Jabeur on revenge mission against Rybakina after hammering Kvitova
Ons Jabeur crushed two-time champion Petra Kvitova 6-0, 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday, immediately setting her sights...
Rescuers save 86 migrants from boat near Canary Isles
Spain's coastguard said Monday it rescued 86 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa aboard a boat near the Canary Islands that had...
Israel parliament adopts key clause of controversial judicial overhaul
Israel's parliament adopted in a first reading a controversial bill that would limit court powers, in a new offensive to...
Sudan army refuses to attend peace talks in Ethiopia
Sudan's government refused Monday to join a regional meeting aimed at ending nearly three months of brutal fighting, accusing Kenya,...
Myanmar crisis to top agenda at ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting
ASEAN foreign ministers will gather in Indonesia on Tuesday for talks set to be dominated by the crisis in Myanmar,...
Critical negotiations on deep sea mining kick off in Jamaica
Critical negotiations concerning the future of deep sea mining and mineral extraction kicked off Monday in Jamaica, as conservationists aim...
Cuba still in crisis two years after historic protests
Two years after unprecedented anti-government protests rocked communist Cuba, the deep economic and social problems that drove people to challenge...
NATO wrestles with Ukraine bid at summit on Russia’s doorstep
NATO leaders will grapple with Ukraine's membership ambitions at their summit Tuesday, their determination to face down Russia boosted by...
Sudan civil servants go hungry as war claims livelihoods
Sudanese public school teacher Imad Mohammed had worked for 32 years when war broke out almost three months ago, tearing...
Viral disease killing felines on ‘cat island’ Cyprus
A sickly ginger kitten named Bebe is pulled out of a cat carrier at a veterinary clinic in the Cypriot...
Trial opens for 50 Vietnam officials over rescue flight bribes
More than 50 officials went on trial in Vietnam on Tuesday for alleged corruption over repatriation flights during the Covid-19...
Trial opens over 2019 New Zealand volcano disaster
A trial opened Tuesday over New Zealand's 2019 White Island volcanic eruption, a "massive explosion" that engulfed tourists and killed...
Myanmar crisis tops agenda at divided ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting
ASEAN foreign ministers gathered in Indonesia on Tuesday for talks dominated by the crisis in Myanmar, with the regional bloc...
Six feared dead in torrential Japan rain
Six people are feared dead in torrential rains that hit southwest Japan this week, the country's government said Tuesday, as...
UK water crisis pollutes privatization legacy
Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills -- the nation's...
Mmesona and the burden of ill-literacy
By Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, PhD On October 8, 2018, a vibrant Nigerian academic and versatile columnist, Dr Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose...
Brother of French man who died in police custody injured in arrest
A man arrested in Paris during a memorial rally for his brother, who died in police custody seven years ago,...
Pope to create new cardinals who will choose his successor
Pope Francis said on Sunday he would appoint 21 new cardinals from across the world at the end of September...
Saudi should ‘review’ emissions targets: French minister
Saudi Arabia should review its goals for lowering carbon emissions and consider adopting targets to be met as soon as...
BRICS summit to be ‘physical’ despite Putin warrant: S.Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday that next month's BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend,...
Iran football boss says women can attend top league matches
Women in Iran, who have long been barred from attending football matches except for rare occasions, will be allowed into...
Gabonese President Ali Bongo defies illness, father’s shadow
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has defied doubters after years in his father's shadow and dispelled rumours of his demise...
BBC suspends presenter after explicit images allegations
The BBC said Sunday it had contacted the authorities and suspended a presenter following allegations that he had paid a...
West African bloc names Nigeria’s Tinubu as new head
West African heads of state on Sunday chose Nigeria's new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead their regional bloc for...
Biden visits Britain ahead of NATO summit
US President Joe Biden was in Britain on Monday for a brief visit to his key ally during which he...
Sweden tries to break Turkish resistance in NATO talks
Sweden's prime minister will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in a last-gasp attempt to bridge a diplomatic...
One dead as Japan warns of ‘heaviest rain ever’ in southwest
One person died in a landslide and hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to evacuate their homes in...
North Korea threatens to down US spy planes violating its airspace
North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down any US spy planes violating its airspace and condemned Washington's plans to...
Barcelona’s Oshoala leads World Cup charge for ever-present Nigeria
Sporting a pair of sunglasses, Asisat Oshoala celebrated Barcelona's UEFA Champions League triumph with her team-mates in early June, but...
Party of El Salvador leader backs his quest for re-election
El Salvador's ruling party on Sunday gave the green light to President Nayib Bukele in his quest to seek re-election...
Pakistani mountaineer races rivals, hunts funds to chase summit record
Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif faces sub-zero temperatures and biting winds in his race to scale the world's highest peaks, but...
Six killed in China kindergarten attack
Six people were killed and one wounded in a kindergarten stabbing in southern China's Guangdong province on Monday, local officials...
New Zealand confident in UN advice on Fukushima, govt says
New Zealand said Monday it has "full confidence" in the UN nuclear watchdog's advice after it approved of Japan's plans...
Egypt annual inflation at record 36.8% in June
Annual inflation in Egypt hit 36.8 percent in June, official figures showed on Monday, an all-time high for the country...
Russian air defenses intercept missiles near Ukraine border regions
Russian air defense systems successfully shot down a total of four missiles over regions bordering Ukraine, according to Russian officials....
Kenya, Congo-Brazzaville forge stronger ties with 18 cooperation deals, Visa restrictions abolished
Kenyan President William Ruto and his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso have strengthened the diplomatic bond between their nations by...
Saudi falcons aerobatic team touches down in UK for RIAT
Saudi Arabia's esteemed Falcons Aerobatic Team, belonging to the Royal Air Force, has made their much-anticipated arrival in the United...
Ukrainians see no end in sight after 500 days of war
On the 500th day since Russia's invasion and as the war grinds on, Ukrainian forces are advancing slowly without enough...
Iran police station attack leaves two officers, four gunmen dead
Two policemen were killed Saturday in Iran's restive southeast near Pakistan, Iranian media said, in an attack claimed by jihadists...
Will France’s riots benefit far-right Le Pen?
In her first speech in parliament as France's riots ebbed this week, far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused the government...
Dutch PM meets king after government falls
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte held talks with the king on Saturday after his coalition government collapsed in a row...
Seven killed in Indian village election clashes
At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in India Saturday after clashes over local polls in West...
Three killed in Kenya protests over tax increase
The number of people killed in protests in Kenya rose to three on Saturday, a hospital official and two police...
Energy-short South Africa will survive winter: minister
South Africa, which has experienced crippling electricity outages in recent months, will "survive" this winter season thanks to a huge...
EU envoy blasts Israel over deadly Jenin raid
A European envoy blasted Israel Saturday over the "proportionality" of the force it uses, as international envoys toured Jenin refugee...
Arendse scores three tries as South Africa crush Australia
Kurt-Lee Arendse scored a hat-trick of tries as understrength South Africa crushed Australia 43-12 in Pretoria on Saturday in the...
Jabeur takes rain check as she reaches Wimbledon last 16
Ons Jabeur thanked the rain after battling back from a set down to beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu and reach the...
Israel protesters mobilize ahead of judicial reform vote
Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters packed Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday to demonstrate against proposed legal reforms...
Murder of Sikh leader sparks dueling protests in Toronto
A few hundred members of Canada's Sikh community demonstrated outside the Indian consulate in Toronto on Saturday to protest the...
Sons’ jailing turns Cuban mothers into activists
Two years ago, Marta Perdomo and Liset Fonseca were two unassuming Cuban women with little interest in politics and no...
Uzbekistan holds vote set to cement president’s rule
Uzbekistan holds a presidential election on Sunday that is set to hand incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head...
Yellen says visit helps put US-China ties on ‘surer footing’
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that her talks with top Chinese officials have helped put ties on "surer...
Climate change challenges hydropower-dependent Austria
High in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as...
Angola, DRC eye iconic rail revamp to quench global minerals thirst
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are pinning hopes for economic revival on the revamp of an iconic African...
Sweet success: Jordan’s beekeepers busy as honey demand soars
Jordan's key tourism industry may have been hammered by Covid, but the pandemic gave a boost to another sector, keeping...
Nigeria: Former House of Representatives Member Honors Constituents with Empowerment Package
Ikirun, Osun State, Nigeria - In a show of gratitude to his constituents, Honorable Olalekan Rasheed Afolabi (FCA), former member...
Médecins sans Frontières urges resumption of food aid in Ethiopia amid alarming malnutrition levels
International non-governmental organization Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has issued a fervent call for the "immediate" resumption of food aid distribution...
UN Chief stands firm on condemnation of Israel’s Jenin raid despite Israeli opposition
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has refused to retract his condemnation of Israeli forces for their use of excessive force and...
Be Intentional with Sacrifice to Succeed
Dear Destiny Friends, “There can be no progress, no achievement, without sacrifice, and a man’s worldly success will be in...
Senate report exposes intelligence “failures” in Capitol riot
A damning Senate report has shed light on significant "failures" within United States intelligence agencies leading up to the Capitol...