Going to tour Fort Jesus or the Nairobi National Museum this year? There are some significant changes to the entrance fee you must pay after the National Museums of Kenya revised museum entrance fees. Kenya Museum Fees 2026, The revision went into effect on the 7th of May, 2026, bringing about a marked increase in […]
FlySafair, the leading low-cost airline of South Africa, will celebrate its 12th birthday with the much-awaited Birthday Sale that is scheduled to begin on May 6, 2026. FlySafair R12 Flights Birthday Sale 2026 Booking Guide, The deal will allow travelers to book 50,000 one-way seats starting at only R12, available exclusively online through the airline’s […]
The United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal in May 2018. Mr Trump says he wants to apply “maximum pressure” on the government in Tehran to compel it to renegotiate the accord. But Iran’s leaders have remained defiant. The substantial impact the sanctions have had on […]
Iran remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, according to an annual State Department report that pointed to ISIS as the primary non-state threat to US interests and allies. Terrorism around the world declined globally last year, according to the Country Reports on Terrorism 2016. But Iran continues to destabilize the Middle East through […]
A popular influencer recounts his Turkish experience. Read below; I must say before I went to Istanbul, my expectations were quite different to the real life after arrived and been living for two months in Istanbul so far. So let me be honest Istanbul is good for tourist but not for long staying. 1. Streets […]
Amid the on-going anti-governmental protests in cities across Iran and international pressure after Iran admitted it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian flight, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh has announced that she has permanently left her country for Europe. The twenty-one-year-old Olympic medallist is the first and only […]
President Trump issued a stark warning Sunday to Iran as leaders in Tehran gear up to deal with protesters who took to the streets after the government admitted to accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet. “To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS,” Trump tweeted. “Thousands have already been killed or […]
The Iranian response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani seems to have been a mix of extreme internal discombobulation — witness the funeral stampede , the apparently accidental downing of a passenger plane — and calculated prudence. The discombobulation suggested just how shocked the Iranians were by the severity of President Trump’s response to months […]
The prospect of a triumphantly re-elected Recep Tayyip Erdoğan armed with sweeping new presidential powers is deeply alarming to many Turks, but it is also a scary prospect for the international community. Since taking national office 15 years ago, Erdoğan has turned from neighbourhood bully-boy into geostrategic threat. Under his choleric, resentful tutelage, Turkey has […]
Iran announced on Saturday that it’s military unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed earlier this week killing all 176 passengers onboard. This comes after the government had repeatedly denied accusations that it was responsible. The jetliner was shot down early on Wednesday, just hours after Iran had launched a ballistic missile attack on […]
Like the USA, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also said Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner after it took off from Tehran, killing all 176 on board, including 63 Canadians. Trudeau’s comments on Thursday came as images posted on social media increasingly pointed to a catastrophic mistake by Tehran’s air defense batteries bringing the […]
The United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal in May 2018. Mr Trump says he wants to apply “maximum pressure” on the government in Tehran to compel it to renegotiate the accord. But Iran’s leaders have remained defiant. The substantial impact the sanctions have had on […]
Iran has a great potential. It can be one of the most prosperous and developed countries in the region. Iranian people are highly educated and intelligent, but the power belongs to the clergy and the supreme leader. Revolutionary Guard brutally suppresses any sign of dissent. The regime is slowly destroying the country in vain attempts […]
Tourist visas to the United Arab Emirates will be valid for five years, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said Monday on Twitter, part of a campaign to lure holiday makers to Gulf countries. The visas were previously valid for 30 to 90 days. Gulf nations eager to diversify their economies away from […]
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is clearly an extraordinarily ambitious person, like him or not. He is probably the most popular Turkish politician since Atatürk, and certainly seems to be the most controversial since then. In terms of his policies, however, Erdogan’s reign has been problematic for several reasons: He has been in power first as Prime Minister […]
More than 3,000 additional U.S. troops were headed for the Middle East on Monday to bolster defenses in case Iran makes good on its threat to retaliate for the Trump administration’s targeted killing of a top general. U.S. military commanders had not been in favor of killing Soleimani, on the grounds that Iran would feel […]
The management of Ethiopian Airlines says it will begin three weekly flights to Houston, Texas, by Dec. 16. Ethiopian Airlines’ Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, made this known on Saturday in Lagos. GebreMariam said that the routes would allow passengers to fly nonstop on Ethiopian Airlines from Houston to Africa. According to him, […]
Nigeria will issue visas on arrival for all African passport holders effective January 2020, president Muhammadu Buhari has announced. His tweet of the move this morning confirmed an earlier tweet on Wednesday by Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Minister. Ambassador Ahmed Awad wrote: “I wish to profoundly commend President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria who just announced at […]
The U.S. military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft’s wreckage, U.S. Africa Command says. Such a shootdown would underscore Moscow’s increasingly muscular role in the energy-rich nation, where Russian mercenaries […]
South African Airways was placed under a state-approved rescue plan on Thursday to avoid the embattled airline’s collapse following a costly week-long strike last month. Thousands of South African Airways (SAA) staff walked out on November 15 after the flag carrier failed to meet a string of demands, including higher wages and job in-sourcing. The […]