International
Al-Bashir defies arrest, travels abroad
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has defied international calls for his arrest by traveling to Jordan for a summit of regional leaders. The 73-year-old Sudanese leader arrived in the Jordanian capital Amman late on Tuesday to attend an Arab League summit. This is despite a campaign by international organizations to…
Read More »India: 5 arrested over Attack on Nigerians
Five men were arrested on Tuesday after hundreds of angry residents of a north Indian city attacked Africans with sticks and metal chairs following the death of a local teenager from a suspected drug overdose. Around a dozen people were wounded in the violence late Monday in Greater Noida, a…
Read More »Manufacturer banks on ‘jeans’ to promote condom sales
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc is betting on a new marketing plan to promote condom sales in India. A combination of factors that includes; societal stigma, illiteracy, taboo and unmet need for family planning has kept condom use to less than 6 percent of contraceptive methods in the Asian country. It…
Read More »Ex-president, Mubarak freed after six years in jail
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is now a free man, after serving six years in jail. Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday where he had spent much of his six-year detention, his lawyer said. He had been cleared for release earlier this month after a top court finally acquitted…
Read More »May, parliament resume sitting after terror attack
Less than 24 hours after terror attack brought death and destruction to London, British Prime Minister, Theresa May and members of the British parliament have returned to work. UK media reports that parliament will put on a show of stoic defiance when MPs attempt to go about their daily duties.…
Read More »Terror Attack: Nigerian, Algerian to be deported from Germany
Two men are to be deported from Germany, following their involvement in a terror attack, the first such case in German history. The men, a 27-year-old Algerian and a 22-year-old Nigerian, were arrested last month on suspicion of planning a terror attack. A gun and a flag of the so-called…
Read More »Trump campaign manager declared wanted
Ukrainian prosecutors want to question Paul Manafort in connection with a corruption investigation and have made repeated requests for assistance from U.S. authorities. Prosecutors in Kiev said they have made seven separate appeals over the past two years for help in questioning President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, including letters…
Read More »Yellow fever kills 137
About 137 people have died of yellow fever in Brazil, amid the largest outbreak it has seen since 2000, according to officials. The Health Ministry said Thursday that the number of confirmed cases went up to 424, adding 933 cases, and 112 suspected deaths were under investigation. The largest number…
Read More »Court jails 8 for coup plot
Eight people out of 37 arraigned before an Angolan court have been sentenced to between four and 10 years in jail for an attempted coup plot. They were arraigned in court for several charges, including an attempted assault on the presidential palace in Luanda, Africa Review reports. The court sitting…
Read More »Hawaii sites tourism as reason behind Trump’s revised travel ban block
A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide temporary restraining order Wednesday to block the implementation of President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, hours before it was set to go into effect. According to a 43-page opinion posted on the website of District Court of Hawaii, U.S. District Judge Derrick…
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