Today’s news: Landslides and floods in Nepal leave at least 170 dead, schools closed. Riyadh, record number of executions: more than 198 in 2024, the highest number since 1990. Alert in Taiwan for “multiple waves” of missile launches and tests inside China. In Pakistan, seven workers died and twenty were kidnapped in two attacks in Balochistan. Vietnamese prisoners of conscience on hunger strike.
JAPAN
The prime minister-designate and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Shigeru Ishibatoday set October 27 as the date for the dissolution of the Lower House and the celebration of early elections. A test for the ruling party, undermined by scandals over the management of public funds. Tomorrow the Japanese Diet is expected to ratify Ishiba’s appointment as chief executive pending the vote.
NEPAL
The government closes schools for three days after the landslides and floods caused by two days of heavy rains in the Himalayan state will cause the death of at least 170 people, in addition to 56 missing. There are 37 victims in the Kathmandu Valley alone. The closure of schools, which has harmed students and parents, is linked to related damage that requires urgent repairs.
SAUDI ARABIA
The Saudi authorities carried out the death penalty of more than 198 people in 2024, the highest number recorded in the country since 1990. This was revealed by Amnesty International, according to which, despite promises to limit its use, Riyadh has increased executions, systematically violating international standards on fair trials and guarantees for the accused.
TAIWAN – CHINA
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry declared yesterday that it is in alert after detecting “multiple waves” of missile launches inside China and days after the successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The Missile Force is carrying out operations in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang, all of which are at least 2,000 km from Taipei.
PAKISTAN
Alleged insurgents They killed at least seven workers and kidnapped 20 others at gunpoint in two overnight attacks in the southwestern province of Balochistan. The violent acts, not yet claimed, occurred yesterday in the districts of Panjgur and Musakhail, in an area rich in natural resources. Late last month, Musakhail insurgents killed 23 passengers from Punjab.
VIETNAM
Three highlights prisoners of conscience (Trinh Ba Tu, Bui Van Thuan and Dang Dinh Bach) from a prison in Nghe An province began a new hunger strike to protest against the harsh conditions and demand the release of all political prisoners in the country. The three were allegedly forced to accept a pardon for a crime they claim not to have committed.
RUSSIA – SOUTH KOREA
On the 140th anniversary of the first friendship and trade agreement between Russia and Korea, a conference on the “History of Russian-Korean Relations and Current New Challenges” was held at Seoul’s Hanguk University. Researchers from both countries, Russian diplomats in South Korea and the Orthodox Archbishop of Korea, Feofan (Kim), spoke about the history of the Russian Orthodox mission in these lands.
KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyz journalist Ajke Bejšekeeva, 23, who has been detained for nine months awaiting trial in Bishkek, received the international Cena Gratias Tibi award from the Czech humanitarian association “Person in Need”. She has been awarded for her “heroism in the defense of human rights.” From prison he made it known that “he will not stop investigating.”
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