Sudanese Prime Minister unveils economic, political reforms
Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, has revealed the country's economic and political reforms. While unveiling the reforms on Thursday July...
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Turkey: Activists protest brutal murder of young woman
A rights group, We Will Stop Femicides Platform, and some other rights team have come together to protest against the...
Ukraine to grant several countries visa-free entry
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has signed a decree that allows tourists from several countries to visit Ukraine without visa, starting...
USGS warns against impending Tsunami as earthquake hits off-shore Alaska
The United States Geological Survey has issued a warning of an impending Tsunami in coastal areas after an earthquake of...
DHUL-HIJJAH: Nigerian Islamic Council announces sighting of Crescent
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh....
Court adjourns Bashir’s 1989 coup trial until August
A Sudanese court has adjourned the hearing of the ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s 1989 coup trial as crowds swarmed...
Saudi Arabia announces July 31 Eid Al Adha
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has announced that Friday July 31, 2020, will be the first day of Eid Al Adha....
Britain suspends announcement of daily death toll over statistical flaw
The British government has suspended the announcement of daily death toll over concerns that the deaths might not be totally...
Five dead, 85 wounded in car bomb attack in Syria
Five lives were lost and 85 people were wounded in a car bomb attack that occurred on Sunday 19 July...
UAE launches first mission to Mars
The United Arab Emirates has disclosed plan to launch its first mission to Mars. The mission, which is scheduled to...
Germany pledges 3 billion euros for low-income countries
At a G20 meeting of finance ministers, German Finance Ministry disclosed that the country would provide monetary assistance worth 3...
Chinese city records new coronavirus cases, launches emergency response plan
A Chinese city, Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, has launched an emergency response plan following the reported 16 new coronavirus...
IPI denounces online attack, defamation on Al Jazeera journalist
The International Press Institute has denounced the several online attacks, hacking of the phone and defamation campaign Ghada Oueiss, Al-Jazeera...
Nigeria: Kano Assembly enacts castration as punishment for rape
The Kano State House of Assembly has, without opposition, consented to the review and amendment of the State’s Penal Code...
Coronavirus: Philippines to open country to foreigners effective from August
The Philippines Presidential spokesperson, Mr Harry Roque, has disclosed that the country would allow some foreign nationals with long-term visas...
NYC launches rental assistance program to pay four-month rent
New York City under its coronavirus relief initiative has launched a new emergency rental assistance program aimed at helping low-income...
Founder of Gokada Fahim Saleh murdered in New York
The founder of Gokada, a fast-growing business in Nigeria, Fahim Saleh, has been murdered in his home in a luxury...
Yemen rejects UN envoy’s peace proposals
Yemen rejects UN envoy’s peace proposals Yemeni government has rejected the peace proposals submitted recently by Martin Griffiths, the Special...
UN report condemns discrimination against migrant workers in Qatar
The United Nations has unveiled a special report to condemn structural racial discrimination against non Qataris worker in Qatar ....
Coronavirus pandemic: Oman returns expatriates to home countries
Sultanate of Oman has scheduled repatriation flights for its foreign nationals between 14 July and 18 July, 2020, as part...
Egypt grounds kites as national security precaution
A member of the Egyptian parliament, have declared that kites pose a threat to national security and demanded that its...
Arab countries lose 50 million jobs to pandemic
Arab Monetary Funds has reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused at least 50 million job losses in the Arab...
Abu Dhabi supports low-income countries, suspends debt service repayment
Abu Dhabi Fund has suspended debt repayment by low-income countries. While disclosing this on Sunday July 12, 2020, Mohammed Saif...
UNESCO to review Hagia Sophia status
The World Heritage Committee under the recommendation of UNESCO will review the status of Hagia Sophia which has been turned...
Khashoggi’s Murder: UN names Saudi prince prime suspect
A United Nations official has revealed that Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, was a prime suspect in...
Lifeless body of former Iraqi goalkeeper Karrar Ibrahim found in Baghdad
Iraqi police have found the lifeless body of Karrar Ibrahim, the former goalkeeper of the Olympic football team, inside his...
Denmark donates $1 million relief fund to WFP to assist refugees in Kampala
The government of Denmark has announced $1 million donation to the United Nations World Food Programme to assist refugees in...
Donald Trump threatens funding cuts if schools reopening unlikely
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he was ordering the Treasury Department to re-examine the tax-exempt status of...
Hungary rejects EU’s plan to base Covid-19 recovery funding on rule of law
The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has announced that the EU’s plan to base its coronavirus recovery funding on rule...
Ennahda official advises Tunisia’s PM to resign
The head of the Shura Council of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party has advised Prime Minister Elyas Al-Fakhfakh to resign. The leader...
Korea Seoul’s Mayor found dead, hours after he was reported missing
The mayor of the South Korean capital, Seoul, has been found dead hours after he was reported missing. The police...
Muslim woman partners Christian foundation, distributes food items to teachers, others
A Muslim woman, Mrs Haleemah Olamade Ahmad, has partnered Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace, to support people with food items...
Tax Return: US Supreme Court ends hunt for President Trum
The Supreme Court has ruled that Trump’s tax returns must be turned over to prosecutors in New York. The ruling...
Schools Reopening: Trump faults CDC’s expensive recommendations, threatens to cut off funding to schools
The United States President, Donald Trump, has faulted the expensive recommendations submitted by the country’s Center for Disease Control on...
Post COVID-19: AfDB projects Africa’s growth stands to rebound to 3% in 2021
African Development Bank has projected that Africa’s growth stands to rebound to 3% in 2021 African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement...
Hundeessaa’s Murder: Violent demonstration erupts, death toll rises in Ethiopia
The death toll from demonstrations and ethnic violence that erupted in Ethiopia following the murder of a popular singer, Haacaaluu...
US Election: Democratic contenders accelerate fundraising
Democratic contenders for the U.S Senate seats majorly occupied by the Republicans, have accelerated fundraising in the second quarter of...
WHO urges strong COVID-19 safety measures as African countries resume air travel
The World Health Organization has urged African countries to to put strong safety measures in places following the reopening of...
Burkina Faso resumes Polio Vaccination Campaign under strict COVID-19 prevention measures
Burkina Faso has concluded a four-day mass polio immunization campaign, vaccinating 174 304 children under five years of age in...
Poverty Alleviation: NASFAT unveils empowerment program, distributes items, cash to members
The Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society, Kaduna Branch, on Sunday July 5, 2020, unveiled an empowerment program to lessen financial burdens among...
Isreal launches spy satellite to provide surveillance for military intelligence
Israel has launched a new spy satellite in order to provide high-quality surveillance for its military intelligence. While disclosing this...
30 Years on Throne: Nigerian legislator extols, felicitates King Akinrun
A Nigerian legislator, Hon. Olalekan Rasheed Afolabi, who represents Ifelodun, Boripe and Odo-Otin Federal Constituency, in the Green Chamber, has...
Covid-19: Punjab CM cancels university exams
Chief Minister, Capt. Amarinder Singh has said that all university and college examinations in Punjab have been cancelled following the...
Biden evokes MLK, George Floyd, urges America to fulfill founding principle
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in his Fourth of July video message on Saturday evoked the names of...
Police arrest, arraign white couple for threatening Black family with gun in Michigan
A white couple in the US has been charged after one of them was captured on video pulling a gun...
It is unlikely we return to normal life before next February— Russian health minister
Russia's health minister has said that life was unlikely to return to normal until next February at the earliest. While...
Hundessa Death: 80 people reportedly killed in Ethiopia unrest
At least 80 people have been reportedly killed in unrest in Ethiopia following the death of a popular singer, Hachalu...
UNICEF : Over 84,000 children with severe acute malnutrition treated in South Sudan
UNICEF has announced that a total of 84,625 children with severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan have been treated in...
Covid-19 hits remittances, drives Nepali families to hunger
Coronavirus has hit the remittance package in Nepal as families complain about hunger and job loses, following the lockdown directive...
France sentences ex-PM Fillon, wife over misappropriation of public funds
A French court in Paris has sentenced former French Prime Minister, François Fillon, to five years in prison, with three...
WFP to assist hungry people as coronavirus devastates poor nations
The United Nations World Food Programme has announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to...
Council Member Vallone calls on Water Board to halt interest, late fees during Covid-19 pandemic
Council Member, Paul A. Vallone, has announced plan to call on the New York City Water Board to waive penalties...
Japan provides UNICEF $4 million for Covid-19 response in Ethiopia
The Government of Japan has provided a new grant aid to Ethiopia, which is worth over USD 4 million, through...
Breaking: Gunmen attack stock exchange building, kill four assailants in Pakistan
Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange building in the city of Karachi. While disclosing this on Monday June 29,...
UN demands sanctions of Russian mercenaries, others over conflict in Libya
The United Nations has demanded that United States and the European Union impose sanctions over the activities of Russian mercenaries...
UNICEF: Yemeni children likely to starve amid pandemic
The United Nations children's agency has warned that millions of Yemeni children could be pushed to the brink of starvation...
African Development Fund approves COVID-19 response grants for six Southern African countries
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Tuesday approved nearly $8.9 million in grant funding to bolster...
UNHCR appeals for resettlement places to solve displacement
UNHCR has appealed for resettlement places, following the urgent needs for solutions to forced displacement and protection. According to the...
School principal unseats long-serving Congressman in NY election
A middle school principal, Jamaal Bowman, has unseated New York’s longest-serving Congress member, Rep. Eliot Engel, in the state’s June...
UN, Arab League issue warning against Israel’s annexation plan
UN, Arab League issue warning against Israel's annexation plan The United Nations and the Arab League have called on Israel...
