UN Stresses Importance Of Press Freedom As Israel Shuts Al Jazeera
The United Nations, UN, has underscored the importance of press freedom following Israel’s decision to close broadcaster Al Jazeera’s operations in the country. The UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, in New York said they stood firmly against any decision to roll back freedom of the press. “A free press provides an invaluable service to ensure that the public is informed and engaged,”...
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...
Heavy Rain Kill At Least 10 In Southern Brazil
The Brazilian civil defense agency on Thursday said the death toll from deadly storms that have lashed the southern part of the country since Monday rose to 10, with 21 others still missing. Governor Eduardo Leite announced that flooding and mudslides led the state of Rio Grande do Sul to suspend classes for Thursday, when Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula...
Kenya Postpones Schools Resumption Over Flood
Kenya said Monday that it would delay the reopening of schools by one week due to ongoing heavy rains that have triggered deadly floods in the East African nation. Schools were originally scheduled to reopen on Monday, following the mid-term holidays, but the torrential monsoon downpours have affected many educational facilities, prompting the education ministry to delay the resumption of...
World Bank Announces Suspension Of Tanzania Tourism Fund Disbursement
The World Bank says it would withhold further disbursement from a $150 million fund meant for expansion of a national park in southern Tanzania, citing alleged killings and evictions by rangers last year. According to the World Bank's independent verification, two anonymous complainants have accused rangers from the Ruaha National Park of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, evictions, torture and cattle...
Israel, Iran War: Oil Prices Surge Amid Tension
The price of Brent crude is now $90.54 per barrel, up from $87 days after the war between Israel and Iran escalated. Oil prices jumped more than 3.94 per cent on Friday after Israel carried out a retaliation strike in Iran, triggering fears of an all-out war in the Middle East. Also, the US West Texas Intermediate, WTI crude futures spiked...
Kenya’s Military Chief, Nine Other Soldiers Killed In Helicopter Crash
Kenya’s Armed Forces Chief, General Francis Ogolla, and nine other military representatives have been confirmed dead after a helicopter crash. This was revealed by the Kenyan President, William Ruto at a news conference on Thursday. The president subsequently announced three days of national mourning. It was gathered that the helicopter crashed in the west of the country in the Elgeyo Marakwet district,...
Sydney Church Stabbing Was A Terrorist Attack – Police
Australian police have declared Monday's stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated "terrorist act". A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church. At least four people suffered "non-life-threatening" injuries, police say. The attacker was also hurt. The incident was captured on a church livestream and...
Donald Trump’s Hush-Money Trial Begins
Former President Donald Trump makes history on Monday, as he becomes the first current or former president in the nation’s history to go on trial. Fox News reports that Trump’s hush-money trial, which will get underway in a New York City courtroom, will have an instant impact on his 2024 election rematch with President Joe Biden. READ ALSO: Drones, Missile Attack...
Drones, Missile Attack Legitimate Response Against Israel – Iran
Iran has said its attack on Israel was a “legitimate response” to Israel’s airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria. An Israeli airstrike on Iran’s embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus had killed two senior members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In retaliation, Iran had sent a barrage of drones and missiles towards Israel on Saturday but they...
