Last year, Saad al-Jabri filed a lawsuit against MBS, claiming a 50 person hit squad was dispatched to kill him in Canada (AFP) By Middle East Eye A Saudi state-run company has requested a court in Massachusetts freeze $29m in luxury Boston real estate assets that it says were fraudulently obtained by Riyadh’s former spy

Jess Phillips, the shadow minister for domestic violence. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA By Sarah Marsh Jess Phillips says government has not taken issue seriously, five years after committee’s report Sexual violence is endemic in schools and the government must launch an inquiry to establish how widespread it is, the shadow minister for domestic violence has said.

African Development Bank president says ‘it is time to put in place an African financial stability mechanism’ Africa needs debt relief, debt restructuring, and debt sustainability, the African Development Bank president said. Akinwumi Adesina was speaking at Monday’s UN Meeting on International Debt Architecture and Liquidity. He said: “It is time to put in place

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 vaccinations, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LISA MASCARO and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is aiming for summer passage of his sweeping $4 trillion infrastructure plan,

Stocks listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lost Sh80.02 billion of their value yesterday as foreigner sold off shares in blue-chip firms over the new lockdown, making it one of single-largest drops in a day in the bourse’s history. The market capitalisation closed at Sh2.47 trillion compared to Sh2.55 trillion on Friday, with Safaricom,

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the Ever Given cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal Monday, March 29, 2021. Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. (Planet

The exterior of Johnson and Johnson’s subsidiary Janssen Vaccines in Leiden, Netherlands March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw Johnson & Johnson has agreed to supply up to 400 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union (AU) from the third quarter of 2021, the drugmaker said on Monday, as the continent struggles

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s members of the international community based in Mogadishu, meeting with leaders of regional administrations, which to discuss 2021 election issues. The meeting, which took several hours 2021 election dispute in the country. Sources close to Somali Times said to the meeting of international community ambassadors and five regional leaders said the focus

File Photo/Somali Times By Talya Parker Somalia has found itself in a situation that is very familiar – an election impasse. Despite hopes of a smooth transition of power and a new election model being implemented, multiple challenges faced the election, which was scheduled for 8 February 2021. However, these challenges are not new, and

File – In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is growing indoors in Portland, Maine. New York has failed in recent years to pass marijuana legalization, but a state senator said lawmakers have reached an agreement to legalize marijuana sales to adults over the age of 21.