Swiss voters have narrowly approved a proposal to ban face coverings in a decision that critics branded Islamophobic and sexist. Official results showed that 51.2 percent of voters, and a majority of federal Switzerland’s cantons, supported the proposal. Some 1,426,992 voters were in favour of […]
More than a dozen people have been killed and hundreds wounded in a series of powerful explosions at a military base in Equatorial Guinea’s largest city of Bata, according to officials. In a statement on national television, President Teodoro Obiang said the blasts on Sunday […]
French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault has been killed in a helicopter crash, according to parliamentary and probe sources. The private helicopter crashed on Sunday afternoon in Normandy, where he has a holiday home, a police source said. French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the […]
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, attacking a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura in an assault the kingdom said was aimed at the security and stability of the global energy supply. Announcing the […]
When Ouattara won re-election with 94 percent, the opposition cried foul and announced a ‘transitional government’. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/3/7/will-elections-lead-to-stability-in-ivory-coast
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing increased pressure to step down, after he was accused by several women of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behaviour. In a statement shared by local media on Sunday, New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said accounts […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall is facing growing pressure to address this week’s deadly unrest and engage in dialogue as the country braces for more protests. At least five people, including a schoolboy, have been killed in days of clashes that erupted after the arrest of […]
Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh has reshuffled his cabinet, in a shake-up that comes less than five months after the formation of his government. The decision was announced via a decree issued by the royal court in a statement on Sunday. Among the 10 new […]
At least 17 people have been killed and more than 400 wounded in a series of powerful explosions at a military base in Equatorial Guinea’s largest city of Bata, according to the country’s health ministry. The cause of the blasts on Sunday was not immediately […]
French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault has been killed in a helicopter crash, the AFP news agency reported, citing parliamentary and probe sources. The private helicopter crashed on Sunday afternoon in Normandy, where he has a holiday home, according to a police source. French President Emmanuel […]
