A house burns due to lava from the eruption of a volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park at Los Llanos de Aridane, on the Canary Island of La Palma, September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez Reuters By Borja Suarez The Canary Islands’ first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced the evacuation of about 5,000

People stand behind the fence near the Perm State University with the a Posguardia (National Guardia) on the left, in Perm, Russia, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. A gunman opened fire in a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday morning, leaving at list five people dead and others wounded, according to Russia’s Investigative

A photograph appear on the Internet Prof Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad. Prof Abdiwahab declined to elaborate on the reasons for his abduction, but said he was in good condition, and could talk about what happened soon. His wife, Halima Mohamed, had previously said Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and Uhuru Kenyatta of being involved in

A section of Wilson Airport in Nairobi on August 9, 2016. By Business Daily Africa Wealthy Kenyans and private aviation firms last year sold 72 planes in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that reduced the millionaires’ net worth and hit demand for travel. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) data show the number of

Philippine Senator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao reads his briefing materials as he prepares for the Senate session in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines September 20, 2016. Picture taken September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo By Reuters Boxing star Manny Pacquiao said on Sunday he will run for president of the Philippines next year,

Afghan women march to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a demonstration near the former Women’s Affairs Ministry building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital said Sunday that many female city employees have been ordered to stay home by the country’s new Taliban rulers. (AP Photo)

Shipments of cocaine to the UK appear to be growing in size. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA The Guardian By Mark Townsend Analysis by National Crime Agency finds more than 1,700 UK criminal groups involved in drug supply British organised crime groups are collaborating closely with former international rivals like the Italian mafia to import increasingly bigger

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (seated) is pictured after casting his ballot during the parliamentary election in Algiers, Algeria May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra By Reuters Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army.

Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, the son of a Jordanian doctor and an Austrian nurse, was appointed as Austria’s head of the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (Facebook) Middle East Eye By Mustafa Abu Sneineh Appointment follows criticism of old security organisation after failure to prevent attack by Islamic State sympathiser in November An Austrian-Jordanian has been

File – In this Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 file photo, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks in Weimar, Germany. France said late Friday, Sept. 17 it was immediately recalling its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia after Australia scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favor of nuclear subs built with U.S. technology.