Responding to the news that the European Parliament has condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called for an arms embargo, Covadonga de la Campa, Interim Director of the Amnesty International, EU Office, said: “The recent killing of Jamal Khashoggi has exposed the limits of silent diplomacy

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s parliament has appointed a new president, Sahle-Work, Zewde, after the resignation of former leader Mulatu Teshome. Ms, Sahle-Work, is an expert on the United Nations, who has expertise and good arguments. A brief statement on the Balance of Peoples has emphasized the importance of maintaining peace in the country, according to

A United Arab Emirates court has postponed hearing the case of a British academic charged with espionage until Nov. 21 to re-examine the evidence, his wife said on Thursday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, appeared on Wednesday in the Federal Court of Appeal in the capital Abu Dhabi. He was arrested

Director of U.S.’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Gina Haspel, who is in Turkey to work on the investigation into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, has listened to the “compelling” audio tape of the brutal killing, Washington Post reported late Wednesday. “A person familiar with the audio said

Washington – A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that would stop most U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia in response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Representative James McGovern said on his web site. The bill said that President Donald Trump could request exceptions

Mogadishu-Minister for Post, Telecom and Technology, Eng Abdi Ashur, has officially opened the Mogadishu Tech Summit, marking another milestone for Somalia’s ICT sector. Mayor of Mogadishu, Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman and director of Immigration and Naturalization Department, Mr. Mohamed Adan, warmly welcomed idea behind the summit, noting that technology directly impacts the work of government

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday launched the first phase of a $620m Chinese industrial project in the eastern part of the country. The project dubbed, “Uganda-China Free Zone of International Industrial Cooperation”, undertaken by the Dongsong Energy Group, will manufacture glass, steel and organic-fertilizers, creating about 3,000 jobs at peak when completed in 2020.

The United States has identified many Saudi officials responsible for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and is taking action, including revoking visas or imposing sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. “We are taking appropriate actions,” Pompeo said Tuesday, adding that some of those identified work for ministries and the royal court. Members

All those involved in journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder plot should be brought to justice, Erdoğan said, calling on Saudi officials to answer questions to help further the investigation The killing of 59-year-old journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 was a murder plot planned by Saudi officials for days, President

China on Tuesday opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge linking to Hong Kong the Chinese government has docked the world’s longest Sea Bridge, about 55 kilometers. A Hong Kong bridge linking Macau and Zhuai-used technique is remarkable considering how careful they fall marine transit or halt flights at Hong Kong close. The formation was launched