Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that negotiating with the United States would not “resolve anything”, in reference to the recent protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic over the past two months.
Beirut (AFP) – Lebanese activists gather in front of the parliament in the capital Beirut to demand the amendment of the laws related to sexual assault and rape against women and harsher sentences for perpetrators and abusers.
Kharkiv Oblast (Ukraine) (AFP) – Deep in the woods of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian soldiers from a tank unit hide under the trees as they hold their position on the frontline under Russian fire, fixing a derelict Soviet tanks while they’re at it.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says over six million households in the country are affected by power cuts, two days after targeted Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, thousands gather in Buenos Aires to protest against gender-based violence in front of Argentina’s Supreme Court. At least 4,473 women were victims of femicide in Latin America in 2021, according to the ECLAC.
Bogotá (AFP) – Braving the rain, hundreds of Colombians protest in Bogota against the violence that killed 827 women in Colombia so far this year, 30 more than in all of 2021, according to the National Institute of Legal Medicine. The demonstration was held on the International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Moscow (AFP) – Anger and concern has been building among families in Russia for months since President Vladimir Putin announced a military draft for Ukraine, spurring anecdotes of poorly trained and under-equipped conscripts dying on the front. In Moscow, the mothers and wives of Russian soldiers challenge Putin to stick to his promises of solid training and adequate equipment.
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin tells a group of soldiers’ mothers that he, and the rest of the country’s leadership, “share this pain”. During the meeting, in Moscow, Putin assures the mothers that Russia “must achieve our goals and we will achieve them in the end”.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazilians watching on the beach in Rio de Janeiro cheer their national football team on as they beat Serbia 2-0 in the first match of their World Cup. The victory that fuels the football loving nation’s hopes of winning the championship for the sixth time.
Istanbul (AFP) – Their rods resting on the bank, amateur anglers watch with an air of defeat as a trawler winches its enormous vertical net out of the waters of the Bosphorus. It is high season for a popular variety of tuna in Istanbul’s strait and the area is teeming with shoals en route from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. But between the fish and their destination, and between local anglers and their quarry, are the trawlers’ huge nets, some more than 1,000 metres long.
Beijing (AFP) – Images of locked down compounds and queues for Covid testing in Beijing. China currently faces its highest amount of Covid cases since the pandemic began, official data showed Thursday. IMAGES
Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto holds welcoming ceremony for visiting French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu in Jakarta. IMAGES
