Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference at his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo Ethiopia accused the United States on Monday of meddling in its affairs after Washington announced restrictions on economic and security assistance over alleged human rights abuses during the conflict in the northern

British national Kenneth Daniel Kutsch, right, and Italian national Francesco D’alesio, walk as they are shown to the media during a police press conference in Badung, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, May 24, 2021. The British hotel owner and the Italian tourist were arrested for alleged possession of narcotics on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, police announced

A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas By Reuters Western politicians accused Belarus on Monday of state piracy amounting to a “warlike act”, searching for a way to retaliate

Margaret Gecaga. By SAM KIPLAGAT President Uhuru Kenyatta’s brother-in-law Udi Gecaga is locked in a new court battle over the ownership of eight properties in Nairobi’s Muthaiga with his stepmother, who faced eviction from one of the homes. The Court of Appeal has allowed Margaret Gacigi Gecaga to challenge the arbitration ruling that gave Udi

File Photo of Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed(L) and Isaias Afewerki ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu – Anadolu Agency ) The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it is time for the international community to take action in a conflict that has sparked

Photo: Credit Facebook Bashir Mohamed. Somali business owner becomes target and killed in Nairobi A missing businessman was found dead in Nairobi. Bashir Mohamed, a businessman who went missing weeks ago, has been found dead on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, according to his relatives. The body was found in a bush about

Martin Bashir, one of the anchors of the ABC news program ‘Nightline’, takes part in a panel discussion at the ABC television network Summer press tour for television critics in Beverly Hills, California July 26, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo A former BBC journalist found to have deceived Princess Diana in order to secure an explosive

File – In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, center, is surrounded by a group of lawmakers after being elected as speaker of the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s parliament speaker says international inspectors may no longer access images of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) By NASSER KARIMI

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with a group of senior figures from the armed forces during a visit to HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in Portsmouth, Britain, May 21, 2021. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS Britain’s Queen Elizabeth visited the country’s new aircraft carrier on Saturday, named in her honour, before it leads a flotilla

Photo: Credit Reuters President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Nepal plunged into fresh political turmoil on Saturday as President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in November amid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak. The surprise announcement comes after a presidential statement said neither the caretaker Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, nor opposition leader Sher Bahadur