U.S. Secretary of State John met Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday in the resort city of Sochi, in Kerry’s first visit to Russia since relations soured over sharp disagreements on Ukraine and Syria. Before sitting down with Putin, Kerry met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
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A fresh 7.3 earthquake rattled Nepal and northern India on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring 300 in the region as many buildings already weakened by last month’s massive temblor were sent tumbling to the ground. At least four people were killed in Chautara town in Sindhupalchowk district, north of the Nepali capital […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday pledged support to Afghanistan in its fight against the Taliban during a visit to Kabul, the latest sign of a thaw in their once-frosty relationship. Sharif’s visit to Kabul, his first since President Ashraf Ghani came to power in September, comes as concerns grow over an upsurge in […]
The Philippines and Japan, which each have bitter maritime disputes with China, have conducted their first ever bilateral naval exercises. The day-long drills Tuesday in the South China Sea involved two Japanese destroyers and a Philippine Navy frigate, according to Manila. Philippines officials insisted the drills were not meant to send a message to China, […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended simplified indicators to measure the reach of HIV services, and the impact achieved at both the national and global levels. The new Consolidated strategic information guidelines for HIV in the health sector, developed in partnership with the Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNICEF and the US President’s Emergency Plan for […]
United State Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Russia this week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the State Department announced Monday. It will be Kerry’s first visit to Russia since the Ukraine crisis began. Relations between Moscow and the West have been badly damaged over Ukraine. Western nations have accused Russia […]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will not take part in a U.S.-Arab summit hosted this week by President Barack Obama, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Sunday, canceling also a planned White House meeting that had been announced only days earlier. The summit begins Wednesday with delegations from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council visiting the White […]
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition continued airstrikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen Monday, a day before a humanitarian cease-fire is due to go into effect. The jets bombed the Saada region near the Saudi border, as well as Taiz in southwestern Yemen and the oil-producing Marib province in the east. Saudi and U.S. officials […]
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin received an official welcome to Germany on Monday, beginning a three-day state visit to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The visit starts three days after the 70th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II and the end of the Holocaust, in which […]
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has assured that the United States of America would assist in the provision of psycho-socio support to 275 women and children rescued from the Sambisa forest. He made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Bala James Ngilari, […]
Defence ministers from five European Union countries are meeting for talks on a military campaign to stop human trafficking and reinforce the region’s defences against the flow of migrants from North Africa, Aljazeera reports. Officials from France, Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain on Sunday will use events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to facilitate access to adequate healthcare for the children and women raped and impregnated by Boko Haram militants. This is against the backdrop of the 214 children and women rescued in north-east that are pregnant. In a statement signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo […]
Policeman injured in clashes with unidentified gunmen in northern Macedonia died of his wounds Sunday, a hospital source said, raising the number of officers killed in the violence to six. “(A) policeman has died while another one is in critical condition,” a source at a Skopje hospital told the press on condition of anonymity as […]
Several people have been shot dead in the Swiss town of Wuerenlingen, north-west of Zurich. Police found bodies lying inside and outside a residential building overnight. The gunman was among the dead and some of the victims knew him, police spokesman Bernhard Graser told the press The motive appears to have been a family dispute […]
South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party is ready to elect its first black leader at a congress starting Saturday, billed a watershed moment for the predominantly white party. “This congress is a turning point, not only for the DA but also for South Africa,” the party’s outgoing leader of eight years, Helen Zille, […]
A Cairo court sentenced Egypt’s deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in prison on corruption charges on Saturday, The Associated Press reports. The case — dubbed the “presidential palaces” affair by the Egyptian media — was a retrial charging that Mubarak and sons embezzled millions of dollars’ worth of state […]
Air strikes by a coalition of Arab nations on Saada city in Yemen are in breach of international law, despite calls for civilians to leave the area, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen said. “The indiscriminate bombing of populated areas, with or without prior warning, is in contravention of international humanitarian law,” Johannes van der […]
There have been protests in Mexico over the dangers that exist for Central American migrants Police in Mexico have rescued more than 100 migrants kidnapped by a human trafficking gang near the capital. Reports said some of the migrants had been held hostage for five weeks in a house in Mexico State. Most of the victims were […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a new right-wing coalition government and is poised to begin an unprecedented fourth term as head of government. The announcement early Thursday, which was immediately denounced by the Palestinian leadership, comes after seven weeks of bargaining and less than two hours before a deadline that would have passed […]
U.S. and Saudi officials have agreed to pursue a hu manitarian pause in Yemen, where fighting by Shi’ite Houthi rebels has forced thousands of pe ople to flee the country. At a news conference in Riyadh Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry and his Saudi counterpart, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubier, said efforts were underway to […]
