A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on May 19, 2023 shows Tunisian President Kais Saied attending the Arab League Summit in Jeddah. (PHOTO / AFP) TUNIS – Tunisian President Kais Saied said security solutions are not enough to eliminate illegal immigration, according to a statement released by the presidency on Saturday. […]
M23 rebels guard the area during the meeting between the East African Regional Force (EACRF) officials and M23 rebels during the handover ceremony at Rumangabo camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LUANDA – Countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Saturday called […]
US President Joe Biden leaves the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, June 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NEW YORK – US President Joe Biden signed Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 into law Saturday afternoon so as to avoid a historic default on government debt. The bipartisan act suspends the […]
People check the rubble of their destroyed home after strikes at Allamat district in Khartoum, Sudan, June 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) NEW YORK/KHARTOUM/CAIRO – The UN Security Council on Friday called on warring factions in Sudan to cease hostilities, as fighting continued in the capital Khartoum after the collapse of talks to maintain a […]
Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighters work on a fire in Shelburne county, Nova Scotia on June 1, 2023. (PHOTO / COMMUNICATION NOVA SCOTIA / THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP) MONTREAL – Some 10,000 residents in coastal Quebec were forced to evacuate homes on Friday as wildfires engulf more Canadian provinces, in what is […]
A student walks past burned cars as he leaves the Cheikh Anta Diop University after authorities ordered its closure until further notice, in Dakar, Senegal, June 2, 2023. Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said on Friday. (PHOTO / AP) DAKAR – Nine people […]
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex leaves after attending the coronations of Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort, at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years when he […]
The US Capitol building is seen from the base of the Washington Monument as the sun rises in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2023. President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy announced a deal on May 27, 2023, to raise the debt ceiling, dragging the United States back from the precipice of default with […]
A vessel in the second caravan of ships transporting grain from Ukraine passes through the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Türkiye, Aug 7, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Thursday voiced concern about the slowdown of grain shipments under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows the export of Ukrainian grain […]
A police car goes past the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the KGB, and Lubyanka Square in front of it in central Moscow on March 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it uncovered a reconnaissance operation by US intelligence […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to journalists as he arrives for a Foreign Affairs Council at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 23, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) OSLO – Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said on Thursday that he is working hard to ensure Sweden's accession to […]
The US Capitol building is seen from the base of the Washington Monument as the sun rises in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2023. President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy announced a deal on May 27, 2023, to raise the debt ceiling, dragging the United States back from the precipice of default with […]
A vessel in the second caravan of ships transporting grain from Ukraine passes through the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Türkiye, Aug 7, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Thursday voiced concern about the slowdown of grain shipments under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows the export of Ukrainian grain […]
This undated photo shows the national flags of the BRICS countries member – (from left) Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa. (PHOTO / AFP) CAPE TOWN – BRICS countries kicked off its foreign ministers meeting on Thursday in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa. "At today's discussion, we will focus on opportunities […]
This picture taken on March 29, 2023 shows a farmer revealing a cover protecting unsold corn near the city of Rousse. Bulgarian farming minister on April 19, 2023 said that the government had "passed a decision that temporarily bans… a range of products originating from Ukraine". (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV – Ukraine's combined grain and […]
ST. PETERSBURG – Russia has imposed a temporary ban on the export of firearms cartridges and cartridge cases, the cabinet said on its website on Wednesday. According to a decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, a temporary ban on the export of cartridges for civilian and service rifles, as well as cartridge cases […]
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres addresses the media during a visit to the UN office in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, on May 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) UNITED NATIONS – Effective governance of outer space is necessary for the benefit of all humankind, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new policy brief published on Wednesday. […]
Smoke billows in southern Khartoum, Sudan, on May 29, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KHARTOUM – Sudan's army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force on Wednesday over a ceasefire and aid access. The armed forces said in a statement it halted talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, accusing the other side of a lack […]
In this March 13, 2020 photo, high school students leave Beal Secondary School in London. (PHOTO / AFP) The rising cost of house prices and child care causing young families to relocate out of urban areas, together with falling birthrates, would mean that nearly 100 primary schools across England could be forced to shut, according […]
Speaker of the US House Kevin McCarthy walks to the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, May 31, 2023, as the House moves toward passage of the debt limit bill. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – A divided US House of Representatives passed a bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Wednesday, with […]