Vietnamese authorities have seized roughly seven tonnes of ivory in one of the biggest hauls on record as the country stepped up fight against wildlife trafficking. Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday that this was the largest wildlife trafficking case ever cracked by customs authorities in the northern port...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Monday where he is expected to press Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in the Ukraine conflict. While Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped for support against Western pressure. Xi will be the first national leader to shake Putin’s hand since the...
Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move to follow other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data from the app owned by Beijing-based...
A United Nations report on Thursday showed that the Netherlands, Belgium andGermany have become the main import hubs for cocaine in Western Europe. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in Vienna that “ports on the North Sea like Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg have eclipsed traditional entry...
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy has passed 300 people, with authorities in Mozambique taking several days to assess the extent of the damage and loss of life. The storm tore through southern Africa over the weekend for a second time after first making landfall in late February....
The United States military has organised the first-ever maritime exercise to bolster the skills of West African forces. The drill which was held in Ghana’s Volta river on Saturday was carried out under the U.S.’ long-running Flintlock programme. The sea-based training in the first half of March culminated with...
UN says no fewer than 100,000 people have been displaced and dozens killed, following a string of attacks by an armed group in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Citing humanitarian sources, UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said at a news conference...
The UN and partners are ramping up support for Malawi in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which killed 190 people this week and injured dozens more, prompting the government to declare a state of disaster. The storm – which has been raging since Feb. 6 – made landfall...
China’s President Xi Jinping says he wants to turn the Chinese military into a “great wall of steel”. Xi said this while speaking on the last day of this year’s session of the People’s Congress. “We should comprehensively promote the modernisation of national defence and military construction, and build...
German explosive specialists successfully defused a 500-kilogramme World War II British aerial bomb in Hanau near Frankfurt on Sunday. Four homes for the elderly and residential homes were evacuated on Saturday after the bomb was discovered on Thursday during construction work. A total of 17,000 people in the north-west...
The United States on Sunday denied claims by Iran that a prisoner swap agreement had been reached.. A NAN correspondent who monitored the news reports that the State Department spokesperson Ned Price told CNN that the claim of a deal is “a cruel lie”. “Statements from Iranian officials that...
The number of people killed by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey’s southeast has reached 48,000, with over 115,000 people injured, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan said in a televised address to...
A disgruntled former Jehovah’s Witness member shot dead six people of the Christian group’s congregation in the German city of Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Friday. Eight other people were wounded, including four seriously, in Thursday evening’s attack, said Hamburg interior minister Andy Grote, calling...
The United Nations on Friday commemorated the first-ever International Day to combat Islamophobia with a special event in the General Assembly Hall at UN headquarters, New York. The wikipedia online dictionary says “Islamophobia is the fear of, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslim in...
Congolese presidency on Friday announced that Uhuru Kenyatta, former president of Kenya will pay a 48-hour working visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). According to the Congolese presidency, the visit of Kenyatta, who is also the facilitator of the East African Community (EAC) for the peace...
Xi Jinping was on Friday unanimously re-elected Chinese President. Xi Jinping was also elected Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China on the platform of the ruling Communist Party of China. The re-election was an outcome of the ongoing session of the 14th National People’s Congress. The event...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said the draft migrant legislation proposed by the United Kingdom Government will result in a de facto “asylum ban”. UNHCR, in a statement, said if adopted, the new bill would deny the right to seek refugee protection to people arriving irregularly in the...
At least 110 terrorists were killed in Burkina Faso within a few days as the government targeted rebel groups in the north and the south of the West African country with airstrikes. The state news agency AIB reported on Tuesday evening. An army spokesperson confirmed the offensive without saying...
The Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) says it will honour President Muhammadu Buhari with an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy in the subregion. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the ECOWAS Chairman, Guinea Bissau’s Umaro...
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has said further straining of relations between Washington and Beijing would have “catastrophic consequences.” Qin made the comment on the sidelines of this year’s session of the National People’s Congress. He said: “If the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to...