbours, Iranian state media reported, a day after the UAE voiced concern over Tehran's nuclear programme, Reuters reported.
The UAE's envoy at the United Nations' nuclear watchdog on Friday said he hoped Iran would work with the body to provide reassurances to the international community and the region about Tehran's nuclear programme.
TEHRAN, Jun 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, said yesterday that, Iran possesses the right “not to trust” the United States.
“I’m surprised by the Americans, who are sending a message of negotiation on the one hand and adding to the sanctions list on the other,” Raisi said, referring to fresh U.S. anti-Iran sanctions on Thursday.
“The world must give us the right not to trust America, because it is a pact-breaker,” he noted.
CAIRO, Jun 18 (NNN-MENA) – Six people were killed and another one was injured yesterday, when a five-story building collapsed, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egyptian Health Ministry’s spokesman, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, said.
No other casualties were discovered under the debris after the tragedy, which happened in Cairo’s El-Weili district, early in the morning, he said.
According to witnesses, while the rescue teams were at work, the authorities checked the safety of a number of buildings close to the accident’s scene.
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