Category: Africa and the rest of the world

This file photo taken on July 27, 2008 shows Indian forensic experts collecting evidence from a blast site outside the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad following a series of bombings the day before which killed dozens. – An Indian court sentenced 38 people to death on February 18, 2022 over a string of bomb blasts in […]

In this file photo taken on March 13, 2015 Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales attends a reception at Guildhall following a memorial service to mark the end of Britain’s combat operations in Afghanistan in central London on March 13, 2015. – Britain’s Prince Charles said on November 8, 2018 he was not “stupid” enough […]

Burkina Faso junta chief Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last month, legal sources said Thursday. They said the Constitutional Council on Wednesday determined that “Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel in the national armed forces, president of the Patriotic Movement for […]

A general view shows on February 3, 2022, the scene following an overnight raid by US special operations forces against suspected jihadists in Atme, in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib which left at least nine people dead, including three civilians. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP) US special forces carried out a brazen nighttime airborne […]

A court in Uganda on Tuesday charged a prominent author and government critic with “disturbing” the country’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni and his powerful son in unflattering social media posts. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was brought to court and charged with two counts of “offensive communication” and remanded in prison until January 21, said Charles Twine, spokesman […]

President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has died at the age of 65. He died Tuesday morning in a hospital in the north-eastern Italian municipality of Aviano, his spokesman confirmed to dpa. On Monday, the EU parliament confirmed he had been admitted to hospital in Italy on December 26 “because of a serious complication […]

Basma bint Saud, 57, a royal family member . Photo: AFP Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital, a human rights group said on Saturday. Basma bint Saud, 57, a royal family member long seen as a proponent of women’s […]

The Japanese Ministry of Justice said three prisoners were executed on death row on Tuesday which is the first execution in Japan since December 2019. According to the  Xinhua/NAN agency report,  this was the first execution under the Prime Minister Fumio Kishida administration. The three were identified as Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who killed seven of […]

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo by Matt Dunham / Pool / AFP) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was left reeling on Sunday after his Brexit minister resigned, ending a difficult week during which his Conservative party suffered a humiliating defeat in a local by-election and his own MPs rebelled over new coronavirus curbs. David […]