The World Food Programme has paused food deliveries to northern Gaza, saying aid convoys had endured “complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order”. The agency says the decision has not been taken lightly and crews had faced crowds, gunfire and looting. The UN has been warning of looming famine in the…
Russia’s opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navally, has died in prison. Seen as President Vladimir Putin’s most vociferous critic, Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term for offences widely considered politically motivated. He was moved to an Arctic penal colony, considered one of the toughest jails, late last year. The prison service in…
Jurgen Klinsmann has been sacked as head coach of South Korea after just 12 months in the role and following the country’s Asian Cup semi-final defeat. The German was appointed in February last year and had a contract until the end of the 2026 World Cup. South Korea lost to Jordan in the Asian Cup…
Nine people have been hospitalized after a police van and a double decker bus crashed Among the injured were Police officers needing treatment following the smash on Kennington Park Road, London. The van was on its way to an emergency call when the smash happened. A cordon is in place after the incident occurred fortunately…
Senegalese today protested against President Macky Sall’s controversial move to delay this month’s presidential poll to December Sall’s decision to push back the February 25 vote plunged Senegal into a crisis which has seen three dead amid clashes between protesters and police. The group, which includes some 40 civil, religious and professional groups, had called…
Israel’s spy chief is on his way to Cairo for talks with his Egyptian and United States counterparts on a Gaza truce proposal. Mossad director David Barnea will meet CIA chief William Burns. They will be joined in the Egyptian capital by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who also serves as the country’s…
Liberia’s new defence minister on Monday resigned from his post just 10 days after being appointed, following a protest by soldiers’ wives. The resignation marks the first political crisis facing Liberia’s new president Joseph Boakai since his inauguration at the end of January. Boakai “has received and accepted a letter of resignation from the recently…
Commotion befalls yesterday in western Cameroon following a bomb explosion that killed one person and left numerous others injured. Reports obtained on Monday morning suggest that anglophone separatists may have orchestrated the attack. According to state television CRTV, the explosion occurred two hours after a procession of school children had taken place to celebrate Youth…
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday warned against talk that “undermines security” after former US president Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack NATO members who were not fully paid up. “Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the US,” Stoltenberg said in a…
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday warned against talk that “undermines security” after former US president Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack NATO members who were not fully paid up. “Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the US,” Stoltenberg said in a…
