U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration would forgive student loan debt for many borrowers and would extend a pause on student loan repayments until Dec. 31 of this year. Biden said on Twitter his administration would forgive 20,000 dollars in student loan debt for borrowers who...
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NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, on Wednesday praised Ukraine’s armed forces in a video message to celebrate the country’s independence day, exactly six months after the Russian invasion began. The NATO chief said he paid tribute “to all those who had lost their lives or been injured and to...
A team of Kenyan lawyers has filed a case against the British Government at the European Court of Human Rights seeking compensation for historical injustices committed during the colonial period. Lawyer Joel Kimutai Bosek, who is based in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, said that they are seeking compensation...
The U.S. has urged its citizens in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, amid fears of increasing Russian attacks. The U.S. embassy in Kiev issued a security alert on Tuesday. It said that the Department of State had information that Russia was stepping up efforts to launch strikes against...
A heavy price would be paid for invading or trying to invade Taiwan and it would be condemned by the international community, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday. “What we have to do is to let the enemy understand that Taiwan has the determination and preparation to defend the...
The number of children facing severe drought across the Horn of Africa has increased by more than 40 per cent within two months, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said. UNICEF said on Monday that between February and April, the number of children facing the impact of drought – including...
UNICEF says no fewer than 1,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine, underscoring the urgent need for peace. “Once again, as in all wars, the reckless decisions of adults are putting children at extreme risk,’’ UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell stated on...
About seven people died and 10 others were injured on Monday after a roof of a mosque collapsed in Khairpur District of Pakistan’s southern Sindh Province, local media reports said. According to the reports, the incident took place in Ahmadpur area of the district due to torrential rains. The...
Raila Odinga, who came second in Kenya’s presidential election, has filed a legal case challenging the result, his lawyers have said. According to the electoral commission, Mr Odinga took 48.8% of the vote, losing to William Ruto’s 50.5%. However, four of the seven electoral commissioners refused to endorse the...
Pakistan’s police have charged the country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide. Mr Khan’s supporters gathered outside his house vowing to “take over” if he was arrested. However, he has...
The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday, as anxious citizens awaited news of missing relatives. Emergency workers have been trying to clear the debris of a gun...
Thousands of people gathered at the Zulu royal palace in South Africa on Saturday for the coronation of a new king in the country’s richest and most influential traditional monarchy. Misuzulu Zulu, 47, is set to succeed his father, Goodwill Zwelithini, who died in March last year after 50...
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is scaling up operations to support millions going hungry who “cannot wait” for assistance as the threat of famine looms in the Horn of Africa. The region is in the grip of a historic drought, brought on by four consecutive failed rains....
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed outrage over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman, Ms Salma Al-Shehab charged with following and retweeting so-called dissidents and activists. Doctoral student Al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in jail, followed by a 34-year travel ban...
The Rwandan woman whose arrest for indecent dressing received international attention has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. Mugabekazi Lilliane, 24, was arrested & charged with public indecency after wearing a revealing dress to a concert by popular French musician Tayc in Kigali on August 9, 2022. Following...
The number of victims of wildfires in Algeria has risen to 26 from eight reported earlier, the Interior Minister said. The wildfires are burning in mountainous areas east of Algeria and the victims were from the provinces of Al Taref and Setif. Firefighters and helicopters were still trying to...
At least 13 fighters of the al-Shabaab militant group have been killed in an airstrike by the U.S. Forces in Somalia. The Pentagon’s Africa Command disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. The Pentagon said the strike took place on August 14 near Teedaan in the central-southern part...
At least 16 people have died and a further 36 are missing after a flash flood in north-western China, according to a report on state television on Thursday. The flash floods occurred on Wednesday evening in the mountains in Datong County near the city of Xining in Qinghai Province,...
The death toll from the recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 75, the country’s National Council for Civil Defense said Tuesday. In addition, 30 people were injured, while 12,551 homes destroyed and 20,751 others damaged during the rain, the council said in a statement. The...
The Morocco police have arrested four suspects, aged between 20 and 30, for deliberately starting a huge forest fire in the north of the country on Monday, the police said in a statement on Tuesday. The fire has burned more than 90 hectares of the Kodiat Tifour forest in...