IAG said passenger traffic fell by 88% in the third quarter. Photo: PA By Oscar Williams-Grut The parent company of British Airways and Iberia slumped to a €1.3bn (£1.17bn, $1.54bn) loss in the third quarter of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to severely depress aviation. IAG (IAG.L) on Thursday said it had made an

Jobseekers queue to submit their applications. Insurance firms have reported a sharp rise in policy cancellations and withdrawals by customers squeezed by the economic fallout from Covid-19, raising fears that many insurers could soon face liquidity challenges. Top insurers confirmed a sharp rise in withdrawals and surrenders, majorly on life assurance and pension products —

Photo/Somali Times The elders and intellectuals of the Hawiye community held a press conference in Mogadishu today and described the arrest of the former commander of the Somali National Army Danab Major Ismail Abdimalik as tribal. President Mohamed Farmajo replaced Major Ismail as an ”Marehan clan.” Farmajo is playing dirty politics. The elders who attended

At least 34 cops killed in late night assaults, victims include provincial security chief, officials say The security chief of Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province and over 30 policemen were killed in Taliban attacks, officials confirmed on Wednesday. Capt. Raaz Mohammad Doorandesh “embraced martyrdom” in Taliban attacks on Khwaja Sabzposh and Baharak districts in the province

Three security guards wounded in attack At least two people were killed Tuesday, and three others were wounded, when a bomb blast targeted the nation’s immigration and naturalization chief in Mogadishu, according to officials. Police captain Abdifatah Hassan confirmed the deaths to Anadolu Agency. The attack occurred near the busy KM4 intersection in the capital.

Photo: Credit The Independent, Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, By Andrew Woodcock City’s leaders say £75m in business support needed to prevent poverty Boris Johnson has sparked fury in Greater Manchester by announcing support worth just £22m – £8 for each of the city’s 2.8 million residents – as he imposed the most stringent

As case numbers and fatalities rise across Europe in a second wave of the novel coronavirus, many countries are introducing more severe precautions agains the outbreak than when it first made its way to the continent at the beginning of the year. France France, which has seen daily infections skyrocket to between 22,000 and 32,000

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday Oct. 19, 2020. The Philippine president has said he could be held responsible for the thousands of killings under his anti-drugs crackdown and was ready to face charges,

Photo: Credit Facebook Sammy Mahdi, By Charlotte Oberti In Belgium, 32-year-old Sammy Mahdi, the son of an Iraqi refugee, has just been appointed Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration. He said his goal is to increase deportations. After an extended political crisis that lasted 493 days, Belgium finally formed a government on Wednesday, September

A teenage girl who became a sex worker after schools in Kenya were closed in March due to coronavirus restrictions, sits in the rented room where she and others work, in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. The girls saw their mothers’ sources of income vanish when Kenya’s government restricted movement to prevent the spread