Iraqi demonstrators take part in the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo The United States has called on Iraq’s government to stop using violence against protesters, reform its electoral system and hold early elections, after weeks of unrest in which security forces have killed nearly 300 protesters. The protests

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales looks down during a press conference in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Morales is calling for new presidential elections and an overhaul of the electoral system Sunday after a preliminary report by the Organization of American States found irregularities in the Oct. 20 elections. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Bolivian President

Photo/Reuters/Neil Hall/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash Iran should come to the negotiating table with world powers and Gulf countries to seek a new deal that would deescalate regional tensions and revive its economy, a senior United Arab Emirates official said on Sunday. Tensions in the Gulf have

Police have revealed new details of a ‘SIM swapping scam’ that could have serious implications for victims. (iStock/Bombuscreative) TORONTO — Ontario residents are being warned of a new scam called “SIM swapping” that allows fraudsters to steal your personal information and even empty your bank accounts. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said through the scam,

Oromo youth chant slogans during a protest in-front of Jawar MohammedÕs house, an Oromo activist and leader of the Oromo protest in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia is facing political anxiety amid pending elections, delayed political reforms, and forces opposed to reforms, fuelling inter-ethnic violence in the country. Trouble started when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced

Policemen stand guard next to a security barricade on a street, before the Supreme Court’s verdict on a disputed religious site claimed by both majority Hindus and Muslim, in Ayodhya, India, November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES. India’s Supreme Court on Saturday awarded a bitterly disputed religious site to Hindus, dealing a defeat

Photo (AP) A U.S. judge on Friday said a former Twitter (TWTR.N) employee could be released on bond, with travel restrictions, while he awaits trial on charges of spying for Saudi Arabia. Magistrate Judge Paula McCandlis, of the U.S. District Court in Seattle, said her decision to grant Ahmad Abouammo, 41, bond would go into

President Uhuru Kenyatta signs Data Protection Bill, 2019 into law at State House in Nairobi on November 8, 2019. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday signed into law a bill to regulate collection, retrieval, processing, storage, use and disclosure of personal data. The move was commended by the cloud computing arm of Amazon, which announced that

Photo/Al Jazeera Iran’s air defense force has shot down an “unknown” drone in the country’s southwest, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The agency said that Iranian air defense forces hit the drone in the early morning at the port city of Mahshahr, which is in the oil-rich Khuzestan province and lies on

Lawyer Kibe Mungai representing petitioner Constitutional and Human Rights court says judgement will be delivered on notice. Budget cuts make it hard for judges stationed in different places to convene and write judgement Treasury slashed Judiciary’s budget by Sh3 billion last month, citing revenue shortfalls. A three-judge bench presiding over the Kenya-Somalia maritime border dispute