Widow Of Killed Pakistani Journalist Sues Kenya Police
A widow of a Pakistani journalist who was shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled arrest in his home country filed a lawsuit against Kenyan police on Monday, her lawyer said. Arshad Sharif, a strident critic of Pakistan’s powerful military establishment and supporter of former premier Imran Khan, died when Kenyan police opened fire on his car at...
US Rejects Call For Ceasefire By Middle East, Says It’ll Allow Hamas To Rest
The United States warned Monday that any Gaza ceasefire by Israel would benefit Hamas, as the European Union considers a call for a humanitarian pause. A ceasefire would “give Hamas the ability to rest, to refit and to get ready to continue launching terrorist attacks against Israel,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. “You can understand perfectly clearly why that’s...
Sri Lanka Confirms Chinese Research Ship Headed To Its Shores
Sri Lanka confirmed Wednesday the expected arrival of a Chinese research ship, following a visit by a spacecraft-tracking vessel last year that raised security concerns from neighbouring India. New Delhi is suspicious of China’s increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and its influence in Sri Lanka, which is strategically placed halfway along key east-west international shipping routes. A foreign ministry spokesman...
Gaza: Deadlock Deepens As Security Council Rejects Resolutions By U.S, Russia
China and Russia on Wednesday vetoed a draft resolution sponsored by the United States while a second Russian-backed resolution failed to secure sufficient votes. The development has deepened the Security Council’s deadlock over any unified response to address the crisis in Gaza and Israel. The U.S.-led draft resolution failed to pass owing to a negative vote by permanent Security Council members,...
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Dies Of Heart Attack
Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang, a reform-minded bureaucrat once tipped as the country’s future leader only to be eclipsed by President Xi Jinping, died Friday. He was 68. He had a heart attack on Thursday and passed away in Shanghai just after midnight, state-run news agency Xinhua said. During his 10-year tenure as premier under Xi, Li cultivated an image as...
Israel Says War With Hamas Has Entered “A New Phase”
Israel said Saturday its war on Hamas had “entered a new phase” with its massive bombardment of Gaza as the Islamist group demanded the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages it seized three weeks ago. The United Nations warned thousands more civilians could die in Gaza as Israel said ground forces were still operating inside the...
Kenya To End Visa Requirements For Nigerians, Other Africans By End Of 2023
Kenya President William Ruto has said his country will end visa requirements for Nigerians and all African visitors by the end of the year. President Ruto said this at an international conference in Congo Brazzaville, a report by the BBC said. Visa-free travel within the continent has been a goal of the African Union (AU) for the past decade. A 2022 AU-backed...
Iran Urges Muslim Countries To Halt Trade With Israel
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urged Muslim countries on Wednesday to halt trade with Israel, including oil exports, in response to its bombardment of Gaza since deadly Hamas attacks. Israel has been pounding the Gaza Strip since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7 and, killed more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, according to Israeli...
Tunisian President Says Prison Break Well Planned
Tunisia’s president said on Wednesday that the escape of five prisoners convicted of “terrorism” was a well-planned operation that had clearly been in the pipeline for “months”. The government has urged Tunisians to be vigilant following the escape of the five from Mornaguia, Tunisia’s largest prison, on Tuesday. President Kais Saied said the prison break had been a “premeditated operation”. “All the...
China Bids Farewell To Popular Ex-Premier Li Keqiang
National flags flew at half-mast across China on Thursday as the country put its former premier Li Keqiang to rest. Li, whose body was moved to Beijing from Shanghai where he had died of a heart attack on 27 October, was cremated. Pictures show crowds gathered along the streets as a convoy said to be carrying his body drove past. Muted state coverage...
