Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised the conflict in Tigray would be resolved quickly. However, 13 months later, the fighting has intensified amid multiple reports of torture, rape and other atrocities taking place in Tigray. The conflict has created one of the […]
The Netherlands will go into a tough lockdown from Sunday morning to limit a feared COVID-19 surge due to the Omicron variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. Rutte told a news conference on Saturday that all non-essential shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas, museums and theatres must […]
A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi has killed at least 12 people and injured several others. Senior police officer Sarafar Nawaz Shaikh later said two of the injured died at the hospital raising the death toll […]
A “major incident” has been declared in London amid “huge concern” over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant across the capital. It comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Saturday he was “incredibly worried” about staff absences in vital public services including the […]
Algeria scored two goals in extra-time to beat Tunisia 2-0 and win the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. Amir Sayoud scored in the ninth minute of extra-time while Yacine Brahimi scored with the final kick of the game to take Algeria to the title on Saturday. […]
Istanbul, Turkey – Turkey is aiming to deepen economic and military ties on Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks at a major summit of African heads in Istanbul, and called for a seat representing the continent at the UN Security Council. Heads of […]
Ethiopia announced its forces have recaptured several towns, including Kobo and Waldia in the north, from Tigrayan rebels. The conflict between forces loyal to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebel group has also triggered a severe humanitarian crisis and […]
Mali’s foreign affairs ministry has said that Chad planned to deploy 1,000 additional UN peacekeepers to Mali to reinforce its troops battling armed groups in the former French colony. “The deployment is part of a bilateral framework at the request of the Government of Chad […]
Online celebrity Pimradaporn “Pimrypie” Benjawattanapa alerted police when she learned that a “doctor” at one of her clinics was using stolen credentials, but authorities say she has to face the consequences. (File photo by Somchai Poomlard) Authorities have ordered the temporary closure of a cosmetic […]
A court in the United Kingdom greenlights Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States – Press freedom groups call it a “travesty of justice”, but the response from the mainstream media has been muted. Contributors: Tariq Ali – Co-editor, In Defence of Julian Assange; editor, […]
