By Anadolu Agency The Democratic-controlled Senate failed to advance US President Joe Biden’s over $105 billion spending package Wednesday, which largely consists of additional military aid for Ukraine and Israel. The supplemental spending package failed to clear a 60-vote procedural hurdle by a vote of 49-51. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats,

A shortage of neurologists has slowed down the early detection of stroke in Kenya. Photo/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa A shortage of neurologists has slowed down the early detection of stroke in Kenya, putting the country’s non-communicable disease care systems, especially cardiovascular care, on the spot. The latest World Health Expectancy ranking, a global health

Niger’s junta leader Gen Abdourahamane Tiani (L) and his counterpart Col Assimi Goita pose for a picture after holding talks in Mali on November 23, 2023. Photo X via @GoitaAssimi By Reuters Mali and Niger have revoked two treaties with France for cooperation and administrative assistance in tax matters, their governments said in a statement

Excavators and people surround the scene of the miners rescue operation on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they

British Home Secretary James Cleverly tours the Kigali Genocide Memorial during his visit to Kigali, Rwanda, to sign a new treaty with Rwanda, December 5, 2023. Photographer Ben Birchall By Reuters British Home Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday to sign a new treaty to send asylum seekers to the African nation after

Somalia ambassador to United Nations Abukar Osman Bale Somalia Ambassador to United Nations Abukar Osman Bale said that there are many countries that are ready to provide the Somali government with all kinds of weapons and people who are trained to use those weapons. He pointed out that the lifting of the arms embargo on

Kenya’s President William Ruto/ Reuters By Reuters A Kenyan court on Monday suspended a government plan to start a fresh privatisation drive under a modified law while it hears a challenge that an opposition party has brought against the sales. In late November the finance ministry said it would start the process of offering to

By Anadolu Agency Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should face trial for being a “war criminal,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, slamming him as the “butcher of Gaza.” “We are not going to let the issue of Israel having nuclear weapons be forgotten,” Erdogan said in his opening remarks at an Organization

Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation smoke next to buses as they depart for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea September 27, 2022. Photographer Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters One of the Somali students living in Belarus has given more information about the situation of young Somalis men and women, who are currently suffering in Russia, Belarus and Poland.

The family of a Madrassa teacher is in distress after their kin was abducted by armed men minutes to midnight in the busy streets of Eastleigh, Nairobi County. The abduction conducted by men in a white double cabin was captured by CCTV cameras in Eastleigh. The gunmen pointed their firearms at the man who was