Israeli PM Most international observers have always advised Israel on the wisdom of a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem. Well, the Israeli Knesset appears to have literally adopted this, turning Israel itself into a country of two halves. The lawmakers Thursday approved the ‘nation-state bill’ that promotes Jewish-only settlements, downgrades Arab language status and […]
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India shot down a Pakistani war plane and lost its own MiG-21 fighter, with the pilot missing in action, New Delhi said. Pakistan earlier claimed it had successfully taken out two Indian aircraft amid a spiraling border crisis. In an “aerial engagement a Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft was shot down by a MiG 21 Bison of […]
Vera Songwe The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe has welcomed the finalization of the intergovernmental negotiations on the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which concluded in New York on 13 June 2018. The three-phase, state-driven process started with the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants started on […]
A French court ruled Tuesday that a French celebrity magazine must pay 100,000 euros in damages to Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate over topless photos of the duchess published in 2012. The court also ordered Closer magazine’s editor Laurence Pieau and publisher Ernesto Mauri to each pay 45,000 euros ($53,000) in fines, the […]
An explosive device, thought to be a “firecracker,” was thrown into the CNN Center in Atlanta, forcing a crew to stop reporting and run for cover. The chilling moment was caught on film. The incident happened when CNN’s Nick Valencia was covering the massive protests over the death of George Floyd raging through Atlanta. Video […]
Armed police stand guard at the scene of a terrorist attack during a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande in Manchester, Britain, May 23, 2017 A yet-to-be identified angry driver has allegedly shot dead two children for throwing snowballs at passing cars in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to Milwaukee police, the pair were playing with […]
Boris Johnson has resigned as UK foreign secretary, Downing Street has confirmed. It represents yet another blow to the government of Theresa May, who is pushing for a soft Brexit plan that has angered many Conservatives. “This afternoon, the prime minister accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. His replacement will be announced […]
All is set for the third edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA-2019) which kicks off Monday in Abidjan, a statement from the ECA states. The stimulating policy dialogue that is dedicated to promoting good land governance on the continent, is this year being held under the “Winning the fight against corruption […]
Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has died, the government of the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, where he was being treated for late-stage liver cancer, said on Thursday. The Shenyang legal bureau said in a brief statement on its website that Liu had suffered multiple organ failure and efforts to save him had failed. […]
Trump and Jinping The U.S. Department of Defence has declared that China “is certainly an adversary of the United States,” highlighting China’s military developments and also addressing the arch adversary government approach to competition. Pentagon, in a report to Congress, which detailed China’s growing military, economic power, examined the trends in Chinese military development. It, however, added […]