International
23 years old Nigerian accused of raping Australian tourist in Indonesia
A 23-year-old Nigerian tourist risks 12 years in prison after an alleged sexual crime against a 31-year-old tourist in Kuta, Indonesia.
A report by Daily Mail revealed that the woman, who is an Australian, was raped after she met up with the Nigerian man on Friday, December 2.
The report also noted that the duo met on a dating app on December 1 and agreed to meet at a bar in Kuta the following day.
Although the Indonesian police are still searching for the Nigerian man, they alleged that he hurriedly took the woman to his hotel after drinking at the bar.
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The woman was sexually abused at the hotel and had cuts and bruises to her arms, hands and waist.
Witnesses said they saw the Australian staggering after drinking at the bar in Kuta.
FIJ gathered online that the Indonesian law provides a maximum of 12-year sentence for anyone convicted of physical sexual abuse.
International
Putin: Your election not free, fair – UK slams Russia
Putin: Your election not free, fair – UK slams Russia
Britain’s Foreign Minister, David Cameron, has expressed doubts about the first results, which indicate a landslide victory for President Vladimir Putin.
Cameron used X, the site formerly known as Twitter, to express his concerns about the integrity of the political process in Russia.
Cameron’s statement highlighted several contentious aspects of the election, including the “illegal holding of elections on Ukrainian territory,” the perceived lack of voter choice, and the absence of independent monitoring by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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These elements, according to Cameron, undermine the principles of free and fair elections.
He wrote, “The polls have closed in Russia, following the illegal holding of elections on Ukrainian territory, a lack of choice for voters and no independent OSCE monitoring.
“This is not what free and fair elections look like.
The exit polls, indicating that the 71-year-old Putin is set for another six-year term, have stirred international debate.
Putin’s potential tenure extension would make him the longest-serving Russian leader in over two centuries.
However, the lead-up to the election has been marred by significant concerns over political freedom, with major opposition figures either deceased, incarcerated, or exiled.
Putin: Your election not free, fair – UK slams Russia
International
Niger Republic terminates military agreement with US
Niger Republic terminates military agreement with US
The military government in Niger Republic has terminated the country’s military agreement with the United States.
The agreement allowed military personnel and civilian personnel from the US Department of Defence to operate in the country.
Announcing the change on national television, Amadou Abdramane, Niger military spokesperson, said the agreement between the two countries, which was signed in 2012, was imposed and had been in violation of the nation’s sovereignty.
“The government of Niger, taking into account the aspirations and interests of its people, decides with full responsibility to denounce with immediate effect the agreement relating to the status of military personnel of the United States and civilian employees of the American Department of Defense in the territory of the Republic of Niger,” he said.
“This agreement is not only profoundly unfair in its substance but it also does not meet the aspirations and interests of the Nigerien people.”
The announcement comes after a senior US delegation paid a three-day visit to Niger this week.
Abdramane said during the meetings, Nigerien and US officials discussed the military transition in Niger.
He, however, said the US delegation was received out of “courtesy” and “did not respect diplomatic practices” by not providing information regarding the date of its arrival, the composition of the delegation, and the purpose of the visit.
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Abdramane said Niger “forcefully denounces the condescending attitude” of the US, “accompanied by the threat of retaliation from the head of the American delegation towards the Nigerien government and people”.
“The government of Niger regrets the desire of the American delegation to deny the Nigerien people the right to choose their partners and the types of partnerships capable of helping them truly fight against terrorists,” he said.
“This attitude is likely to undermine the quality of our centuries-old relations and undermine the trust between our two governments.”
International
War On Gaza: Air strike kills 36 relatives preparing for fasting
War On Gaza: Air strike kills 36 relatives preparing for fasting
Displaced by Israeli bombardment, the Tabatibi family gathered in central Gaza to eat together during the first Friday night of Ramadan, a scene that soon turned into a bloodbath.
An air strike hit the building where they were staying as women prepared the pre-fasting meal, killing 36 members of the family, survivors told AFP on Saturday.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, which provided the same death toll, blamed Israel for the strike in Nuseirat, while the Israeli military said it was looking into the incident.
“This is my mother, this is my father, this is my aunt, and these are my brothers,” 19-year-old Mohammed al-Tabatibi, whose left hand was injured in the strike, said through tears at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in nearby Deir al-Balah.
“They bombed the house while we were in it. My mother and my aunt were preparing the suhoor food. They were all martyred.”
He spoke as bodies were spread out in the hospital courtyard, then stacked on a truck to be driven to a cemetery.
Because there were not enough body bags, some of the dead – including at least two children – were wrapped in white cloth stained with blood, AFPTV footage showed.
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The strike in Nuseirat was one of 60 “deadly air strikes” reported overnight by the press office of the Hamas-run government, from Gaza City in the north to Rafah in the south.
“This is a bloody night, a very bloody night,” said Salama Maarouf of the Hamas-run government media office.
The war in Gaza erupted with Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli figures.
Israel’s retaliatory military campaign to destroy Hamas has killed at least 31,553 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.
In Rafah, where the majority of Gaza’s 2.4 million people have sought refuge, more bloodshed is feared after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday he had approved plans for a military operation there.
Yet even before any such operation begins, air strikes continue, including one early Saturday that witnesses said killed Issa Duhair, the muezzin of a mosque, along with his two sons.
Mahmoud Duhair, a 41-year-old relative who lives nearby, described the muezzin as “a good man” who, as usual, dutifully performed the call to prayer before dawn on Saturday, then went to eat with his family “when his house was struck”.
Back in Nuseirat, in central Gaza, Yussef Tabatibi said the true toll of the strike that killed 36 members of his family could rise.
“Some of the martyrs we are unable to retrieve. We lack equipment, bulldozers, machinery, or anything else,” he told AFP, his hands and sweatshirt covered with dust from trying to clear rubble.
“We retrieve them only with our hands. We brought shovels and hammers, but to no avail. Look at the extent of the destruction.”
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