Bolivia’s president confronted the commander leading the rebellion in the palace hallway,telling him:“I am your captain,and I order you to withdraw your soldiers”.
Some 108 Australians and other tourists landed in Brisbane,Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said. More flights are expected.
The French embassy in Australia is calling on the “solidarity and generosity” of French expatriates living in Melbourne to billet French people stranded in the city by the conflict in New Caledonia.
Azerbaijan had invited separatists from the French territories last year,resulting in a group whose stated aim is to support “French liberation and anti-colonialist movements”.
Australia was ready to provide support to the Marape government to quell the violence in Papua New Guinea,Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
Protests have been rising across the country at resettlement programs as Ireland’s housing system creaks.
Several Chinese citizens were lightly injured in the chaos,with Chinese owned-stores subjected to vandalism and looting,the Chinese embassy said.
The prime ministers of PNG and Australia have called for calm after widespread looting and arson claimed 15 lives in the capital and elsewhere.
In the wake of Roel Degamo’s death,questions have been asked as to why his personal security was not working the day he was shot.
Huge sectors of Israeli society are “in rebellion” as the right-wing coalition government of Benjamin Netanyahu sparks fear of a “constitutional coup”.
Life remains difficult for Iraqis five years after much of Islamic State was driven out,but a visit reveals their staggering resilience.