Global

Somalia-Kenya sea dispute case delayed by 10 months, virus cited

A letter sent by the court to both parties and seen by BBC states that that the hearing scheduled for early June is now is delayed to 15 March 2021 due to the exceptional circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid told the BBC last week that his country objected

Read More

Khashoggi fiancee urges UK gov’t to stop Saudi prince to put himself above British law

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Cengiz urged UK gov’t to stop crown prince “raise himself above law of the land” Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has urged the British government to block a planned Saudi Arabia-funded takeover of Premier League team Newcastle United. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Cengiz urged the UK

Read More

UK unemployment claims surge 69% as pandemic takes hold

A cyclist rides his bike along Waterloo Bridge, in London, Monday, May 18, 2020. Large areas of London are to be closed to cars and vans to allow people to walk and cycle safely as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, including Waterloo Bridge and London Bridge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) LONDON (AP) — Unemployment claims in

Read More

Nile: River of discord between Egypt and Ethiopia

Tensions escalate in North Africa, with Egypt seeking the intervention of UNSC against Ethiopia on river water sharing issue Tensions have escalated in the Eastern Nile region, with Egypt taking a complaint to the UN Security Council (UNSC) against Ethiopia’s plan to fill a $5billion hydro dam. The move has riled a cross-section of people

Read More

FBI: Shooter at Pensacola military base link to al-Qaida

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Mohammed Alshamrani. The Saudi student opened fire inside a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday before one of the deputies killed him. The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an al-Qaida operative.

Read More

Iran warns against US aggression on its oil tankers in the Caribbean

Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif has warned the United Nations that there will be “consequences” if the US acted against the Iranian oil tankers in the Caribbean. In a letter sent to the UN chief, Antonio Guterres, Zarif said American “piracy” has threatened the “disruption of Iran’s fuel transmission to Venezuela”, adding that the

Read More

China’s ambassador to Israel found dead in Tel Aviv home: police

Du Wei speaks during a news briefing in Kiev, Ukraine August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo JERUSALEM (Reuters) – China’s ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said. He did not comment on the cause of death of ambassador Du Wei, who

Read More

Libya: Army hits Haftar’s air defense system, drone

Army spokesman says Russian-made air defense system, Chinese-made armed drones were destroyed, The Libyan army shot down Sunday another air defense system and a drone of renegade commander Khalifa Haftar southwest of the capital. Libyan military spokesman Col. Mohamed Qanunu said in a statement that airstrikes were carried out against Haftar militias at the Al-Watiya

Read More

Amnesty calls on Saudi Arabia to unconditionally release female human rights defenders

Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul was arrested by Saudi forces in 2018 [Wikipedia] Marking two years of the detention of prominent female human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Amnesty International called on King Salman Bin Abdulaziz to release them. In a report published on its website, Amnesty International announced that the female human rights

Read More

Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in Paris region after 25 years

Photo: Credit UN PARIS (Reuters) – Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday near Paris after 25 years on the run, the French justice ministry said. The 84-year-old, who is Rwanda’s most-wanted man and had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his

Read More