Democrat Raphael Warnock wins Georgia’s Senate runoff
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs. Warnock, who was declared winner on Wednesday January 6,...
US grants 3-month waiver for Iraq to import energy from Iran
The US State Department on Monday renewed a sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to import electricity and gas from Iran. A...
Israel appoints diplomat to UAE to lead temporary mission
The Israeli Foreign Ministry appointed Tuesday its former ambassador to Turkey as the country's temporary ambassador to Abu Dhabi. Eitan...
Chinese court sentences ex-banker to death over $260m bribe
The former chairman of one of China’s largest state-controlled asset management firms has been sentenced to death for soliciting $260...
Mayor De Blasio declares special election date for 11th, 15th Council District in Bronx
By Robert Press New Supreme Court Judge Andrew Cohen announced his resignation from the 11th City Council seat on December...
Israeli ex-speaker faults racist law, forfeits Jewish nationality
Akeem Alao Former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Avraham Burg, has forfeited his Jewish nationality in protest of racist law....
Democrat Pelosi narrowly re-elected US House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi has been narrowly re-elected US House Speaker in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final...
NAACP president decries Trump’s attempt to falsify votes
Akeem Alao NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, has decried President Donald Trump’s pressure on Georgia Secretary of State to...
Breakthrough reached in Gulf dispute with Qatar — Kushner
A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar's three-year-old with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement to...
Bronx community leaders make declaration to end gun violence
Moses Kuwema A group of clergy, community leaders and neighborhood advocates in the Bronx has gotten tired of the nice...
Nigeria: PTF warns against another lockdown
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Coronavirus Control has warned Nigerians against another nationwide lockdown. While disclosing this on...
UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange
A British judge on Monday rejected the United States’ request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges,...
Terrorist kills pastor, injures 2 others in Texas church
Akeem Alao A pastor has been killed and two other people injured in a terrorist attack on a church in...
Northwest Bronx Democrats declare support for “ranked choice” candidates in 11th, 15th CDs
The Northwest Bronx Democrats have declared their support for their candidates in the 11th and 15th Council District special elections....
Covid-19: US records over 350,000 deaths, anticipates another surge
The Covid-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000. Experts have also anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases...
India authorizes 2 vaccines to tackle Covid-19
India has authorized two vaccines to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. The authorization is aimed at paving the way for a...
Somalia battles surge in Covid-19, lack of access to vaccine
As richer countries race to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Somalia remains the rare place where much of the population hasn’t taken...
Yemen PM launches battle for reform with Central Bank
The Yemeni government has embarked on its battle to reform the economy through the Central Bank. This move is coming...
Egypt approves Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine
Egypt has approved the use of a covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start...
PPS laments cases of Covid-19 among Israeli prisoners
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) has lamented that 25 new COVID-19 cases were registered among Palestinian detainees in an Israeli...
Gambian government backs 6 women groups with Financial Aid
President Adama Barrow on Thursday presided over the presentation of cheques worth D450,000 to six women groups in the West...
GOP torn over Trump’s Electoral College challenge of Biden
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is becoming a defining moment for the...
British lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade deal with EU
Britain’s Parliament voted resoundingly on Wednesday to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for an...
Tunisian President discloses plans for govt reshuffle
Tunisian President Kais Saied has revealed that consultations are underway for a government reshuffle. In a new year address on...
Iraqi parliament, government clash over 2021 budget
The Iraqi parliament it set to discuss this week the 2021 state budget, amid sharp differences between the government and...
Israeli lawsuit seeks $363 Mn compensation from Palestinian president, official
Ten Jewish families filed a lawsuit at the Central Court in Jerusalem demanding the Palestinian Authority (PA) and President Mahmoud...
Pierre Gooding enters Harlem City Council race
Akeem Alao Pierre Gooding has officially entered the race to replace Bill Perkins as Harlem’s next City Councilor. This was...
Mali charges prominent figures with ‘attempted coup’
Malian authorities have charged six prominent figures, including a former prime minister, with seeking to mount a coup in August...
20 people killed in southern Algeria road accident
Not less than twenty people, mostly African nationals, have died in an auto accident in Algeria. The victims died when...
Egypt adopts New measures to tackle Covid-19
The Egyptian government has adopted new precautionary measures to tackle the spike in newly recorded coronavirus cases. On Wednesday December...
Pompeo hails enactment of Sudan Claims Resolution Act
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hailed the enactment of the Sudan Claims Resolution Act. “I am comforted that...
ISIS claims responsibility for bus attack in Syria
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Wednesday's bus attack in Syria. While claiming responsibility for the attack in a statement...
Yemeni PM accuses Houthis, Iran of deadly Aden Airport blast
Yemen’s prime minister has accused the Houthi militias and Iran of deadly attack at the airport in the southern Yemeni...
EDUPEACE| Three takeaways from 2020
Prof. M. A. Adedimeji As the unusual year 2020 drifts to its end, it is appropriate to reflect on some...
Turkish court sentences 92 people to life imprisonment over 2016 coup attempt
A Turkish court sentenced 92 defendants including former high-ranking army officials to life in jail on Wednesday for their roles...
US blacklists 2 Venezuelan officials
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor over their roles in the trial...
Cuba FM warns washington against new terror designation
Cuba on Wednesday warned the outgoing US administration against redesignating the island as a state sponsor of terrorism, a move...
Ten still missing after Norway landslide
Rescue workers were still searching on Thursday for survivors from a landslide smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian...
Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump’s pardons
A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Donald Trump’s pardons, including those issued...
Argentina’s Senate passes law to legalize abortion
Argentina’s Senate has passed a law legalizing elective abortion in Pope Francis’ homeland early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session,...
Trump’s $2,000 checks stall in Senate as GOP blocks vote
President Donald Trump’s push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks has stalled out in the Senate as Republicans blocked a...
EU officials sign Brexit trade deal
Britain’s House of Commons has voted resoundingly to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for...
UAE announces 1,723 new Covid-19 cases, 1,607 recoveries
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has reported 1,723 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases...
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launches first flight to Athens in January
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the UAE's newest national airline, on Tuesday confirmed that Athens will be its inaugural destination, with...
ACWA Power signs deals for first wind project in Azerbaijan
Following the signing of the implementation agreement for the $300 million Independent Power Project in January 2020, ACWA Power Tuesday...
UK records 53,135 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
UK’s government has reported 53,135 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020...
Egypt’s court sentences 168 terrorists to life imprisonment
Egypt’s military court has sentenced 168 terrorists to life imprisonment. Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported on Tuesday that the judgment followed...
Indian film star Rajinikanth battles ill health, ends political bid
The 70-year-old Tamil action hero said he would serve the people without entering electoral politics over health concerns. Indian movie...
Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake crushes Croatia
A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia, with injuries reported as well as considerable damage to buildings southeast of the...
Israel shuts down Ramon prison due to Covid-19 infections
Israeli prison authorities have closed down the Ramon prison after detecting several coronavirus infections among prisoners and guards, according to...
Covid-19: Epidemiologist warns UK to tighten rules to avert catastrophe
A leading epidemiologist and government adviser, Andrew Hayward, has warned Britain’s government to tighten coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a...
Biden condemns US national security agencies
President-elect Joe Biden has criticised President Donald Trump’s stewardship of the US’s foreign policy and national security apparatus. While saying...
Saudi signs deal to bolster non-oil exports
The Saudi Exports Development Authority and the Council of Saudi Chambers signed, on Monday, a memorandum of cooperation to build...
Iran begins first human trial of locally-made virus vaccine
Iran has begun the first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine. While reporting this on Tuesday,...
Trump signs $2.3 trillion Covid-19 package, adds conditions
US President Donald Trump, has finally signed a $2.3 trillion financial package that is crucial to millions of jobless Americans,...
Saudi company acquires US medical campus
Saudi-based Arbah Capital has announced its investors’ acquisition of the Commonwealth Campus, a $59m high income-producing diversified medical campus in...
Lebanon secures Covid-19 vaccines for 20% citizens
Lebanon has secured about 2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, which will cover 20% of the country's nationals, the...
Kenya forces kill several Al-Shabaab in Lamu
Ibrahim Jaafar Olum Kenya Forces on Sunday raided a stronghold of Al Shabaab militants and destroyed their camp, killing several...
Cleric accuses media, US government of double standard, condemns underreported Christian terrorist attack on Xmas Day
Akeem Alao A Pakistani-American theologian and preacher, Yasir Qadhi, has accused the mainstream media and the US government of double...
Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks Borno communities, kills 3 people, destroys schools
At least three people have been confirmed killed in one of the Borno communities in Hawul Local Government Area attacked...