Ethiopian soldiers rest in front of the entrance to the 5th Battalion of the Northern Command of the Ethiopian Army in Dansha, Ethiopia, on November 25, 2020. Eduardo Soteras AFP By AFP Ethiopia warned Friday it could deploy its “entire defensive capability” after advances by Tigrayan rebels into neighbouring regions. The government “is being pushed

Rescuers carry an injured passenger on stretcher at Soshigaya Okura Station after stabbing on a commuter train, in Tokyo Friday night, Aug. 6, 2021. A man with a knife attacked 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo on Friday and was arrested by police after fleeing, fire department officials and news reports said. (Kyodo

© Provided by The Telegraph Covid jab By Camilla Turner, Lois Heslop Children’s Covid jabs are being scheduled at schools even though approval is yet to be given, it has emerged. Parents have said they were “shocked” to receive letters from their children’s schools informing them of a Covid vaccine schedule for the autumn term

Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Cycling – Track – Women’s Madison – Final – Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan – August 6, 2021. Laura Kenny of Britain and Katie Archibald of Britain celebrate winning gold. REUTERS/Matthew Childs By Martyn Herman IZU, Japan (Reuters) – Track supremo Laura Kenny had warned against counting her out after a rare

Silver medalist Mohammed Ahmed of Canada celebrates with his national flag. ANDREW BOYERS/REUTERS By NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE It took about 200 metres for Moh Ahmed to discard the strategy he had assembled for the next 13 minutes, his plan to end years of disappointment. “I just wanted to push the race,” he said, “and go to

Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi’s phone was targeted by someone in Saudi Arabia in 2019 (Reuters) By Daniel Hilton, Frank Andrews Rached Ghannouchi, the speaker of Tunisia’s parliament and head of the Ennahda party, was targeted by Saudi Arabia for surveillance using the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, Middle East Eye can reveal. Ghannouchi is one of

A general view of green zone in Kabul, Afghanistan March 13, 2019. Picture taken March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan provincial capital and killed the government’s senior media officer in Kabul on Friday amid a deteriorating security situation as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw. A police

South African former President Jacob Zuma speaks to supporters after appearing at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo South Africa’s jailed former president, Jacob Zuma, was admitted to hospital for medical observation on Friday, the government’s Correctional Services department said. Zuma has been held at Estcourt prison in

File Photo/Somali Times According to information obtained by Somali Times, the opposition Union of Candidates has a strong belief that the newly elected parliamentarians will be overwhelmingly in favor of Farmajo, which Villa Somalia is working hard to achieve. According to our sources, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has prepared a number of loyal individuals to join

Founder and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group Aliko Dangote gestures during an interview with Reuters in his office in Lagos, Nigeria, June 13, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo According to the Forbes, the top 10 richest people in the continent have an average networth of $4.1 billion Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote tops the list of the