Moscow, Mar. 27, (dpa/GNA) – The family and friends of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in custody, have commemorated him on the…
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Senegal decides – Ruling party candidate Ba accepts defeat, congratulates opposition Faye
Dakar, Mar. 26, (Allafrica/GNA) – Like Mr Ba, some of the other 15 presidential candidates in Senegal have also congratulated Mr Faye. The former…
Judges: US must assure no death penalty for Assange appeal bid
London, Mar. 26, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – The United States must give assurances that Julian Assange will not face the death penalty before judges will consider dismissing the…
Putin says ‘Islamists’ behind Moscow attack as 139 reported dead
Moscow, Mar. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Three days after the terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Monday that the mass shooting…
UK backs UN resolution calling for Ramadan ceasefire in Gaza
London, Mar. 26, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – The UK backed a United Nations Security Council call for a ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. London…
UNICEF says Gaza’s starving children dream of a slice of cucumber
Gaza/Geneva, Mar. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Gaza’s children and young people are becoming increasingly desperate about food supplies, according to the UN’s children’s relief organization UNICEF. Children are…
Several migrants found dead off Tunisia’s coastal city of Sfax
Cairo, Mar.26, (dpa/GNA) – The Tunisian coastguard said they recovered the bodies of five migrants off the coast of Sfax in the Mediterranean Sea…
Two injured as armed intruders attack Yerevan police station
Berlin, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – At least two people were injured in an explosion at a police station in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Sunday, after three…
At least 25 dead as storms hit south-eastern Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – At least 25 people have died in severe storms in south-eastern Brazil. Seventeen deaths were reported in the state of…
Youngest mayor in Ecuador shot dead
Havana, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – The 27-year-old mayor of the town of San Vicente in Ecuador, which has been rocked by gang violence, was shot dead police…
Former colonial power France to fly out citizens in Haiti amid unrest
Paris, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – Former colonial power France is going to offer evacuation flights to its citizens in Haiti as gang violence in the Caribbean island…
Bulgaria facing renewed elections as talks to form government fail
Sofia, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – Bulgaria is facing the possibility of its sixth general election in just three years after talks to form a new government cabinet…
UNRWA: No aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite famine warning
Geneva/Tel Aviv, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – No aid deliveries are getting through to the northern Gaza Strip, despite urgent warnings of famine, UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian…
US strongly condemns terrorist attack in Moscow as ‘horrific event’
Washington, March 24, (dpa/GNA) – The US government has condemned the terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow in the strongest possible terms.…
Israel launches renewed military operation in Khan Younis
Tel Aviv, March 24, (dpa/GNA) – The Israeli military said on Sunday, that it had launched a new military operation in Khan Younis in…
UN chief calls blocked aid for Gaza a moral outrage
Rafah Crossing, Egypt, March 23 (Reuters/GNA) – A long line of blocked relief trucks on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip…
Russian attack on Kiev injures 13 as allies pledge more military aid
Kiev, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Thirteen people were injured in a wave of Russian bombardments on Kiev during the night, according to city authorities on Thursday, hours…
First EU sanctions on Russia after Navalny death now in force
Brussels, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – EU sanctions on 33 people, including Russian judges, prison officers and two Russian penal colonies, went into force on Friday in response to…
At least two detained after assassination of Hamas official in Lebanon
Beirut, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – At least two people were detained and handed over to the Lebanese security authorities in connection with the assassination of a Hamas…
UN Security Council ceasefire resolution for Gaza fails
New York, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – The UN Security Council on Friday failed again to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and…