In this file photo taken on Aug 19, 2014, a Ugandan man is seen during the third Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride celebrations in Entebbe, Uganda. (PHOTO / AP) KAMPALA – Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed a law that criminalizes identifying as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target Ugandans who already […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (second left) meets with Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen (third right) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 15, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NAIROBI – Ethiopia on Tuesday rejected a determination by the US State Department that its army, along with all sides in the recently […]
This photograph shows the Russian Foreign Ministry building and Moscow's International Business Centre behind the dome of a church in central Moscow on Oct 18, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it had protested to Canada's top diplomat in Moscow over comments by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly about "regime change" […]
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg stands next to young climate protesters as they block the entrance of Norway's Energy Ministry to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used to herd reindeer, in Oslo, on February 28, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) STOCKHOLM – A Swedish court gave Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other climate […]
A Metropolitan Police officer walks beside a protest march against the Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, in central London, on Jan 21, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON – London's Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself, an independent review said on Tuesday, […]
A mother holds her child while taking part in a breast feeding class set up to help new mothers with infants suffering from malnutrition at the Danwagaag Mother and Child Health centre in Baidoa, Somalia on Nov 9, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) NAIROBI – Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last […]
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (PHOTO / AP) NEW YORK – Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse on Monday as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money […]
In this photo taken on March 15, 2023, smoke billows from a brick factory chimney on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India. (PHOTO / AFP) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the "climate time bomb is ticking" as he urged rich nations on Monday to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said […]
UN Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes speaks following the signing of an initial deal between military and civilian leaders aimed at ending a deep crisis caused by last year's military coup, in the capital Khartoum on Dec 5, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The top UN envoy for Sudan said on Monday […]
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (PHOTO / AP) NEW YORK – Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse on Monday as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money […]
Far-left lawmakers react as they hold papers reading: "64 years. It is no", "appointment in the street", "we are continuing", at the National Assembly in Paris at the National Assembly in Paris, March 20, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PARIS – Protesters set piles of rubbish on fire in central Paris on Monday after President Emmanuel […]
A health worker in protective gear fumigates a motorcycle near a poultry farm during a health alert due to a bird flu outbreak in Sacaba, Bolivia, Jan 31, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) LONDON – Some of the world's leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) listens to Sergei Kiriyenko, the Kremlin's first deputy chief of staff in charge of domestic politics during a meeting on the development of local self-government in Kirov, Russia on Aug 5, 2017. At a Kremlin-organized seminar for officials involved in domestic politics, Kiriyenko told Russian officials involved in preparations for Russia's 2024 presidential […]
Democratic Republic of Congo Defense Forces gather in the North Kivu province village of Mukondi, March 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Suspected militants killed at least 22 people in a string of attacks across the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri and North Kivu provinces overnight Saturday, officials and […]
A house that collapsed on the water after an earthquake is seen in Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador on March 19, 2023. Ecuadorian and Peruvian authorities worked on the same day to address the damage caused by the strong earthquake that shook the region the previous day, leaving at least 15 dead and hundreds injured. (PHOTO / […]
Demonstrators march during an anti-government demonstration in the Sharoni area in the north of Sudan's capital Khartoum on March 14, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) CAIRO – Sudan's political factions have agreed to form a new transitional government on April 11, Khalid Omar Yousif, the spokesperson for the signatories to the political settlement, said on Sunday. […]
This handout video grab released by Russian Presidential Press Office on March 19, 2023, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol. (PHOTO / AP) MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin toured the city of Mariupol, Russian state news reported on Sunday, in what would be the Kremlin leader's first trip to the Donbas region since […]
Protesters hold a banner with Emmanuel Macron's face during a protest in Paris, March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PARIS – President Emanuel Macron faces a critical moment on Monday when the French National Assembly is due to vote on no-confidence motions filed after his government bypassed parliament on Thursday to push through an unpopular […]
Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic speaks in his headquarters in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, March 19, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PODGORICA – Montenegro's veteran president, Milo Djukanovic, will face a run-off on April 2 against a pro-Western former economy minister, after no candidate secured a 50 percent majority in a first- round election on Sunday, according to […]
Pedestrians walk in front of a pre-election billboard featuring an image of Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, reading "European statesman, our President Milo. Who else?", in Podgorica on March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PODGORICA – Montenegrins began voting on Sunday in a presidential election that will influence the outcome of a parliamentary vote in June […]