Category: Africa and the rest of the world

Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to restore ties and reopen diplomatic missions in Chinese-brokered talks, they said in a joint statement, seven years after relations were severed. The move caps a broader realignment and efforts to ease tensions in the Middle East. Riyadh cut ties with Tehran after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi […]

Protesters gather during a rally marking the 37th anniversary of the “People Power” revolution, which ousted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s dictator father and sent the family into exile, on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, in Quezon City on February 25, 2023. Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP Philippine protesters rallied on […]

US President Joe Biden waves as he makes his way to board Marine One before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on February 16, 2023. – President Biden will undergo a physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this morning. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) President […]

In this file photo taken on January 25, 2023 Chunli Zhao, the man who is accused of shooting dead seven people in Half Moon Bay, California, appears for his arraignment at the San Mateo Criminal Court in Redwood City, California. – The man accused of killing seven people and injuring another by opening fire on […]

Iraqi women’s rights activists lift placards during a rally near the Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad on February 5, 2023, to protest the killing of Iraqi youtuber Tiba al-Ali by her father in Diwaniyah. – Al-Ali’s death on January 31, has sparked outrage in Iraq, where so-called “honour killings” continue to take place in the […]

Protester clashes with police during a rally in Paris on January 19, 2023, as workers go on strike over the French President’s plan to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. – A day of strikes and protests kicked off in France on January 19, set to disrupt transport and schooling across the […]

A file picture obtained by AFP outside Iran shows the scene of a protest for Mahsa Amini, a woman who reportedly died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s “morality police”, in Tehran on September 20, 2022. – Demonstrations have been less frequent in recent weeks in Iran, but the protest remains alive after four […]

Gabon’s foreign minister Michael Moussa Adamo died Friday after suffering a heart attack during a cabinet meeting, the government and a presidential source said. Moussa Adamo, 62, an ally of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, suffered a heart attack and died “despite efforts by specialists” to revive him, the government said in a brief statement. He […]

In this file photo taken on October 21, 2022 Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at a ceremony commemorating the 45th anniversary of Vietnam’s accession to the United Nations in Hanoi’s international convention centre. – Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media reported January 17, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP) Vietnam […]