At least 31 dead in New Year’s migrant boat sinking off Gambia
Banjul – At least 31 people drowned when an overloaded boat carrying undocumented migrants capsized on New Year’s Eve... Read more
6 Jan
Drone strike kills 10, including 7 children, in Sudan’s El-Obeid
Port Sudan – A drone strike on the Sudanese city of El-Obeid killed 10 people including seven children on... Read more
6 Jan
Touadera re-elected as Central African Republic president
Bangui – The Central African Republic has re-elected President Faustin-Archange Touadera, according to provisional results released by the electoral... Read more
6 Jan
Venezuelan parliament swears in interim president after Maduro’s ouster
Caracas – Venezuela’s parliament swore in Delcy Rodriguez as interim president on Monday, two days after US forces seized... Read more
6 Jan
Malaysia’s centenarian ex-PM Mahathir in hospital after fall: aide
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was taken to hospital on Tuesday after a fall... Read more
6 Jan
Thailand says Cambodia violated truce with cross-border ‘accident’
Bangkok – Thailand accused Cambodia of violating a 10-day-old truce on Tuesday, saying cross-border mortar fire wounded a soldier,... Read more
6 Jan
‘I’m innocent!’ Maduro pleads not guilty after shock US kidnapping raid
New York – Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges at a defiant... Read more
6 Jan
Venezuela in US hands! Trump rules, elections on hold
Washington – President Donald Trump insisted on Sunday the United States is “in charge” of Venezuela after the seizure of... Read more
5 Jan
Trump renews push to annex Greenland
Copenhagen – President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his claim that Greenland should become part of the United... Read more
5 Jan
Colombian president rejects Trump threats, says ‘stop slandering me’
Bogotá – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro on Sunday rejected threats by his US counterpart Donald Trump who also accused... Read more
5 Jan
