Nigeria and 186 Member States of the United Nations on Thursday voted by a large margin against the United States’ economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. A total of 187 States voted for the resolution put forward each year against the embargo with only...
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Over three weeks after the start of the Gaza war, Pope Francis has called on Israel and the Palestinians to find a solution at the negotiating table. “Every war is a defeat. Nothing is solved by war. Everything is gained with peace, with dialogue,” the head of the...
Survivors of colonial-era abuses on Wednesday criticised Britain’s King Charles over failure to issue a full apology or propose reparations on his second day visit to Kenya. At a state dinner on Tuesday Charles expressed his “deepest regret” for what he called abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence...
Israel’s plan to destroy the Palestinian movement Hamas is 10% complete, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday, citing a senior Israeli official. “Perhaps we’ve covered about 10% of the distance required to achieve the goal of toppling Hamas,” the official was quoted as saying by the newspaper....
At least 12 people died and three others were critically ill after drinking home-made liquor in Indonesia’s West Java province over the weekend, police said Tuesday. The police on Monday arrested a married couple who allegedly produced and sold the liquor, known locally as oplosan, to residents in...
Israeli forces have killed dozens of Hamas militants during their advance in the north of the Gaza Strip, the country’s military said on Monday. This took place as ground operations expand in the Palestinian territory. “During clashes with terrorists in the Gaza Strip, IDF (Israel Defence Forces) troops...
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday for his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for his arrest in March. During his two-day trip to the Central Asian nation, an ex-Soviet Republic with strong ties to Moscow, Putin is set...
The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to coordinated attacks by the Islamist group Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Telegram on Thursday that a large-scale attack was currently underway against Hamas-affiliated targets in the Gaza Strip. Israel was stunned...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing an eyewitness. Earlier this week, the Haaretz newspaper reported that the official was expected to pay a visit amid the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Upon his arrival, Blinken was greeted by...
Israeli airstrikes against Hamas militants have displaced 264,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN’s humanitarian relief agency said. They are sheltering in school buildings, with relatives or neighbours, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, launched...
The Israeli Air Force has said it destroyed a radar system used by Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, during attacks on the coastal enclave. “Fighter jets destroyed an advanced detection system developed by the Hamas terrorist organisation that was used to detect aircraft...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday presented a budget of US$3.3 billion regular budget for 2024 to the fifth committee of the UN General Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fifth Committee of the General Assembly is saddled with the responsibilities for administrative and...
At least 123 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the large-scale attack by the Islamist militant group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Tuesday. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari also said that so far 50 families had been personally informed that their...
No fewer than 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after the first six years. Weah, 57, who turned to politics after a successful soccer career, said...
Israeli airstrikes continued on Monday as the country’s military called up about 300,000 reservists ahead of a potential ground invasion of Gaza. Fighting between Israeli soldiers and Islamist Hamas militants continued in the border area with Gaza on Monday, as Israel’s defence minister vowed a “complete siege”...
Media sources on Tuesday announced that an artillery strike that hit a refugee camp near Myanmar’s border with China has killed at least 29 people, including women and children. The sources added that this attack was one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the return of military...
Police in San Francisco on Tuesday shot dead a person accused of ramming a car into the Chinese Consulate, according to U.S. officials. Officers responding to the scene found that the vehicle had stopped inside the lobby of the consulate building with people seen fleeing out through a...
As the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated on Monday, more than 900 Israeli civilians, including over 250 people attending a music festival, and members of the military have so far been killed by the Palestinian militant group, with another 2,150 wounded, as confirmed by Israeli officials...
At least 11 Americans have died in bloody violence in Israel, President Joe Biden said on the third day since Palestinian militants launched a stunning and complex surprise attack in Israel. In a statement, Biden described the deaths as the “heart wrenching” results of an “appalling terrorist assault...
Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 558 people on the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the Palestinian enclave says. More than 65 extra people have been counted as dead, upping the total, while more than 2,800 have been injured. Israel launched the counterattack after a major assault...