UN Court to hear Myanmar genocide case next month.
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Palestinians condemn US over Jewish West Bank settlements.
Palestinians have condemned a decision by the US to abandon its four-decades-old position that Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank are inconsistent with international law. Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said it threatened to replace international law with the “law of the jungle”. READ ALSO: Bolivian President Evo Morales set to face a run-off vote...
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South Africa ready for e-visa system to attract more tourists.
South Africa will start the pilot process for an online e-visa system later this month in a fresh bid to attract more tourists. According to the Department of Home Affairs, this new electronic self-service solution system will speedily facilitate the movement of low-risk travelers. READ ALSO:Golden Eaglets of Nigeria to tackle Sao Paulo FC in...
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Bolivian President Evo Morales set to face a run-off vote for fourth consecutive term.
Bolivian President Evo Morales set to face a run-off vote for fourth consecutive term.
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Spain’s Supreme Court sentences nine Catalan separatist leaders to prison terms for sedition.
Spain's Supreme Court sentences nine Catalan separatist leaders to prison terms for sedition.
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Donald Trump calls for identity of whistle blower.
U.S President Donald Trump calls for identity of whistleblower aiding his impeachment investigation.
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UK Members of Parliament reject Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to approve Brexit deal.
British Members of Parliament have rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to approve his Brexit deal by October 31, minutes after giving preliminary approval to the agreement. MPs voted by a majority of 14 to reject his timetable to push through the legislation this week, making it almost inevitable that Brexit will be delayed beyond...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form government ahead of deadline,
Israel’s long-standing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he cannot form a government, handing the opportunity to his political rival. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu has been in power for the past decade but was unable to secure a majority after September’s elections failed to produce a clear winner. His rival Benny Gantz of...
Europe leaders stand against Theresa May’s bid to rewrite Brexit
European leaders have moved to head off British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bid to rewrite the Brexit divorce deal, warning they will not shift. Having thrown out the exit deal May negotiated with the EU, divided British lawmakers voted on Tuesday to send her back to get an Irish border backstop clause removed. May seized...
US urges its citizens to avoid travelling to Venezuela
The United States has urged its citizens to avoid all travel to crisis-torn Venezuela, citing risks of crime and arrest and the US embassy’s limited ability to assist. The State Department had earlier listed Venezuela as Level 3, meaning that Americans should reconsider visits.While the new travel advisory concerns the security of US citizens as...
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British Prime Minister Theresa May survives parliament’s no-confidence vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her Brexit deal, weeks before the UK reportedly leaves the European Union. May emerged victorious in parliament’s first no-confidence vote in a British government in 26 years, by a 325 to 306 margin, a majority of 19. The British...
Members of parliament rejects British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. Members of Parliaments voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has...
Members of Parliament set to vote on Brexit deal
Members of Parliament are preparing to vote on whether to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union. May has called for politicians to back her deal or risk “letting the British people down”. But with many of her own parliamentarians expected to join opposition parties to vote against the deal, it...
Senegal’s Court bars two opposition leaders from presidential election
Senegal’s Constitutional Court has authorised five candidates, including outgoing head of state Macky Sall, to contest presidential elections next month but blocked two prominent opposition figures. The seven-member court barred former Dakar mayor, Khalifa Sall and ex-minister Karim Wade because of convictions for misuse of funds.
U.S President threatens economic sanction on Turkey over attacks on Kurdish forces
U.S President Donald Trump has threatened to “devastate Turkey economically” if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of U.S troops. In a series of tweets, Trump said he did not want the Kurds to provoke Turkey either. Reports say US forces have fought alongside a Kurdish militia in northern Syria against...
US Secretary of State to press Saudi prince to hold journalist killers ‘accountable’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Riyadh, where he is set to ask Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to ensure the killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are held accountable. The top US diplomat, on an extensive Middle East tour, embarked on his second politically sensitive visit to Saudi Arabia since Khashoggi’s...
President Trump renews threat to declare national emergency to fund construction of Mexican border
US President Donald Trump has renewed a threat to declare a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall on the Mexican border. A row with Democrats over funding the wall has left the government partially shut down for 20 days, leaving some 800,000 federal employees unpaid. Trump says the wall, a key campaign...
Slovak presidential vote set for March 16
Slovaks will elect a new president in March, firing the starting gun on a leadership race that remains wide open. This is according to a statement by NATO and eurozone member’s speaker of parliament Andrej Danko. Incumbent president Andrej Kiska, who is a vocal critic of the governing three-party coalition, announced in May that he...
Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi wins DR Congo’s presidential election
Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the Democratic Republic of Congo’s tightly contested presidential vote. The provisional result puts him ahead of rival opposition candidate Martin Fayulu who has denounced it as a fraud. If confirmed, Tshisekedi will be the first opposition challenger to win since the DR Congo gained independence.
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro rejects global migration pact
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro reaffirmed his rejection of a global migration pact, saying decisions about who was able to come into his country need to be “sovereign.” His comments, posted in a series of messages on his Twitter account, reinforced Bolsonaro’s declaration before he took office last week that he was going to pull...
British Members of Parliament to hold vote on Brexit agreement on January 15
British Members of Parliament are set to hold a critical vote on January 15 on the Brexit agreement negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May with the European Union. The House of Commons will today resume a debate on the deal that was halted in December when May postponed the vote in the face of widespread...
DR Congo opposition candidate warns against ‘disguising truth’ of election
Opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu has warned electoral authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on not to “disguise the truth of the polls”, as tensions mounted over delayed election results. In one of his first statements since the December 30 vote, Fayulu urged the authorities to publish who had won. The elections, postponed three times...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives China at invitation of Chinese President
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Beijing for an unannounced visit, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to reports Kim will be in China until January 10 with his wife Ri Sol-ju. The visit comes amid reports that negotiations are under way for a second summit between Kim and US...
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces resignation
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has announced he would step down next month, more than three years before his current term was due to expire. The decision ends Kim’s six-year tenure and may give US President Donald decisive influence over the future leadership of the global development lender. According to Kim in a statement,...
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