Israel-UAE agreement allows Jews to pray in Al-Aqsa mosque
Terrestrial Jerusalem, an independent Israeli NGO, responsible for political changes and development in Jerusalem, has raised concern over the Israeli-UAE...
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Belarus revokes accreditation, deports foreign journalists
Belarusian authorities have withdrawn accreditations of some Belarusian reporters and deported several foreign journalists. The affected journalists were covering anti-government...
Japan’s Prime Minister resigns due to health issue
Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has resigned due to his non-curable health condition and remain in office until a successor...
15 dead in gunmen attack in Southern Burumdi
About fifteen people have reportedly died in an attack by gunmen, in Bugarama district, Rumonge province, Southern Burundi, according to...
Bayern defeats PSG, crowned UEFA champion for 6th time
Bayern Munich was on Sunday August 23, 2020, crowned the champion in the just concluded season of UEFA Champions League...
India to begin mass production of COVID-19 vaccines, launches digital heath mission
India Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has said that the country would produce COVID-19 vaccines in mass when the country’s scientists...
South Africa records decline in Covid-19 cases, lifts lockdown restrictions
Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African President, has announced that lockdown restrictions have been lifted across the country as the coronavirus...
Israel halts fuel shipments to Gaza over fire balloon launches
Israel said it has stopped shipments of fuel into Gaza, following the endless launching of incendiary by Palestinians on the...
Palestinian President rejects Israel-UAE deals
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has rejected the UAE-Israel deal. While disclosing this in a statement on Thursday August 13, 2020,...
UK Royal Air Force sends aircraft to monitor migrant crossings
Britain's Royal Air Force in response to the increasing number of immigrant crossing from France, on Wednesday August 12, 2020,...
Missouri judge empowers business owners to sue insurer for coronavirus losses
A Missouri federal judge said on Wednesday August 12, 2020, that business owners such as hair salons and restaurants can...
Nigerian-born basketballer Micheal Ojo dies of heart attack
Micheal Ojo, 27, Nigerian-born basketball player and former Florida center has died of a heart attack at a hospital in...
New York Attorney General sues NRA for fraud, seeks dissolution
Letitia James, New York Attorney General, has sued the National Rifle Association, a not-for-profit organization for financial misconduct, and sought...
US-Iran envoy Brian Hook steps down, Elliott Abrams takes over
Brian Hook, the U.S Iran envoy, has left his post and would be replaced by Elliott Abrams, the U.S. Venezuela...
Britain removes Belgium from safe list, demands quarantine on arrivals
Grant Shapps, Britain transport minister, has said that passengers arriving Britain from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra would have to...
Beirut Explosion: Lebanese government probes 16 people
Sixteen individuals connected with the Beirut port warehouse explosion have been detained by the Lebanese government, following Investigations into the...
Amsterdam insists on mask wearing as coronavirus cases surge
Amsterdam has succumbed to the use of face mask as it ordered citizens to wear mask especially in crowded places...
Greece mandates mask wearing on ferries as Covid-19 infections surge
Greece has disclosed that it would mandate mask wearing on ferries arriving on its islands from Tuesday August 4, 2020...
China sends health team to Hong Kong for full-scale Covid-19 testing
The first set of a 60-member team from Beijing that would carry out a full-scale COVID-19 testing in Hong Kong...
Pelosi expresses lack of confidence in Birx for spread of coronavirus disinformation
Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker, has expressed lack confidence in Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of White House coronavirus task...
Eddie Howe quits Bournemouth after club suffers relegation from Premiere League
Eddie Howe has stepped down as the Bournemouth manager following talks with Bournemouth officials over the weekend after the club...
Iran detains US-based opposition leader over 2008 explosion attack
Iran Intelligence Ministry has said that it has arrested Jamshid Sharmahd, leader of a pro-monarchist group called Tondar, for being...
TikTok owner foregoes stake to strike deal with the U.S.
ByteDance, a Beijing-based multinational internet technology company, has finally thrown in the towel as it agreed to divest itself of...
Eid al-Adha: NSCIA urges compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence,...
China accuses US of inciting new Cold War for political gains
China has accused the United States of inciting new Cold War as some U.S. politicians take China as a scapegoat...
Nepal sets to reopen Everest to climbers amidst rise in Covid-19 infections
Nepal officials have disclosed that the South Asian country would reopen Himalayan Mountains including Mount Everest to climbers in the...
China warns against ban of business interest in India’s market
China has warned that the recent move by India to ban China’s business interest in India’s market would only leave...
UK Prime minister says pandemic not yet over, urges Britons to avoid pretence
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that the U.K. has been able to exercise some degree of control over...
U.S Attorney General, Barr defends self against Democratic attack over protests
The U.S. Attorney General, William Barr, has defended him against Democratic attack over protest. In what was his first testimony...
Australia, US hold two-day talk to ensure rule of law on China Sea
The United States and Australian have held a two-day high-level talk on China on the need to uphold a global...
Morocco authorities ban travel to 8 cities as coronavirus cases increase
Moroccan authorities have announced the closure of eight cities in the north of the kingdom due to the rapid surge...
Sudan, Egypt criticize Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam
At a new round of talks hosted by the African Union around Ethiopia’s filling of its Blue Nile dam, Egypt...
Hezbollah rules out escalation of violence with Israel
Sheikh Naim Qassem, the deputy leader of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement has ruled out any escalation of violence between the...
Somali parliament ousts prime minister in vote of no confidence
Hassan Ali Khaire, Somalia’s Prime Minister has been stripped of his leadership role as the country’s parliament ousted him in...
Deposed African Republic President indicates interest in presidential race
Francois Bozize, former Central African Republic President, deposed in 2013, has declared interest to run for the country’s forthcoming presidential...
Germany to mandate coronavirus testing for holidaymakers as infections surge
German Health Minister, Jens Spahn has disclosed that Germany would introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from hard-hit places...
German court convicts 93-year-old man for Nazi-related killing
A German court in Hamburg on Thursday July 23, 2020 convicted Bruno Dey, a German national for his involvement in...
China says UK citizenship for Hong Kong violates international law
Chinese Embassy in London on Thursday responded to British policy that grants citizenship to Hong Kong residents saying the move...
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...
US indicts Chinese nationals for hacking, accuses China of cyberspying
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday indicted two Chinese nationals, Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi, for their involvement in cyber...
UK suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong
Britain has suspended an extradition treaty with Hong Kong in protests of China’s security law imposed on Hong Kong. Foreign...
Saudi Arabia: King Salman battles bladder inflammation, hospitalized in Riyadh
King Salman bin Abdulazi, 84, Ruler of the Saudi Kingdom and the custodian of Islam’s holiest sites, was on Monday...
North Korean leader sacks hospital project manager for extortion
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday 20th July 2020 sacked a group of project managers in charge of...
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...
Recovery Package: German’s Merkel warns of lingering acrimony among EU leaders
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has warned that European Union leaders might not reach a conclusion over the EU recovery...
Blast hits Iran Isfahan province power plant
An explosion rocked an Iranian Power plant on Sunday July 18, 2020, in the central Isfahan province, the location of...
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...
Iran: Rouhani projects 25 million, seismic rise in coronavirus cases
Iran president, Hassan Rouhani disclosed on Saturday 18 July 2020 in a televised address that not less than 25 million...
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...
Chinese firm wins $6.8M contract to supply security equipment to Canada’s embassies
The government of Canada has awarded a $6.8 million contract to a state-owned Chinese company to supply security equipment for...
Canada: Trudeau sets to offer $19 billion to provinces to restart from Covid-19 lockdown
Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced that government would be giving out $19 billion as a safe restart fund...
China condemns U.S interference in Hong Kong security law
China has condemned the order issued by the United States President, Donald Trump, to end the security law China recently...
George Floyd: Family sues Minneapolis, officers involved in murder
The family of George Floyd has filed a lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and the four officers involved in...
Ethiopia begins filling Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Seleshi Bekele, has announced that Ethiopia has begun filling of the Grand Renaissance...
US District Court blocks federal execution to prevent spread of infections
The U.S District Court has ruled that the federal execution of Daniel Lewis Lee be halted honoring requests from Lee’s...
Trump faults poor construction of border wall segment
President Trump has faulted the new border wall constructed by Fisher Industries of North Dakota. While expressing his bitterness about...
Saudi giant telecom suspends purchase of Vodafone Egypt stake
Saudi Telecom Co (STC), the Kingdom’s giant telecoms operator, majorly owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has disclosed...
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...
North Korea condemns UK sanctions on organizations, says it interferes in domestic affairs
North Korea has condemned Britain’s recently imposed sanctions on two North Korean organizations for their involvement in forced labor, torture...
Thailand to set up economic rehab center as post Covid-19 economic measure
Thai government officials on Friday 10 July 2020 disclosed that Thailand is planning to set up centers for economy revitalization...
