Mon 16 January 2023: Russia and Belarus has started joint air force drills that Minsk says are defensive in nature, but the move comes as concerns grow that Moscow is pushing Belarus to join the war in Ukraine. Kyiv has continuously warned of possible attacks from Belarus, but the Kremlin has denied that it has […]
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Mon 16 January 2023: Charity calls for more taxes on the rich as World Economic Forum gathers for annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The world’s top 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth created since 2020, Oxfam says in a new report released to coincide with the annual meeting of […]
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Mon 16 January 2023: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has defended the presence of United States troops in his country in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, his first since taking office in October. The position contradicts the stance of several Iran-aligned groups that in part make up the Shia-dominated Coordination Framework, the political bloc […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: Police in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, said on Sunday that an unidentified assailant shot and killed a former female lawmaker there along with her bodyguard. Mursal Nabizada was one of the few female lawmakers still residing in Kabul in August 2021, when the Taliban established their rule over the country. After the […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: Tehran has told Damascus it has to pay a higher price for Iranian oil upfront that so far it supplied cheap to its ally, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. In an exclusive report WSJ said that according to its sources, Tehran finding itself in a financial crunch and facing antigovernment protests, […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: After the West imposed the most severe sanctions in modern history over the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy has shown remarkable resilience but the world’s biggest producer of natural resources is now turning increasingly towards China. “The situation in the economy is stable,” Putin said. “Much better than not only what […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: Morocco has decried “provocative” acts and “transgressions” at the opening of a regional football tournament in Algeria, a new episode in an ongoing political crisis between the North African neighbours. Rabat and Algiers are locked in a bitter rivalry partly over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, where the Algerian-backed Polisario movement […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: At least 67 people were killed when a plane carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal on Sunday, the Himalayan country’s deadliest aviation disaster in three decades. 72 passengers were on board the flight, according to Yeti Airlines, which operated it. There were 68 passengers and 4 crew members. The foreign nationals […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: Tens of thousands of Israelis turned out in the rain Saturday night to protest the country’s new government — led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — which includes far-right, ultraconservative and religious parties. The Netanyahu coalition’s proposed policies pose a threat to democracy and human rights in Israel, the protesters say. The […]
Continue ReadingSat 14 January 2023: Thousands of protesters marched in Tunisia’s capital, against President Kais Saied’s increasingly authoritarian drift, demanding his resignation. Protesters were also commemorating, the 12th anniversary of the Arab Spring revolution, which erupted across the region. The central Avenue Habib Bourguiba, a key site for the revolution – was crowded on Saturday with […]
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