Ethiopian forces launch cross-border shelling on Sudanese patrol
25 January, 2021 Comments Off on Ethiopian forces launch cross-border shelling on Sudanese patrol
January 23, 2021 (GADAREF) – Sudanese army troops patrolling the border came under mortar fire on Sunday from the Ethiopian federal army on the other side of the border. Both Sudan and Ethiopia declared that they did not want to enter into a war, but Khartoum rejected Addis Ababa’s request to hold negotiations on the […]
Continue reading …Portugal election: Incumbent President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa re-elected
25 January, 2021 Comments Off on Portugal election: Incumbent President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa re-elected
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has consistently been leading the polls prior to election day – Copyright Armando Franca/AP Portugal’s centre-right president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was re-elected on Sunday in an election marked by record abstention blamed on the pandemic. Rebelo de Sousa secured 60.70 per cent of the ballot, easily clearing the 51 per cent threshold needed to […]
Continue reading …Somali troops, Jubbaland regional forces clash ahead of elections Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of supporting ‘rebels’ as fighting breaks out in the town of Bulo Hawo ahead of next month’s general elections.
25 January, 2021 Comments Off on Somali troops, Jubbaland regional forces clash ahead of elections Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of supporting ‘rebels’ as fighting breaks out in the town of Bulo Hawo ahead of next month’s general elections.
Both sides have claimed victory but people in the town said fighting continued and some people had begun to flee [FILE: Abdiqani Hassan/Reuters] Heavy fighting has broken out in the town of Bulo Hawo between Somali forces and those from the federal territory of Jubbaland, which borders Kenya, ahead of general elections slated for next […]
Continue reading …Dutch police clash with anti-curfew protesters, amid looting and vandalism
25 January, 2021 Comments Off on Dutch police clash with anti-curfew protesters, amid looting and vandalism
Protests against a curfew to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the Netherlands degenerated into clashes with police and looting in cities across the country Sunday, authorities and reports said. Police used water cannon and dogs in Amsterdam, public television NOS reported, after hundreds gathered to protest the curfew which is set to last until February 10 […]
Continue reading …Latest China-India border clash fake news: source
25 January, 2021 Comments Off on Latest China-India border clash fake news: source
Indian media reports on Monday claiming Chinese and Indian troops engaged in a clash three days ago that resulted in injuries on both sides are fake, the Global Times learned from a source on Monday. There is no record of this incident in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) front line patrol logs, the Global […]
Continue reading …Kremlin Accuses U.S. of Meddling After 3,500 Protesters Detained
24 January, 2021 Comments Off on Kremlin Accuses U.S. of Meddling After 3,500 Protesters Detained
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.Igor Ivanko /Moskva News Agency The Kremlin on Sunday accused the United States of interfering in Russia’s domestic affairs and downplayed the scale of the weekend’s protests, when tens of thousands rallied in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. More than 3,500 demonstrators were detained in protests across the country on […]
Continue reading …Turkey launches rescue efforts after pirate attack off West Africa
24 January, 2021 Comments Off on Turkey launches rescue efforts after pirate attack off West Africa
Turkey has intensified efforts to recover the crew after 15 seamen were abducted by pirates near the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe Armed pirates attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the West African coast, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one, officials said Sunday as Turkey launched efforts to recover the captured crew. Illustration of […]
Continue reading …Europe’s patient zero: Meet the French doctor who treated the continent’s first COVID-19 case
24 January, 2021 Comments Off on Europe’s patient zero: Meet the French doctor who treated the continent’s first COVID-19 case
January 24, 2020, is burned into the memory of French doctor Denis Malvy — it’s the day a man under his care tested positive for COVID-19 and became Europe’s “patient zero”.Head of tropical diseases at Pellegrin University Hospital (CHU) in Bordeaux, Professor Malvy told Euronews about how he and his team recognised the telltale symptoms […]
Continue reading …As It’s Happening: Tens of Thousands Rally for Navalny’s Release Across Russia
23 January, 2021 Comments Off on As It’s Happening: Tens of Thousands Rally for Navalny’s Release Across Russia
Russians nationwide are taking to the streets of at least 85 cities in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was jailed this week upon his defiant return to Russia. Navalny, who had been recovering in Germany from what Western scientists determined to be poisoning by the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, asked his supporters to […]
Continue reading …U.S. blocking Iran’s payment of overdue UN membership fees, Zarif says
23 January, 2021 Comments Off on U.S. blocking Iran’s payment of overdue UN membership fees, Zarif says
TEHRAN – Iran has allocated funds for the payment of its dues to the UN but the United States prevented Iran from paying the money, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. Commenting on the suspension of Iran’s voting rights at the UN over unpaid membership fees, Zarif told states news IRNA that […]
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