Rohingya fighters in Myanmar have declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire in their fight against the army to enable aid groups to address a humanitarian crisis in Rakhine state. The ceasefire announced on Saturday in a statement by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is scheduled to start on Sunday. “ARSA[…]
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh left the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday morning for an official visit to Egypt, where a Hamas delegation is expected to meet with Egyptian officials, according to a statement released by Hamas. In his first visit to Cairo since being elected chief of the Hamas movement[…]
Hurricane Irma began pummeling Florida late on Saturday, threatening almost the entire southeastern US state after cutting a deadly path of destruction through the Caribbean. Tens of thousands of Floridians were hunkering down in shelters for a direct hit from the monster storm, after more than 6.3 million – nearly[…]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Friday from Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who said he is willing to discuss the demands of the four Arab states that are boycotting Doha, according to reports in both countries’ media outlets. The phone call happened[…]
US President Donald Trump has offered to mediate in the three-month diplomatic dispute between Qatar and its neighbours, saying “we will be most successful [against terrorism] with a united” Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Speaking at a joint news conference with Kuwait’s emir in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Trump said he[…]
Uganda is launching a drive against online pornography that critics condemn as a diversion from deeper problems of graft, unemployment and crumbling social services facing President Yoweri Museveni. The campaign is the latest salvo in a culture war between conservatives fighting what they see as foreign moral influences promoting criminality[…]
A magnitude-8.1 earthquake has struck off the southern coast of Mexico, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings in the capital city and killing at least three people, officials said. The earthquake, the strongest to hit Mexico since 1985, struck late on Thursday and people in Mexico City ran[…]
Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, killed eight people and plunged Puerto Rico into darkness on Thursday as it swept through Caribbean islands while aiming for Florida. The dead were reported on four islands. Weather forecasters have described Irma as a “potentially catastrophic” Category[…]
Israeli fighter jets have struck a military facility in western Syria, killing two people, according to a Syrian commander quoted by the state-run news agency SANA. The site in Hama province, 46km north of Homs, is believed to have been damaged in Thursday’s attack. The air strike was carried out[…]
Togolese opposition coalition on Tuesday wrapped up plans for an anti-government protest today after an earlier one was postponed. They are basically calling for wide ranging political reforms including he reinstatement of term limits. Activists in the small West African nation have, however, reported of a clampdown on internet speed[…]
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