The Syrian rescue group the White Helmets says weapons like white phosphorous, which is banned in civilian areas, have again been used. The UN has called for urgent access to fleeing civilians and those trapped in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, which continues to face devastating bombardment by government forces. It says many of the 50,000 people […]
History, offensive or hate crime? South Africa debates banning its old apartheid-era flag. South Africa’s new flag, designed to represent the “Rainbow Nation”, has almost completely supplanted the previous, apartheid-era flag, but some South Africans worry about the context in which the old flag is still flown and want to ban its display. The Nelson […]
Severe flooding, caused by irresponsible sand mining, according to Amnesty International, swept 48 homes out to sea in 2015 and damaged 170 other buildings. A Chinese company, Haiyu, has been accused of almost destroying an entire village in Mozambique, while mining sand. Following the allegations, Amnesty International launched a two-year investigation, and now local residents […]
Union leaders want the government to increase teachers’ salaries, as well as cut food and fuel prices. A strike by teachers in Guinea, which has closed schools for more than a month, has provoked a mass protest by angry parents. Union leaders want the government to increase teachers’ salaries, as well as cut food and […]
Environmentalists say that the damage to reefs in Cancun, Mexico, where the conference is being held, is a ‘mirror’ that reflects the damage being done to reefs worldwide. Political, business and environmental leaders from around the globe are gathering in Mexico for the World Ocean Summit. The aim is to come up with ways to […]
Dominican friar Najeeb Michaeel has managed to pack some rare manuscripts and 16th-century books and smuggle them out of ISIL battlegrounds. When the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) was trying to carve out its own caliphate four years ago, its members destroyed thousands of Christian and Muslim relics […]
A Lebanese-American businessman, George Nader, is said to have been working for over a year to win influence in the Republican National Committee. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman continues his coast-to-coast tour of the United States. On Thursday, he is expected to meet Secretary of Defense James Mattis following an earlier meeting with […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting six African countries with the aim of tightening security and economic ties. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Kenya on the next stop of his tour of Africa. He’s visiting six countries with the aim of tightening security and economic ties. He spent much […]
The former president of France has come out swinging, calling his Libyan accusers ‘assassins, criminals and delinquents’. France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has defended himself after being put under formal investigation for receiving illegal campaign funding. He’s accused of receiving tens of millions of dollars from Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy denies the allegations. […]
A trio of disgraced Australian cricketers has returned from South Africa. The three cricketers made emotional apologies after being banned from both the Australian team and the Indian Premier League, following a ball-tampering scandal. Australia’s former cricket captain Steve Smith told reporters that he was devastated by the tampering scandal, and batsman Cameron Bancroft repeatedly […]