The head of the World Health Organization says the agency is “extremely concerned” by a surge of coronavirus cases, particularity in Europe and North America. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters Monday at a regular briefing in Geneva that the case
Ethiopian troops have advanced further into the northern region of Tigray, seizing a key town on the road to its capital, officials in Addis Ababa have said. The conflict between national forces and troops loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is heading towards the end of its second week. There are widespread fears the war…
AMMAN, JORDAN — Syria’s long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade old conflict, died on Monday. The government gave no details of the cause
A suspected Islamist extremist went on trial Monday in Paris for an attack aboard a high-speed train in 2015 that injured several passengers before three Americans brought him down. Moroccan national Ayoub El Khazzani, 31, boarded the train traveling from Amsterdam to
ACCRA — The death of Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings at age 73 on Thursday in Accra, sparked mixed reactions across the nation. Some were saddened by Rawlings death while others spoke of human rights abuses under his rule. Jerry John
NAIROBI — The conflict in Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region is less than two weeks old but is already having a growing regional impact, with effects felt in Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia. Ethiopian government forces have captured the town of Alamata,
November 16, 2020 Twitter labeled about 300,000 “potentially misleading” tweets This story, plus a firm with RNC ties has explored buying Newsmax, five facts about the QAnon conspiracy theories and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories
This month, United Airlines has restored buy-on-board service to a select flights. Several flight attendants have reached out to me in concern over this move, noting it comes as the number of reported COVID-19 cases is again surging in
ISLAMABAD — Security forces in Pakistan sealed off a main highway into the capital, Islamabad, for a second day Monday to contain thousands of Islamists gathered outside the city to protest the reprinting of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in
The coronavirus continues to disrupt daily life around the globe, with more than 54.5 million