Detained Tunisian politician hospitalised 'in critical condition'

Detained Tunisian politician Noureddine Bhiri has been rushed to hospital in a "critical condition", activists and lawmakers said on Sunday. Bhiri, a 63-year-old former justice minister and deputy president of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party opposed to President Kais Saied, was arrested on Friday.
#tunisia #kaissaied #ennahdha

Afghan agents pour 3 000 litres of liquor into Kabul canal

A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3 000 litres of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country's spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the sale of alcohol.
#kabul #taliban #afghan

Biden told Ukraine leader US will 'respond decisively' if Russia invades

US President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in telephone talks on Sunday that Washington and its allies would "respond decisively" if Russia moves to invade its pro-Western neighbour, the White House said.
#biden #ukraine #joebiden #volodymyrzelensky

One found, two feared dead as towns smoulder from Colorado wildfire

One person has been found and two are still feared dead following a devastating Colorado wildfire that wiped out swathes of several towns and forced thousands to flee with little notice, officials said on Sunday.
#coloradowildfire

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro taken to hospital with abdominal pain, doctor says

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to hospital in the early hours of Monday with abdominal pain and was being examined to see if surgery might be necessary, Bolsonaro's doctor Antonio Luiz Macedo told the news website UOL from the Bahamas.
#jairbolsonaro #luizmacedo #bahamas

Thousands flee Niassa as jihadist attacks spread to other parts of Mozambique

Nearly 4 000 Mozambicans have fled their villages in a month due to intensifying jihadist attacks in Niassa, a province neighbouring insurgency hotbed Cabo Delgado, a government official said Friday.
#mozambique #cabodelgado

Five killed in protests against military rule in Sudan, doctors say

Five people were killed during a crackdown by Sudanese security forces on nationwide protests against military rule on 30 December, a doctors' committee said on Friday.
#sudan #sudanprotest

Golden Girls star Betty White has died, aged 99

Comedic actress Betty White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America's geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died, less than three weeks shy of her 100th birthday, People magazine reported on Friday, quoting her agent.
#goldengirls #bettywhite

France culls over 600 000 poultry in new bird flu outbreak

France has culled 600 000 to 650 000 chickens, ducks and other poultry over the past month, officials said Friday, in a race to contain a bird flu virus threatening to become the fourth major outbreak in the country since 2015.
#france #poultry #birdflu

Indonesia bans coal exports in January on domestic power worries

Indonesia has banned coal exports in January due to concerns that low supplies at domestic power plants could lead to widespread blackouts, a senior official at the energy ministry said on Saturday.
#indonesia #coal #energy