Thu 16 January 2025: President-elect Donald Trump is not known as an African enthusiast. He never visited the continent during his first term (2017-2021). Not many African leaders are known to be close to him in any capacity. There is no record of him setting foot on the continent even as private citizen but his company, […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: At least 25 people are confirmed dead as the Los Angeles wildfires continue to cause massive destruction in the US state of California, and forecasts for more heavy winds are expected to fuel the blazes in the days to come, officials said Wednesday. The two raging fires in the Eaton and […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: Despite falling total, number of people crossing the border from Belarus and Russia jumped 192 percent. The number of people entering the European Union by irregular crossings dropped almost 40 percent in 2024, according to the bloc’s border agency Frontex. Preliminary data reveal a significant 38 percent drop in irregular border […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: Gaza’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 13,177 students have been killed and 21,991 injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Strip and the occupied West Bank on 7 October 2023. The ministry said in a statement yesterday that the number of students who were killed […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Qatari Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman announced Wednesday evening the success of mediators in reaching a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, noting that its implementation will begin this Sunday. During a press conference held in Doha, bin Abdulrahman stated that the first phase of the […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow wants to contribute to efforts to improve the situation in Syria and it is in constant contact with the new Syrian administration and will not leave the Middle East. His remarks were made during a press conference held yesterday. Lavrov said: “The events […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor stressed the need for the United Nations (UN) to add Israel to the UN’s blacklist of entities suspected of perpetrating sexual violence in conflicts: “In light of substantial evidence documenting Israel’s systematic use of sexual violence, including rape and other forms of sexual abuse, as part […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Hundreds more survivors and dozens more bodies still underground, according to a miners rights group. South African rescuers have pulled 36 bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine in two days of operations, police say, adding that the survivors would face illegal mining and immigration charges. After nine bodies were […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Interview comes less than a week before Trump, who has previously followed a tough line with Tehran, returns to power. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has denied suggestions that his country plotted to kill United States President-elect Donald Trump after two previous attempts on his life in 2024. In an interview with […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: The Philippines said Tuesday that China’s deployment of its largest coast guard vessel inside Manila’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is “illegal.” “The presence of the monster ship in our waters is illegal and inconsistent with the exercise of freedom of navigation and innocent passage,” National Security Council spokesperson Jonathan Malaya told […]
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