Following is a abstract of present world information briefs.

Security Council condemns Taliban ban on Afghan girls working for UN

The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan girls working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and referred to as on Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights of girls and women. The decision – drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan – describes the ban as “unprecedented in the history of the United Nations,” asserts “the indispensable role of women in Afghan society” and says the ban on Afghan girls working for the U.N. “undermines human rights and humanitarian principles.”

UK railway staff to strike in May after rejecting newest pay provide

Thousands of railway staff in Britain will go on strike on May 13 after the RMT commerce union rejected the newest pay provide by prepare firms, an escalation in a long-running dispute that has prompted disruptive strikes since final summer time. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) mentioned on Thursday it acquired a clarification from prepare operators that meant a first-year fee of 5% would solely be efficient if the RMT held no additional strikes.

Moscow rejects U.S. request to see reporter; Russia’s U.S. envoy sees prisoners

Russia mentioned on Thursday it had rejected a U.S. embassy request to go to detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in response to Washington’s refusal to grant visas to a bunch of Russian journalists. The international ministry mentioned it had summoned a senior American diplomat to formally protest after reporters assigned to accompany Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the United Nations this week had been unable to enter the United States.

Sudan’s factions say they comply with prolong truce however combating goes on

Sudan’s two warring factions mentioned on Thursday they’d extend a ceasefire settlement by 72 hours, however violence once more rocked the capital Khartoum and the western area of Darfur because the U.S. mentioned ceasefire violations had been worrying. Hundreds have died and tens of hundreds of individuals have fled for his or her lives in two weeks of battle between the military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Special Report-How a pretend ID repeatedly enabled Hyundai suppliers to make use of baby labor in Alabama

On Nov 22, a crew of state and federal labor officers carried out a shock inspection and observed a young-looking employee at a warehouse operated right here by the logistics unit of Korean automaking big Hyundai Motor Group. The inspectors, in line with an Alabama Department of Labor discipline report reviewed by Reuters, had acquired a criticism from an unspecified tipster about “under-age children working” on the facility. During their go to to Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd, the report notes, the boy “was manually restacking large metal castings.”

Berlin will get first conservative mayor in additional than 20 years

Berlin appointed its first conservative mayor in additional than 20 years on Thursday after the Christian Democrats (CDU) beat Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) in a repeat election in February, dislodging its centre-left coalition. Kai Wegner, 50, a former insurance coverage salesman, was sworn in as mayor after a vote in native parliament, succeeding the SPD’s Franziska Giffey who had been Berlin’s first feminine mayor.

Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf, U.S. Navy says

Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker within the Gulf of Oman in worldwide waters on Thursday, the U.S. Navy mentioned, the newest in a sequence of seizures or assaults on industrial vessels in delicate Gulf waters since 2019. Iran’s military mentioned it had seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker within the Gulf of Oman after it collided with an Iranian boat, injuring a number of crewmen, Iranian state media reported.

Thousands rally in Jerusalem in favor of deliberate judicial overhaul

Tens of hundreds of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem on Thursday to indicate assist for controversial deliberate laws by the far-right coalition authorities which might see the nation’s highest court docket stripped of a lot of its powers. Israelis stay polarised over the deliberate laws that proponents say would restore stability to Israeli authorities and critics say removes checks on these in energy.

Palace e mail says queen knew Murdoch’s UK group spied on her household

Queen Elizabeth knew that Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm had been spying on her household and their pals, and authorised her employees to “draw a line” underneath the difficulty, in line with an e mail launched on Thursday in a lawsuit by her grandson Prince Harry. Harry is suing Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers for hacking into cellphones and different illegal acts he says had been dedicated in opposition to him on behalf of its tabloids, the Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, from the mid-Nineteen Nineties till 2016.

U.S. targets Russia’s FSB, IRGC members over wrongful detention of Americans

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia’s home safety service FSB and the intelligence unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accusing them of being accountable or complicit within the wrongful detention of Americans abroad. The sanctions additionally focused 4 senior commanders inside IRGC’s IO, though amongst them had been at the very least one particular person who had been already been topic to earlier U.S. sanctions. FSB, which was focused as a result of officers mentioned it was concerned within the detention of at the very least one U.S. citizen whose identify was not disclosed, was additionally topic to earlier U.S. sanctions.

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