US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks in the Rayburn Room following the House vote on Fiscal Responsibility Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on May 31, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday lauded the debt ceiling deal he negotiated with Democratic President Joe Biden, […]
People board a bus to leave Khartoum, Sudan, June 3, 2023, as fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified. (PHOTO /AP) KHARTOUM / CAIRO – Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday urged the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to reach a new cease-fire to end […]
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex waves as he arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on March 28, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON – Prince Harry is expected to appear at London's High Court on Monday as he prepares to give evidence in his lawsuit against the publisher […]
Revelations have deep impact on businesses, govts, tech industry Edward Snowden speaks from Russia during a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg, France, in March 2019. (PHOTO / AFP) Ten years ago this month, Edward Snowden disclosed to the media United States government intelligence programs that used extensive internet and phone surveillance to collect data. […]
In this photo dated June 4, 2021, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni gives a speech at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. (PHOTO / AFP) KAMPALA – Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni late Saturday said 54 of the country's peacekeeping troops were killed in a deadly attack last week in southwest Somalia. The soldiers were killed after […]
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov delivers a speech during a session of the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on March 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) VLADIVOSTOK – Russia will continue to provide notifications of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launches under the relevant 1988 agreement to avoid dangerous escalations, […]
Senegalese Gendarmerie block a road after protests burned tires and blocked roads in Dakar, on June 3, 2023. This comes two days after a court in Senegal sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years in prison on charges of "corrupting youth" but acquitted him of rape and […]
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on May 19, 2023 shows Tunisian President Kais Saied attending the Arab League Summit in Jeddah. (PHOTO / AFP) TUNIS – Tunisian President Kais Saied said security solutions are not enough to eliminate illegal immigration, according to a statement released by the presidency on Saturday. […]
M23 rebels guard the area during the meeting between the East African Regional Force (EACRF) officials and M23 rebels during the handover ceremony at Rumangabo camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LUANDA – Countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Saturday called […]
US President Joe Biden leaves the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, June 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NEW YORK – US President Joe Biden signed Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 into law Saturday afternoon so as to avoid a historic default on government debt. The bipartisan act suspends the […]
People check the rubble of their destroyed home after strikes at Allamat district in Khartoum, Sudan, June 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) NEW YORK/KHARTOUM/CAIRO – The UN Security Council on Friday called on warring factions in Sudan to cease hostilities, as fighting continued in the capital Khartoum after the collapse of talks to maintain a […]
Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighters work on a fire in Shelburne county, Nova Scotia on June 1, 2023. (PHOTO / COMMUNICATION NOVA SCOTIA / THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP) MONTREAL – Some 10,000 residents in coastal Quebec were forced to evacuate homes on Friday as wildfires engulf more Canadian provinces, in what is […]
A student walks past burned cars as he leaves the Cheikh Anta Diop University after authorities ordered its closure until further notice, in Dakar, Senegal, June 2, 2023. Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said on Friday. (PHOTO / AP) DAKAR – Nine people […]
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex leaves after attending the coronations of Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort, at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years when he […]
The US Capitol building is seen from the base of the Washington Monument as the sun rises in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2023. President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy announced a deal on May 27, 2023, to raise the debt ceiling, dragging the United States back from the precipice of default with […]
A vessel in the second caravan of ships transporting grain from Ukraine passes through the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Türkiye, Aug 7, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Thursday voiced concern about the slowdown of grain shipments under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows the export of Ukrainian grain […]
A police car goes past the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the KGB, and Lubyanka Square in front of it in central Moscow on March 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it uncovered a reconnaissance operation by US intelligence […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to journalists as he arrives for a Foreign Affairs Council at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 23, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) OSLO – Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said on Thursday that he is working hard to ensure Sweden's accession to […]
The US Capitol building is seen from the base of the Washington Monument as the sun rises in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2023. President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy announced a deal on May 27, 2023, to raise the debt ceiling, dragging the United States back from the precipice of default with […]
A vessel in the second caravan of ships transporting grain from Ukraine passes through the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Türkiye, Aug 7, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Thursday voiced concern about the slowdown of grain shipments under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows the export of Ukrainian grain […]