47 Inmates Escape From Liberia Prison
Forty-seven inmates have escaped from a maximum security prison in Liberia's Margibi County, a rural area east of the West African country's capital Monrovia, the justice ministry said on Monday. Initial investigations suggested the inmates had managed to escape at the weekend because of a breach in the prison's security system, the ministry said. "The Ministry of Justice is deeply concerned...
US Presidency: Obama Backs Kamala Harris
Former President of the US, Barack Obama has endorsed the country's Vice President, a fellow Democrat in her bid to succeed her principal, Joe Biden as the next President of the country. The backing of VP Kamala Harris on Friday for the White House is seen as a major boost to her campaign to beat the Republican candidate, Donald Trump...
After Discovery Of 8 Female Bodies In Refuse Dump, Kenya Police Pledge Transparent Investigation
Kenya’s under-fire police on Sunday pledged a “transparent” investigation into the shocking discovery of eight mutilated female bodies dumped in a Nairobi garbage site. But tensions were running high at the crime scene in the Mukuru slum area in the south of the Kenyan capital, as police briefly fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of angry residents, an AFP...
New UK PM Starmer Says He’s Not Prepared To Transfer Migrants To Rwanda
Britain’s new Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said he was “not prepared” to continue with the previous Conservative government’s flagship scheme to deport migrants to Rwanda. “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started… I’m not prepared to continue with gimmicks that don’t act as a deterrent,” he told reporters at his first news conference. Ex-prime minister...
Donald Trump And The US President, Joe Biden, Battles In The First US Presidential Debate
The US President, Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate this week as millions of potential voters tune in. The showdown fires the starting gun on what promises to be a bruising summer on the campaign trail, in a deeply polarized and tense United States still convulsed over the chaos and violence that accompanied...
US Suspends Shipment Of Bomb To Israel Over Invasion Of Rafah
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over fears it would invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, an official said Tuesday, marking the first time in the conflict that President Joe Biden has squeezed military aid to the key US ally. Washington halted the load of 1,800 2,000-lb (907 kg) bombs and 1,700 500-lb...
Israel Shuts Down Al Jazeera Office In Gaza, Seizes Equipment
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast equipment, preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and blocking its websites, is believed...
Vietnamese Woman Sentenced To Death Over $44bn Bank Fraud
A Vietnamese billionaire, Truong My Lan, has been sentenced to death for looting one of the country’s largest banks over a period of 11 years. It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Truong My Lan was sentenced at the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse...
US House Reps Passes TikTok Ban Bill
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. The lawmakers voted 352 in favor of the proposed law and 65 against, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington.Details later… AFP
US House Of Reps To Vote On TikTok Ban
The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner or get banned in the United States. The legislation is the biggest threat yet to the video-sharing app, which has surged to huge popularity across the world all while causing intense nervousness amongst governments and security officials about...
