Category: Africa and the rest of the world

South African Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius (C) reacts at the High Court in Pretoria, on July 6, 2016, after being sentenced to six years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago. Pistorius was freed from prison in the South African capital Pretoria last October after serving one year of a five-year […]

Credit: REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo Peruvian prosecutors said late Tuesday they were investigating President Dina Boluarte and her ousted predecessor Pedro Castillo for alleged money laundering and illegal campaign financing during the 2021 presidential election. The probe is an expansion of an investigation against the pair over allegations of illegal financing. Boluarte, Castillo, and his former […]

A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Speaking to the CNews channel on Friday morning, Darmanin also said that there had been 903 fires lit in the streets of Paris during by far […]

US President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Canada where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with reports that a deal has been struck on managing undocumented migration across the neighbors’ long border. Trade, Canada’s anemic defense spending, and a potential international force to stabilize troubled Haiti are expected to be on […]

In this file photo taken on May 12, 2022 The price of fruit and vegetables in pounds sterling is displayed on a trader’s market stall in London. – British annual inflation unexpectedly accelerated in February despite central bank efforts to tame a growing cost-of-living crisis, official data showed on March 22, 2023. “Food and non-alcoholic […]

The Security Council on Thursday renewed the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, while also asking for recommendations on the best way for the international community to continue its work in the Taliban-ruled country. The 15-member council unanimously adopted two resolutions, both drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan. The first […]

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Photo: AFP President Joe Biden on Monday invited British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to the White House in June. The invitation came during a meeting between Biden and Sunak in San Diego, California, where they were taking part in the […]

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 4, 2023. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP) Lawyers for Jair Bolsonaro say the former Brazilian president has agreed to hand over to authorities jewels gifted by Saudi Arabia and which entered the country […]

Turkish President Recep Erdogan, on Sunday, said the number of people killed by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey’s SouthEast has reached 48,000, with over 115,000 people injured. “The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation from the Samandag district of […]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing following a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2023. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) President Joe Biden and top EU official Ursula von der Leyen announced progress in defusing […]