Political Correctness Risking Innocent Lives?
Has politics become the smokescreen that shields the truth from the people? There’s no gain saying that majority of people in any society will only be privy, in any situation, to official...
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Arab Countries Cut Links With Qatar
Six Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. They say Qatar backs militant groups including so-called Islamic...
Morocco ‘to Join ECOWAS’ Despite Snubbing Summit Over Israel
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite it being in North Africa, sources tell the BBC. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the...
Police ‘know Identities of Killers’
Police investigating Saturday night’s terror attack in London say they know the identity of the three attackers who killed seven people and injured 48. The Metropolitan Police said their names...
Cambodian Opposition Make Gains In Local Elections
Cambodia's embattled opposition made significant gains in this weekend's local elections, early results showed Monday, a vote closely watched for signs of vulnerability in one of the world's longest...
Outrage As Trump Targets London Mayor After Attacks
Outrage erupted on both sides of the Atlantic Sunday after President Donald Trump lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the wake of a terrorist assault in the British capital which left seven...
Former PM Key, All Blacks Great Jones Get Knighthoods
Former New Zealand prime minister John Key and rugby great Michael Jones were honoured with knighthoods on Monday. Key, who led New Zealand for eight years before stepping down last December, has...
Netanyahu Woos West African Leaders At Liberia Summit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday joined West African leaders at a summit in Liberia, where they hailed peacekeeping efforts in the region but warned about threats to stability....
12 Arrested In Barking After van and Knife Attack
Twelve people have been arrested after the London terror attack which left seven people dead and 48 injured. The arrests in Barking, east London, followed a raid at a flat belonging to one of the...
Turkey PM Says Raqa Operation In Syria Has Begun
The battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa started two days ago, Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, according to the state-run news agency Anadolu Sunday. Yildirim...
Turkey PM Says Raqa Operation In Syria Has Begun
The battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa started two days ago, Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, according to the state-run news agency Anadolu Sunday. Yildirim...
Lesotho Officials Probe Soldiers’ Presence Near Poll Stations
Election officials in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho on Sunday investigated why armed soldiers had been deployed at many polling stations on voting day. The army has often been accused of...
Tunisia PM Warns No One Safe In Anti-Graft ‘war’
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed was reported on Sunday as saying no one in the North African country involved in corruption would emerge unscathed in his government's "war" on graft....
President Akufo-Addo To Participate In ECOWAS Summit
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is attending the 51st Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Monrovia,...
World Leaders Condemn London Attack
World leaders have condemned Saturday’s London terror attack which left seven people dead and more than 30 injured. President Emmanuel Macron said France, which had two citizens injured in the...
Six Killed In London Terror Attack
Six people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00...
Local Cambodia Polls Test Strongman’s Popularity
Millions of Cambodians started voting in local polls on Sunday, testing the political temperature of a country rife with tension between its strongman premier and an embattled opposition determined...
Casualties After London Bridge ‘knife and van Incident’
There are reports of a number of casualties after an incident possibly involving a vehicle and a knife in the London Bridge area of the capital, British Transport Police has said. Police say armed...
Western Wall Must Be Under Jewish Sovereignty
One of Judaism's holiest sites, the Western Wall in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, must remain under "Jewish sovereignty", a senior member of the Palestinian president's Fatah party said on...
Radiohead Hits Back At Israel Boycott Calls As ‘divisive’
Radiohead hit back Friday at a campaign urging the band to scrap a show in Israel, calling the boycott effort divisive, patronizing and "an extraordinary waste of energy." The experimental rock icons...