Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has said long-delayed polls will happen on Sunday – even as uncertainty remains over how prepared the vast country is to hold the vote. The presidential elections, which were first scheduled to take place in 2016, have been repeatedly postponed[…]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has appointed a new foreign minister as part of a major cabinet reshuffle, according to state media. A royal decree on Wednesday demoted outgoing chief diplomat Adel al-Jubeir to the position of minister of state for foreign affairs and named Ibrahim al-Assaf as his replacement. Thursday’s shake-up[…]
Russia has accused Israel of violating Syria’s sovereignty and threatening two civilian flights after Israeli warplanes launched air raids in Damascus on Tuesday. “We are very concerned by the attacks and how they were made. This is a gross violation of the sovereignty of Syria,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a[…]
The alert level for Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second highest level possible, after a series of eruptions. All flights around the volcano have been rerouted and a 5km exclusion zone has also been imposed. Indonesia’s disaster management agency (BNPB) said the alert level had been[…]
Torrential rain and the possibility of more huge waves are making Indonesia’s tsunami victims even more anxious, as authorities urge residents near a rumbling island volcano to avoid the coastline amid warnings of “extreme weather and high waves”. The powerful tsunami that followed an eruption of Anak Krakatoa hit settlements along[…]
Syrian state media says government air defences have intercepted missiles fired by Israeli fighter jets near the capital, Damascus. The reported raid on Tuesday hit an arms depot and wounded three soldiers, Syria’s state-run news agency SANA quoted an unnamed military official as saying. “Our air defences confronted hostile missiles launched by[…]
Riot police in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, used live ammunition and tear gas in an attempt to disperse protesters marching towards the presidential palace. Videos posted online appeared to show crowds of several hundred people heading towards the palace on Tuesday, which is located on the bank of the river[…]
Steady loud booms rupture the looping noise of the waves lapping the coast of Pandeglang province on Indonesia’s Java island. The thumping sound could easily be mistaken for the wind – but it’s not. Hidden in the gloom some 47km out in the sea, Anak Krakatoa volcano is still erupting,[…]
With less than a week remaining before Bangladesh’s much anticipated parliamentary elections, the main opposition Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) has accused the government of carrying out mass arrests of its leaders and supporters. About 7,000 activists and leaders have been arrested since the election schedule was announced in[…]
Around 280 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured by high waves that struck coastal areas around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, between the islands of Sumatra and Java, last Saturday (Dec 22) night. As of Monday morning, the death toll reached 281, up from 222 the night before, while 1,016[…]
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