admin$600m needed to fight Ebola in West Africa
CAPE Town — The United Nations (UN) says $600m in supplies is required to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, reports say, as the death toll passes 1 900.…
Nigeria monitoring 400 contacts of doctor who died of Ebola
GENEVA — Nigerian authorities are monitoring nearly 400 people for signs of Ebola after they came in contact with a Port Harcourt doctor who died of the disease but hid…
Malaysian head of state in China
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Malaysian Supreme Head of State Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah on Thursday at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing. Hailing…
Dalai Lama refused SA visa third time
CAPE TOWN — South Africa has rejected a visa application by the Dalai Lama, its third refusal to admit the spiritual leader of the disputed Tibet region in five years,…
Al-Qaeda eyes India in jihadi battle of the brands
IN the global battle of jihadi brands, Osama Bin Laden’s successor appears to be trying to win back ground from Islamic State (IS). Al-Qaeda has never had any success recruiting…
Hundreds flee Nigerian city
HUNDREDS of civilians are fleeing Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri as fears grow that Islamist Boko Haram militants may try to assault the Borno state capital after seizing towns and…
Massive blackout hits Cairo rush hour
CAIRO — A huge power outage blacked out most of Cairo yesterday causing major disruption across the city of some 20 million people at the height of the morning rush…
3 top ISIS lieutenants killed in bombing raid
THREE senior members of ISIS have been killed in a US airstrike in northern Iraq, according to senior security officials. Two days after a video showing the execution of US…
Jihadist group claims deadly Sinai bombing
CAIRO — An Egyptian jihadist group behind some of the deadliest attacks on security forces said it carried out a bombing that killed 11 police in the Sinai Peninsula this…
Ukraine and rebels back peace plan, ceasefire from today
UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires today, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end…