14 killed’ in Sudan tribal clashes near Ethiopia border
BSS/AFP :At least 14 people were killed on Friday in tribal clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile state which borders Ethiopia, residents and local officials members...
International
‘Biden to announce $1 bn in food aid for Middle East’
BSS :US President Joe Biden will announce $1 billion in new food aid to the Middle East, a senior official said Saturday, amid rising food...
Ukraine announces first delivery of M270 rocket systems
BSS :Ukraine said Friday it had received its first delivery of a sophisticated rocket-launcher system, adding to a growing arsenal of Western-supplied long-range artillery Kyiv...
Saudi opens airspace to ‘all carriers’ in gesture to Israel
BSS :Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that it was lifting restrictions on “all carriers” using its airspace, an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel ahead...
Italy’s Draghi urged to fix crisis as resignation refused
BSS :Italy’s teetering government was thrown a lifeline Thursday after the country’s president refused to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, insisting he...
UK owes apology for ‘grave wrong’ of forced adoptions: inquiry
BSS/AFP :Britain should formally apologise to unmarried mothers who were forced to give up their babies for adoption, according to an official report Friday that...
Palestinian President Abbas to meet Macron in Paris
BSS/AFP :Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week focusing on the “peace process” and elections, the...
US Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan 6 insurrection: watchdog
BSS/AFP :The US Secret Service, the law enforcement agency that protects the president, deleted agents’ text messages sent during the January 6 Capitol riot, a...
Africa sees 63pc rise in diseases spread from animals to humans in decade: WHO
Agency :Africa faces a growing threat from zoonotic diseases such as monkeypox, the WHO said Thursday, with the continent recording a 63-percent rise in such...
Week of gang violence leaves 89 dead in Haiti capital: rights group
BSS :A week of clashes between rival gangs in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince has left at least 89 people dead and dozens injured, a human...
Russia, Ukraine to hold new grain talks in Turkey next week
BSS :Russia and Ukraine have made enough progress on resolving their dispute over blocked grain exports to hold new talks in Turkey next week, the...
Novavax Covid-19 vaccine authorized for use in US
BSS :The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Novavax’s Covid-19 shot for use in people aged 18 and over, expanding Americans’ options for...