Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Khartoum on Saturday as thousands of Sudanese protesters marched across the country to denounce the October military coup. It is the 10th day of major demonstrations with protests continuing even after Abdallah Hamdok was reinstated as prime...
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Lebanon needs “six to seven years” to emerge from the crisis it is currently in, the country’s president has said. In a televised interview on Friday, Michel Aoun said Lebanon had reached this point as a result of “misdeeds, theft, corruption, and failures by the system” and that a...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has paid tribute to the late Prince Philip during her first Christmas television broadcast since the death of her husband of 73 years. The 95-year-old monarch has said that although Christmas was “a time of great happiness and good cheer for many,” it “can be hard...
Russia announced Saturday that more than 10,000 troops had finished month-long drills near Ukraine, amid Western accusations that Moscow was plotting an invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. The defence ministry said in a statement that the drills for Southern Military District forces had taken place in a host of...
A male surfer was killed in a shark attack in Morro Bay, California, on Christmas Eve, the Morro Bay Harbor Department confirmed to CNN. “Harbor, Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of a male victim unresponsive on the beach after he was pulled from the water suffering...
At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday, in the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week, the country’s coastguard said. Authorities scrambled a search and rescue operation overnight northwest of Paros. Air and sea...
The South Korean government has pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving 22 years in prison for corruption, the country’s Justice Ministry said on Friday. Park Kyung-mi, a spokesperson for the Blue House — South Korea’s presidential office — said President Moon Jae-in considered former President Park’s worsening...
UN envoy, Ms Stephanie Williams, on Thursday said Libya’s presidential election had been postponed with a new date expected to be announced within 30 days. Williams, the deputy head of the UN Support Mission in Libya for political affairs, said this after her 10 days visit to the county...
U.S. has contributed 10 million dollars to assist the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its work on COVID-19 response and addressing threats to human, animal and environmental health, including future pandemics. The funding, announced on Thursday, would support the UN agency’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, part...
An unprecedented fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside its egg is shedding more light on the links between dinosaurs and birds. The 70-million-year-old fossil preserves the embryonic skeleton of an oviraptorid dinosaur, which has been nicknamed Baby Yingliang after the name of the Chinese museum which...
The death toll from a shipwreck off Madagascar’s northeastern coast has risen to at least 64 after 25 more bodies were discovered, maritime authorities said Wednesday. A wooden vessel, believed to be a cargo ship carrying passengers illegally, sank in the Indian Ocean on Monday with 130 people on...
Turkish authorities arrested an American diplomat working at the U.S. consulate in Beirut, for allegedly helping a Syrian national fly to Germany on a fake diplomatic passport. The state media reports, citing the police on Wednesday, said the diplomat, identified by the initials DJK was accused of “forgery of...
The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has been ordered to pay his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein more than $728 million (£500 million), in one of the largest divorce settlements ever handed down by a UK court. The figure will be used to cover Princess Haya’s...
A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum some 12 hours to shore Tuesday after their helicopter crashed off the island’s northeastern coast, authorities said. A search was still ongoing for two other passengers after the crash Monday, whose cause was not immediately clear, police and...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday expressed concern over the unfolding security situation in the capital, Tripoli, where forces affiliated with different armed groups have been deploying. The development came as Libyans awaited news about the postponement of long-promised landmark elections, due to take place on...
A South African court on Tuesday, granted former president Jacob Zuma leave, to appeal a ruling that he returned to prison after being released in September on medical parole. He was however, given permission to spend Christmas at home. Zuma, 79, was sentenced in June to 15 months in...
The World Economic Forum has postponed its annual meeting in Davos in Switzerland due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) fears, citing “continued uncertainty over the Omicron outbreak.” “Current pandemic conditions make it extremely difficult to deliver a global in-person meeting,” the organisation wrote on its website. The event was due to...
Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Monday said the Israeli government had approved the ban of all non-essential travel to 10 countries including the United States to prevent the spread of the Omicron coronavirus strain. The countries include Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey. “The cabinet...
The death toll from Typhoon Rai that lashed the Philippines last week has climbed to 208, a spokesperson for the police said on Monday, adding that 52 more remain missing. However, Philippine National Police spokesperson Colonel Roderick Alba only provided details of the reported 29 deaths caused by Typhoon...