WHO warns of more hantavirus cases

MADRID. — World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that “we might see more cases” of the deadly Andes strain of hantavirus emerge in the coming days, after…

Iran accuses US of ‘reckless military adventure’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the United States of opting for a “reckless military adventure” every time a “diplomatic solution is on the table”. Iranians would “never bow…

Envoy condemns Israel’s religious desecration

Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent PALESTINIAN Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Tamer Almassri, has condemned acts of religious desecration and persecution of Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land and said the developments…

DRC bans US dollar cash payments to take back control of its economy

KINSHASA. — The Central Bank of the Congo has said individuals and businesses were no longer be allowed to make or receive payments in dollars or other foreign currencies in…

Strait of Hormuz remains shut

The Strait of Hormuz remained shut on Friday as Israel traded fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, which the US and Iran each described as violations of their ceasefire deal on…

Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession

POPE Leo XIV lifted a wooden cross and held it aloft from his waist at the start of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum…

US continues search for missing pilot in Iran

US forces were searching for an F-15E crew member after a two-seater fighter jet went down over Iran, a US official said Friday. The other crew member has been rescued.…

Yemen’s Houthis strike at Israel

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched missiles at Israel yesterday, their first such attack since the start of the Iran war, heightening the risk that a conflict now in its fifth week…

Hungary vetoes EU loan to Ukraine

BUDAPEST. – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has resisted pressure to support a multi-billion-euro emergency EU loan for Ukraine at a summit in Brussels. It follows the seizure of Ukrainian…

US wants to colonise us again – Lula

BOGOTA. – Brazil’s president has slammed the US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and the oil blockade of Cuba. Latin America faces the threat of a return to colonial rule, Brazilian…

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