China's treatment of Uyghurs may be a crime against humanity, says UN
Outgoing UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet has said China has committed "serious human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province, which could amount to crimes against humanity.
Bachelet's report was released just 11 minutes before the end of her term at midnight in Geneva. The Chinese government, which tried until the last minute to block the release of the report, dismissed it as a smear against China, while human rights groups hailed it as a turning point in the international response to the mass incarceration program. .
Over the past five years, China has herded nearly a million Uyghurs and other minority groups into internment camps it calls training centers. Some of the centers have since been closed, but hundreds of thousands are still thought to be incarcerated. Abuses described include beatings with electric batons, while tied to a "tiger chair" (prisoners are tied by the hands and feet), prolonged solitary confinement, etc.
EU foreign ministers agreed to suspend the travel visa agreement with Russia
The EU has agreed to suspend a travel visa agreement with Moscow to curb the number of Russian nationals entering the EU for holidays and shopping. Meeting in Prague, the EU's 27 foreign ministers pledged to suspend the 2007 visa facilitation agreement with Russia that makes it relatively easy to obtain travel documents.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said there had been "a significant increase in border crossings" from Russia into the EU since mid-July, which he described as "a security risk for these neighboring countries".
Pakistan's ambassador calls for conference of international donors to help with flood damage
Pakistani ka nevojë për një konferencë ndërkombëtare donatorësh për ta ndihmuar atë të përballet me dëmet e shkaktuara nga përmbytjet e fundit, sipas kryediplomatit të vendit në Bashkimin Europian. Përmbytjet kanë goditur rëndë Pakistanin, duke zhvendosur pothuajse një milion njerëz dhe duke shkaktuar gati 10 miliardë euro dëme që nga mesi i qershorit.
Katalonjë: Foshnja ndërron jetë pasi u gotit nga breshëri gjigant
Një vajzë 20-muajshe ka humbur jetën pasi u godit nga një breshër i madh gjatë një stuhie të rrallë. Presidenti i Katalonjës, Pere Aragones, e ka përshkruar aksidentin e frikshëm si një "tragjedi".
Të paktën 40 persona të tjerë u trajtuan për shkak se u lënduan nga stuhia e egër, e cila solli breshër deri në 11 centimetra në diametër, më i madhi në rajon që nga viti 2002.
Rusia mund të zgjerojë konfliktin, thotë Gjermania
Russia has the potential to launch a "second theater of war" if it chooses to do so, Germany's defense chief has warned. Russia is "very capable of expanding the conflict regionally" and will not run out of ammunition anytime soon, according to General Eberhard Zorn, the highest-ranking soldier in the Bundeswehr, Germany's armed forces.
