Going to Africa may be a pleasant experience that exposes you to a variety of different people and places from different parts of the world. But unfortunately, few African cities are regarded as very dangerous.…
French forces execute al-Qaeda leader in the Islamic…
French forces have killed the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France's defence minister said. Droukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group…
THE WORLD: Twitter disables Trump’s campaign video on…
Twitter gunned for U.S. President Donald Trump once again by disabling his campaign tribute video to George Floyd on its platform. The social media platform cited a copyright complaint, as basis for its action, reports…
Tunisia plans to resume commercial flights late June
Tunisia moves to resume commercial flights as it plans to reopen its airspace, land and sea borders on June 27, 2020 as part of full de-confinement scheduled for June 14. On Tuesday, the Minister of…
George Floyd died of ‘asphyxiation,’ autopsy commissioned by…
An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes and ignored…
The World: Trump to invite Russia and other…
President Trump told reporters on Saturday evening he would postpone the G7 summit to September and expand the meeting to more nations that are not members of the Group of 7. Trump said he would…
US must sit up, eliminate racial discrimination: AU…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat has waded into the death of a black American man, George Floyd at the hands of police in the United States. The AUC chair issued…
The Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George…
The former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd's neck had 18 prior complaints filed against him with the Minneapolis Police Department's Internal Affairs, according to the police department.…
South African Airways aims to resume domestic flights…
South African Airways (SAA) aims to resume domestic flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town from mid-June, the cash-strapped airline said on Tuesday, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease. SAA, which is under a form of bankruptcy…
The world: Wuhan scientists says new virus is…
A Chinese virologist who researches coronaviruses in bats has warned that new viruses being discovered are "just the tip of the iceberg". Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said that…
The world: Iranian Oil Tanker Arrives in Venezuela…
The National Bolivarian Armed Forces guarantee the arrival of Iranian ships timely and safely. On the night of Saturday, May 23, the Fortune, an Iranian-flagged vessel, reached Venezuelan jurisdictional waters carrying approximately 45.5 million gallons…
Potential Coronavirus vaccine shows promising sign in early…
An early trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine that will soon be tested on Canadians has found it to be safe and also prompted an immune response. A study published Friday in the Lancet journal…
Economic distancing: 60 million face extreme poverty –…
The coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences could push as many as 60 million people into extreme poverty. The World Bank warns that the progress made over the past three years in the fight against…
UAE develops rapid laser testing technology for coronavirus
QuantLase Imaging Lab, the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange-listed medical research arm of the International Holdings Company, IHC, announced that it has developed novel equipment that allows for much faster mass screening, with test results available…
The world: Rocket attack on US embassy Baghdad…
Media in Iraq reported sirens and a rocket attack on the US embassy in Baghdad in the first hours of Tuesday morning. Sirens were heard after two in the morning. Al-Hadath said sirens had been…
Business: Mango Airlines to cut employee salaries by…
Mango Airlines, the low-cost wing of SAA, is set to cut its employees’ salaries by up 50percent. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan told Parliament during a briefing on the state of state-owned entities including SAA,…
‘I feel blessed,’ says the latest Muslim who…
The 23-year-old Ugandan barista became a Muslim just four days before the UAE fasting month began on April 24. His first ever Ramadan is filled with prayer and fasting, and ample free time to learn…
US and China tensions soar after Trump trade…
Donald Trump has threatened to "cut off the whole relationship" with China, as tensions between the US and China continue to rise over the origins of Covid-19. "I'm very disappointed in China. I will tell…
Trump attacks Dr. Fauci for opposing the premature…
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony at Tuesday’s Senate hearing cut across the bipartisan efforts to prematurely open the country, sending a cold shudder down the spines of stock markets, which saw the Dow-Jones Industrial Average drop…
