Category: Africa and the rest of the world

Five Americans who regained their freedom from Iran, after a swap deal involving $6 billion erstwhile seized funds, made an emotional return to the United States on Tuesday ending their imprisonment “nightmare.” US President Joe Biden, via his official Twitter handle, President Biden@POTUS tweeted: “Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are back […]

No date has been set yet for the funeral of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin who died in a plane crash last week, the Kremlin said on Monday. “I don’t have any information about the funeral yet,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. He asked about the burial of the total of 10 victims of […]

Five people including an 11-month girl died Monday and 54 people were rescued when two migrant boats sank off Greece, officials said. The first capsize took place around 3:00 am (0000 GMT) off the island of Samos near the Turkish border. The coastguard rescued 37 people, including a woman who had died, government spokesman Pavlos […]

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, has been officially confirmed dead following genetic analysis, according to investigators. The crash of his plane earlier in the week had raised suspicions and prompted speculation about the Kremlin’s potential involvement. The incident occurred two months after Wagner staged a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership. “Molecular-genetic […]

This photo taken and handout on August 25, 2023, by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis meeting with Katalin Novak, President of Hungary in The Vatican. (Photo by Simone Risoluti / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)  / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS […]

Scene of crash. Pix: ARY News A minibus carrying mountaineers in Iran plunged into a ravine, killing 10 people, state media reported Saturday. The accident occurred on Friday near the city of Varzaghan, in East Azerbaijan province, said the provincial emergency services spokesman, Vahid Shadinia, according to state news agency IRNA. The minibus was heading […]

Former US president Donald Trump was photographed for a police mug shot after his arrest on August 24 at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia, multiple US media outlets reported citing local officials. (Photo by – / Fulton County Sheriff’s Office / AFP) Former US President Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday […]

Former US president and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa’s 2023 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28, 2023. – Donald Trump said on August 20, 2023 that he will skip this week’s first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know […]

A picture taken on August 22, 2023 shows lightning over Mecca’s clock tower in Saudi Arabia. – Fierce storms closed schools on August 23 in the desert kingdom’s Mecca region, home to the Grand Mosque which was lashed by heavy rains and wind overnight, witnesses said. (Photo by Hammad Al-Huthali / AFP) Fierce storms closed […]