Gaza ceasefire talks end with no breakthrough
Reuters : Ceasefire talks between Hamas and mediators broke up on Tuesday in Cairo with no breakthrough, with just days left to halt fighting in time for the start of Ramadan. Senior Hamas official...
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Ghana president defers decision on LGBTQ+ Bill
AFP : Ghana’s president has said he will not decide whether to sign a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law until the Supreme Court rules on a legal challenge. Last week lawmakers approved the bill...
US issues fresh curbs on Zimbabwe president, others
Al Jazeera : The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his wife and senior government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign...
Panama blocks ex-President Martinelli from election
Al Jazeera : Panama’s Electoral Tribunal has annulled the candidacy of former President Ricardo Martinelli in the presidential election set for May. The decision, announced late on Monday by the body’s president Alfredo Junca,...
Israel carries out biggest Ramallah raid in years
Reuters : Israeli forces swept into the Palestinians’ administrative capital of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank overnight, killing a 16-year-old in a refugee camp during their biggest raid into the city in years,...
Haley beats Trump in Washington DC for first primary victory
BBC Online : Nikki Haley has defeated Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Washington DC. This is her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign to become the Republican presidential...
Thai Supreme Court clears ex-PM Yingluck in negligence case
Reuters : Thailand’s Supreme Court cleared self-exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of negligence on Monday, her lawyer and local media said, in a case dating back to her time in office in 2013....
Nepal coalition in crisis, PM in talks with opposition
Reuters : Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was in talks with two opposition parties to form a new coalition on Monday, citing difficulties with his present ally, the centrist Nepali Congress party, one...
Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif takes oath as prime minister
Reuters : Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif took the oath on Monday to officially become prime minister for a second time, nearly four weeks after an uncertain national election caused delays in the formation of a...
Tycoon accused of embezzling $12b in Vietnam
Bloomberg News : For several years, Truong My Lan held meetings on the 39th floor of the sleek Times Square tower in the heart of Vietnam’s commercial hub, Ho Chi Minh City. There, in...