adminEgyptian court bans Al-Jazeera with 3 other channels
CAIRO – A Cairo court ordered on Tuesday Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr be taken off air. The administrative court ruling also banned Al-Yarmouk, Al-Quds and Ahrar 25, regarded as channels linked…
Swearing in of the Members of Parliament
Cde Madzongwe’s remarks concluded the day’s proceedings that started in the morning with the swearing in of 268 members of the Lower House before adjourning. A total of 80 senators…
Russia says detects two missile launches in Mediterranean
MOSCOW – Russia on Tuesday announced its early warning system had detected the launch of two ballistic missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea fired towards the Sea’s…
Kuwait calls for increased Africa-Arab cooperation
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter KUWAIT has called for increased political and economic co-operation between Africa and the Arab world as it prepares to host the third Africa-Arab Summit later this…
South Sudan’s Kiir visits Khartoum to avert oil halt
KHARTOUM – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir flew in to Khartoum on Tuesday for summit talks and bargaining aimed at averting a shutdown of oil pipelines vital to both stricken…
Syria’s Assad warns ‘regional war’could erupt
DAMASCUS – Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad carried out a “massive” chemical attack last month, a French intelligence report said, as the Syrian leader warned military strikes against him could…
Daughter of Libya’s ex-spy chief abducted
TRIPOLI – The head of a Libyan prison says the daughter of the country’s former spy chief has been abducted after leaving prison in the Libyan capital. Mourad Zekri says that Anoud,…
Gives us room to serve Kenyans, Kenyatta tells Odinga
NAIROBI – President Uhuru Kenyatta has told former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to join him in solving the land problem in the country or shut up. The President was reacting…
Pullout will not stop Kenya trials, warns The Hague
NAIROBI – The International Criminal Court has dismissed as inconsequential a move by MPs allied to the Jubilee Coalition to withdraw from the global court ahead of the hearings facing…
Two key witnesses pull out of Ruto Hague suit
NAIROBI – Two witnesses in the case against Deputy President William Ruto have withdrawn from the case. This is likely a setback for International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda who…