Politics

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Iran: At least 9 people killed amid women's rights protests

  

  At least 9 people have been killed in Iran amid protests following the death of a woman in morality police custody over her improper wearing of the mandatory face covering.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Moscow and Kyiv carry out unexpected swap of POWs

  

  Moscow and Kyiv carried out Wednesday an unexpected swap of prisoners of war (POWs) with 215 Russian and 55 Ukrainian prisoners released, it was reported.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 22:20 UTC

  Putin challenges Ukraine's right to exist, Biden says

  

  US President Joseph Biden said during his appearance Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that Russian leader Vladimir Putin's attitudes challenged Ukraine's very right to exist.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:57 UTC

  Western Uruguayans concerned over Argentina's low prices

  

  Uruguayan mayors along the country's western border have expressed their concern to President Luis Lacalle Pou as the informal exchange rate between the Argentine peso and the US dollar renders local businesses unprofitable since consumers do their shopping across the line.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:52 UTC

  Putin finds Colombia's Petro “a promising partner”

  

  Russian leader Vladimir Putin praised Colombia's President Gustavo Petro for the latter's speech Tuesday before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:43 UTC

  Russia summons 300,000 reserve troops for “partial” mobilization

  

  Despite Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announcing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was ”ready to end the war in Ukraine,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that a total of 300,000 reserve soldiers with military experience had been summoned back to active duty.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Cafiero claims the Falklands during a ministerial Atlantic Basin meeting chaired by US Secretary of State

  

  Foreign minister Santiago Cafiero said that ”Argentina aspires the South Atlantic becomes a region recognized as an example of peace and dialogue among nations. For this it is essential to find a solution, through peaceful means, to the sovereignty controversy between Argentina and the UK regarding the Malvinas, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands, and adjoining maritime spaces, a controversy which has been ongoing for almost 190 years.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentine president again calls on the UN for Falklands' sovereignty negotiations

  

  On Tuesday, Argentine president Alberto Fernandez addressed the United Nations General Assembly and in his long speech as usual there was a special demand for Argentina's legitimate sovereignty rights over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Falklands governor and Legislative Assembly representative MLA Roger Spink meet House of Commons Speaker

  

  Over the weekend and ahead of the state funeral on Monday 19th September, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle met with representatives from British Overseas Territories, attending ceremonies in London.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands new Director of Education: ex Principal and Chief Executive of City College Southampton

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Sarah Stannard as the new Director of Education, who arrived in the Islands on Monday 12 September 2022. Sarah read History at Kings’ College London and, more recently gained a Masters in Education at the University of Southampton.