Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Continue reading...
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces shell the city of Kherson, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring 58 others. (Daily Express)
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Kemerovo nursing home fire
- A fire at an unregistered nursing home in Kemerovo, Russia, kills 22 people and injures six others. (Reuters)
- 2022 Boksburg tanker explosion
- A fuel tanker explodes in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, killing at least ten people, injuring 27 others, and damaging a nearby hospital. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the assassination of Shinzo Abe
- The Nara District Public Prosecutors Office in Nara Prefecture, Japan, says that the accused assassin of former prime minister Shinzo Abe is competent to stand trial for the killing. Prosecutors say that Tetsuya Yamagami "does not suffer from any mental illness that could greatly affect his ability to judge right from wrong". According to sources close to the prosecution, they plan to indict Yamagami on murder charges. (Yomiuri)
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- The Taliban issues a decree banning female employees from any and all non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of the 2022 Fijian general election
- Sitiveni Rabuka is confirmed as the new prime minister. Rabuka will hold the office again more than two decades after first leading the country. (AP via VOA)
Continue reading...