‘Walkout Wednesday’: UK hit by biggest day of strike action in a decade
Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants and train drivers joined the largest coordinated walkout over pay and working conditions in more...
Iran supports initiatives for peace and stability in sub-Saharan Africa: FM
Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran supports any initiative that could lead to the improvement of security and stability in the African continent. The...
Africa occupies a ‘marginal place’ in U.S. foreign policy
In recent months, Africa has received much in the way of “optics” and symbolic gestures, but little in the way of substance. Africa is...
Burkina Faso: Out of the frying pan with France but into the fire with the U.S.?
The West African nation of Burkina Faso placed its former colonial master France on notice to remove their military from its soil. The move...
Extreme Israeli group takes root in U.S. with fundraising bid
JERUSALEM—An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish extremists convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans,...
African peace conference draws from Holy Qur’an
Highlights from the keynote address of Ambassador-at-Large Rashad Hussain at the Africa Peace Conference on January 17. Photo: mr.usembassy.gov “O you who believe, enter into...
Peru police fire tear gas at protesters after president calls for ‘truce’
Thousand of Peruvians have once again taken to the streets in the capital, Lima, to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, hours after she called...
Around two million facing food insecurity across Lebanon
Some two million people in Lebanon, including 1.29 million Lebanese residents and 700,000 Syrian refugees, are suffering some form of food insecurity as a result...
India lost 26 of 65 patrolling points amid border dispute with China: Report
A new report has revealed that Indian security forces lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points in Eastern Ladakh amid an ongoing standoff with...
Global nations express ‘deep concern’ on new ultra-right-wing Israeli gov’t
Carte blanche support for the Zionist State of Israel on the global landscape has dwindled. International condemnation is rising over unprecedented repression by the...