Gaza, Nov 17, (dpa/GNA) – The breakdown in the communication networks in the Gaza Strip, continued on Friday, with Palestinian media in the West…
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocks southern Philippines
Manila, Nov 17, (dpa/GNA) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Friday, damaging commercial buildings and other structures, but there were…
Desertification experts warn of dramatic rise in dust storms globally
Bonn, Nov. 17, (dpa/GNA) – United Nations experts at a meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, have warned of a dramatic increase in sand and dust…
Luxembourg’s conservatives and liberals make coalition official
Frankfurt, Nov. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Luxembourg’s centre-right Christian Social People’s Party (CSV) signed its coalition agreement with the liberal Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday,…
Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital
Tehran, Nov. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who is imprisoned in Iran, has been taken to hospital for a heart…
Spain’s Socialist prime minister Sánchez gains four more years
Madrid, Nov. 17, (dpa/GNA) – The Spanish parliament narrowly voted on Thursday to confirm socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in office for a renewed…
South Africa refers Israeli war on Gaza to International Criminal Court
Cairo, Nov. 17, (dpa/GNA) – South Africa has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to investigate alleged war crimes committed…
Ex-PM Cameron returns to UK government as Sunak sacks Braverman
London, Nov. 14, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – David Cameron made a dramatic return to frontline politics as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tried to reset…
Rwanda Genocide – ‘Tumba Butcher’ Trial Gets Underway in France
Paris, Nov. 14, (AllAfrica/GNA) – The Cour d’ assises de Paris, will today, November 14, 2023 begin proceedings in a case involving the seventh…
Madagascar: Presidential Contenders Demand Election Boycott in Madagascar
Harare, Nov. 14, (AllAfrica/GNA) – Six well-known contenders for president of Madagascar said that they want to abstain from this week’s elections, exacerbating the…
Liberians pick next president in run-off election
Monrovia, Nov. 14, (dpa/GNA) – Liberian voters will choose the West African country’s next president in a run-off election on Tuesday.Incumbent President George Weah,…
French coastguard rescues 201 boat migrants from distress at sea
Paris, Nov. 14, (dpa/GNA) – The French coastguard rescued 201 boat migrants who were in distress in the English Channel near Calais over the…
UK’s Sunak brings back Cameron, sacks Braverman
London, Nov 13 (Reuters/GNA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak brought back former leader David Cameron as foreign minister on Monday in a reshuffle…
100,000 march in Spanish cities against amnesty deal with Catalans
Madrid, Nov. 12, (dpa/GNA) – More than a hundred thousand people demonstrated against the planned amnesty for Catalan separatists at nationwide demonstrations held in…
Thousands demonstrate in France in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza
Paris, Nov. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Thousands of people took to the streets in France on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.Over…
Sudan’s Paramilitary Say They Have Captured West Darfur Capital
Darfur, Nov. 12, (AllAfrica/GNA) – The international community has condemned reports of mass atrocities including murders, detentions, and looting of civilian homes and property,…
WHO: 20 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are no longer in operation
Geneva, Nov. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Twenty of the 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are no longer in operation due to heavy bombardment, destruction…
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon at lowest level since 2019
Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon region slowed for the first time in four years, with less than 10,000…
UN plans minute of silence for 99 workers killed in Israel-Hamas war
Geneva, Nov. 10, (dpa/GNA) – UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on all UN teams worldwide to hold a minute of silence on…
As Myanmar fighting worsens, country may fall apart, president says
Bangkok, Nov. 10, (dpa/GNA) – As fighting worsens in eastern Myanmar, President Myint Swe has warned that the country is in danger of splintering…