Global

Twitter fact-checks Trump; he threatens new regs or shutdown

In this May 22, 2020, photo President Donald Trump speaks with reporters about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Trump has been claiming extraordinarily sweeping powers during the coronavirus crisis that constitutional and legal scholars say the president simply doesn’t have. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP)

Read More

Chinese lawmakers endorse Hong Kong national security law

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Thursday, May 28, 2020. China’s ceremonial legislature has endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong that has strained relations with the United States and Britain. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) BEIJING (AP) — China’s ceremonial legislature overwhelmingly endorsed a national

Read More

Virginia man charged with aiding terror group al-Shabaab

Liban Haji Mohamed was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list after leaving the US ( FBI ) A Virginia man who fled the country in 2012 and was suspected of trying to recruit men to join the terrorist group al-Shabaab was indicted in a federal court on a charge of conspiring to provide

Read More

UK lawmakers set to quiz Johnson amid pressure to fire aide

Dominic Cummings, top aide to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves his home in north London, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The British government faced accusations of hypocrisy after the revelation that Cummings traveled more than 250 miles (400 kms) to his parents’ house during a nationwide lockdown while he was showing coronavirus symptoms. (Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Read More

Saudi Arabia targets family of ex-spy chief in effort to force him home

Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has centralised power and get rid of any opponents to his ascension to the throne (AFP/File photo) Authorities arrested Saad al-Jabri’s children and brother in an attempt to coerce him to return from Canada, sources say Human rights advocates are calling on Saudi Arabia to immediately release the family of former

Read More

Why do African Leaders Shutdown Internet During Elections?

Internet blackout In an election campaign that has been marred by violence and intimidation the Burundi government decided to add the cherry on top by disconnecting the internet for its citizens during the polls. This tact of internet disruption has become a notable trend in African nations that are considered dictatorships. Using the economist intelligence

Read More

World’s deepest gold mine shut down due to COVID-19

Global gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti says it temporarily halted operations on a voluntary basis The coronavirus outbreak in South Africa has closed Mponeng, the world’s deepest gold mine after 164 workers tested positive for the disease. The global gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti said it conducted 650 tests since last Thursday, including primary contacts

Read More

Coast guard saves 72 migrants off Turkey’s Izmir

Turkish Coast Guard Command teams rescued at least 72 migrants and refugees Monday from four boats in the Aegean Sea. Acting on a tip-off, the rescue team reached out to the migrants, who were onboard inflatable boats that were forced into Turkish territorial waters by the Greek coast guard. The group of Afghans, Congolese, Guineans

Read More

Kidnapping family members is Bin Salman’s tactic to intimidate Saudi dissidents

Photo: Credit Reuters Details are emerging about the kidnapping of two young people within Saudi Arabia which appears to be the latest desperate move by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to exert pressure on one of the Kingdom’s highest profile dissidents. Dr Saad Al-Jabri, once the gatekeeper of Saudi intelligence and security, has broken his

Read More

‘What planet are they on?’ No respite for Johnson and Cummings

Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his house in London following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mutiny in his party and fury across Britain on Monday for refusing to sack his closest aide

Read More