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Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito has formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, a day after his father Akihito abdicated from the world’s oldest monarchy and ushered in a new imperial era. Naruhito officially became emperor at the stroke of midnight local time (1500GMT Tuesday) but the process will be formalised on Wednesday with the 10-minute ritual, which is off-limits to female royals – even his wife Masako. It took place on the first day of the new imperial era of Reiwa, meaning “beautiful harmony”, which will last throughout Naruhito’s reign. The 59-year-old was presented with the sacred imperial treasures of a sword and a jewel, as well as the seal of state and his personal imperial seal, at a solemn ceremony in the Room of Pine in the Imperial Palace at 10:30am local time (0130 GMT).  Shortly afterwards, joined by Masako and other royals, Naruhito addressed the nation for the first time as its 126th emperor, as he vowed to stand with the Japanese people. He swore to “act ac

Hundreds of Venezuelans rallied on Tuesday after opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a “military uprising” in his strongest move to take down President Nicolas Maduro since declaring himself interim president earlier this year.  Guaido, in a video posted on Twitter earlier on Tuesday, said he had started the “final phase” of his campaign to remove Maduro from power, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him. He was surrounded by individuals in military uniforms and opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez in Venezuela , who has been under house arrest since being found guilty of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014. Guaido said he was at the Caracas airbase La Carlota and called for people to come out in support as well.  “The time is now,” Guaido said. “We are going to achieve freedom and democracy in Venezuela,” he added, urging supporters to take to the streets. Shortly after, a small group of armed troops, who had appeared to pledge their sup

Torrential rain continued to batter northern Mozambique  on Tuesday, several days after Cyclone Kenneth, as the United Nations said aid workers faced “an incredibly difficult situation” in reaching thousands of survivors. The rains grounded aid operations for a third consecutive day leaving some of the worst-hit communities cut off with very limited supplies. A planned World Food Programme (WFP) flight to the island of Ibo was on standby until the weather improved, according to Deborah Nguyen, spokeswoman for the agency. “We are really concerned about the situation for people on Ibo island,” she said, as they had been left out in the open after the majority of homes were destroyed, and with very limited food. “For us, it’s a frustrating day … There is not much we can do to reach these islands now,” she said. The government again urged residents of the main city of Pemba to flee to higher ground as flooding continued.  More than 570 millilitres has fallen in Pemba since Kenneth m

Sudanese protest leaders have called for a mass rally amid mounting tensions over the composition of a joint civilian-military council to run the country following the removal of Sudan ‘s longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir.  In a statement on Tuesday, the political parties and movements behind the months-long anti-government protests urged supporters  to gather for a “million-strong march” on May 2 to keep up the pressure for civilian rule. The appeal came hours after Sudan’s military rulers warned against “chaos” and called on protesters to clear roads and railways, saying seven provinces were running low on essential supplies.  Mohamed  Naji al-Assam, spokesman for the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the main protest group, said the ruling military council  was “not serious” about transferring power to civilians. “With the passing of time the powers of the military council are expanded and this is a very big danger for the Sudanese revolution,” he said.  Protesters want t

The Trump administration is working to designate the  Muslim Brotherhood a foreign “terrorist” organisation, the White House said on Tuesday, which would bring sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement. “The president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern, and this designation is working its way through the internal process,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an email. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  had urged US President Donald Trump to take the step during an April 9 visit to the White House,  the New York Times  reported  on Tuesday , citing officials familiar with the matter. After the meeting, Trump praised Sisi as a “great president,” as a bipartisan group of US politicians raised concerns about Sisi’s record on human rights. The Muslim Brotherhood, or Ikhwan al-Muslimeen, is a revivalist Islamic movement, formed in Egypt in 1928. One of the oldest and most influential Islamic movem

Diosdado Cabello, the head of  Venezuela ‘s pro-government constituent assembly, has called on supporters of President Nicolas Maduro to rally at the presidential palace after opposition leader Juan Guaido said troops had joined him to oust Maduro. Guaido, speaking earlier on Tuesday near the La Carlota air force base in Caracas surrounded by a group of men in military uniform, said the “final phase” to end Maduro’s presidency had begun. Guaido, in a video posted on his Twitter account, was speaking in the company of men in military uniform and opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, who had been under house arrest after he was found guilty of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014. He said he was at the  La Carlota  airbase in Caracas.  “The national armed forces have taken the correct decision, and they are counting on the support of the  Venezuela n people,” Guaido said. He also called on people to go out to the streets and asked them to go to La Carlota. En

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Erik Prince – the founder of the controversial private security firm Blackwater and a prominent supporter of US President Donald Trump – has been pushing to deploy a private army to help topple Venezuela ‘s socialist president, Nicholas Maduro , four sources with knowledge of the effort told Reuters. Over the last several months, the sources said, Prince has sought investment and political support for such an operation from influential Trump supporters and wealthy Venezuelan exiles. In private meetings in the United States and Europe , Prince sketched out a plan to field up to 5,000 soldiers-for-hire on behalf of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido , according to two sources with direct knowledge of Prince’s pitch. One source said Prince has conducted meetings about the issue as recently as mid-April. White House National Security Council Spokesman Garrett Marquis declined to comment when asked whether Prince had put his plan to the government and whether it would be consid

Akihito  in his final address as emperor thanked the Japanese people for their support during his 30-year reign and said he would “pray for the peace and happiness of all the people in Japan and around the world”. The formal abdication came in the “Room of Pine” in Toyko’s Imperial Palace when Akihito announced his retirement standing next to his wife, Empress Michiko and in the presence of his son  Crown Prince Naruhito, other members of the royal family and top government officials. He is the first Japanese emperor to abdicate since Kokatu in 1817, a move that had to be approved by parliament.    The monarch had started his abdication rituals at a Shinto shrine on Tuesday morning. Television images showed Akihito in a traditional robe entering the main Shrine of Kashikodokoro to report his abdication to the gods. The shine is where the goddess Amaterasu, said to be the direct ancestress of the imperial family, is enshrined. Only part of Akihito’s shrine ritual was public. Rei

The European Union has extended a ban on selling arms to Myanmar and prolonged sanctions against high-ranking officials over their role in the Rohingya crisis. The measures, which include an embargo on weapons and other equipment that could be used for repression, will stay in place until at least April 30, 2020. “The sanctions includes an embargo on arms and equipment that can be used for internal repression, an export ban on dual-use goods for use by the military and border guard police, and export restrictions on equipment for monitoring communications that might be used for internal repression,” the EU said in a statement. About 14 top military and border officials are under individual EU sanctions – barring them from travelling to or through the European bloc and freezing any assets they hold in Europe – over alleged human rights violations, including killings and sexual violence.  It also recalled that it had last adopted conclusions on Myanmar in December 2018 and called on

The elusive chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released by the armed group. ISIL’s Al Furqan media network published on Monday what it said was a video message from its leader, in which he said the group would seek revenge for the killing and imprisonment of its fighters. It was unclear when the footage was filmed but al-Baghdadi referred in the past tense to the months-long fight for Baghouz, ISIL’s final bastion in eastern Syria, that ended last month. “The battle for Baghouz is over,” said the ISIL leader with a bushy grey beard and an assault weapon close by, sitting cross-legged on a cushion and addressing three men whose faces had been blurred. Wearing a black robe with a beige vest, al-Baghdadi gave an 18-minute address. The SITE Intelligence group said he also discussed the bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 250 people on Easter Sunday in

Madrid, Spain – The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) announced on Monday it will attempt to govern following a resounding victory in national polls . “We believe that we have more than enough support to be the rudder of this ship,” Carmen Calvo, the vice president in the previous government, told Spanish radio service  Cadena SER. Pedro  Sanchez and his  Centre-left PSOE were the clear winners of Spain’s general elections  on Sunday by garnering 123 seats. The anti-austerity, left-wing Unidas Podemos (UP) gained 42 seats and  has signaled its openness to work with PSOE. However, their combined 165 seats still fall short of the 176 required for an absolute majority in Spain’s 350-seat Congress of Deputies. Sanchez will need to navigate difficult waters as a single-party government, including issues such as former dictator Francisco Franco’s legacy, the rise of the far-right , and the Catalan independence crisis. ‘Variable geometry’ The remaining seats needed for a majori

Libyan officials have said that eastern-based forces loyal to renegade military commander  Khalifa Haftar have intensified their air strikes over the past two days around Tripoli. Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) launched an operation to take the capital from  the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) on April 4, and has been engaged in fighting with its militias in and around the city.  LNA attacks on Monday targeted the Nawasi brigade in the Abu Salim district, located roughly 7km from central Tripoli, officials, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Associated Press news agency. The Nawasi brigade is one of several militias allied with the internationally recognised GNA. The towns of Khallet al-Forjan, Ain Zara and al-Twaisha along the city’s southern outskirts were also targeted. Residents said that fighting continued overnight Sunday in residential areas a few kilometres south of Tripoli. Both sides have used heavy artillery and air strikes,

Colombo – Sri Lanka’s decision to ban face coverings a week after more than 250 people were killed in a series of coordinated attacks on Easter Sunday has drawn a mixed response, with activists saying the move “violated Muslim women’s right to practice their religion freely”. The law that takes effect from Monday did not specifically name  burqas, niqabs or hijab worn by many Muslim women. A burqa is an outer garment that covers the entire body and the face, a niqab is a veil that also covers the face, while a hijab covers only the hair. “The ban is to ensure national security… No one should obscure their faces to make identification difficult,” a statement from President Maithripala Sirisena said on Sunday. The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), the top body of Islamic scholars in the South Asian island nation, backed the move on security grounds. The group had earlier issued guidance asking Muslim women to avoid wearing face veils in the public, but added it was opposed to l

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As protests spread across the Arab world in 2011,  Egypt   became a beacon of hope in the region. But this glimmer of light quickly dimmed, rights groups say, pointing to a widespread crackdown on dissent, with recent constitutional amendments only deepening the country’s human rights woes. In 2013,  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi , the then-defence minister who overthrew the country’s first elected president in a coup, promised to keep to the two four-year terms mandated by the Egyptian constitution.  But on Tuesday, electoral authorities announced that the  amendments had been approved in a national referendum – with a 44 percent turnout – allowing President el-Sisi to extend his current four-year term to six years and run for another six-year term in 2024. The amendments also bolster the role of the military and expand the president’s power over judicial appointments, further raising analysts’ concerns over the country’s judicial independence and human rights situation. “The human right

Kuwait City – For years, Kuwait’s football governing body battled to lift the third FIFA ban of its history, sparked in 2015 by government meddling in the running of the local football association. Deprived of partaking in any international competition for more than 780 days, Kuwait’s national teams and clubs were left crumbling before the ban was finally lifted in late 2017. But the damage was done. According to national team player Omar Al Hebaiter, the sanction caused several frustrated, talented players to quit professional football and the sport has struggled ever since. However, a sense of hope now abounds in Kuwait following recent attempts to expand the 2022 World Cup. “We might have the world’s most prestigious sporting event at home and raise very high the Kuwaiti flag,” Al Hebaiter said joyfully. FIFA President Gianni Infantino held World Cup talks with Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on April 14 in a bid to expand the tournament to 48 teams from 32.

Japan’s 85-year-old Emperor Akihito will end his three-decade reign on Tuesday when he abdicates to his son Crown Prince Naruhito. He’s the first emperor to abdicate in 200 years. The last abdication by a Japanese monarch was in 1817. Naruhito will become emperor on Wednesday, but his formal enthronement will take place at a more elaborate ceremony in October. Why is Akihito abdicating? In August 2016, Akihito, citing concerns about his age and declining health, expressed his wish to abdicate while he is still well and capable.  As a constitutionally defined symbol with no political power, Akihito sought understanding in a message to his people, and immediately won overwhelming public support, paving the way for the government’s approval. With Japan’s Imperial House Law lacking a provision on abdication by a reigning emperor and virtually allowing only posthumous succession, the government enacted a one-time law to allow Akihito’s abdication. Who is next in line and who is left

Ten days after Indonesia held the world’s biggest single-day elections , more than 270 election staff have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, an official said. The April 17 elections were the first time the country of 260 million people combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ones, with an aim to cut costs. Voting was largely peaceful and was estimated to have drawn 80 percent of the total 193 million voters, each of whom had to punch up to five ballot papers in more than 800,000 polling stations. As of Saturday night, 272 election officials had died, mostly from overwork-related illnesses, while 1,878 others had fallen ill, Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), told Reuters news agency on Sunday.  The health ministry issued a circular letter on April 23 urging health facilities to offer the utmost care to sick election staff, while th