Sudan security forces fire tear gas at large anti-coup rally
KHARTOUM: Thousands of Sudanese pro-democracy protesters rallied Sunday outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, braving tear gas, a mass deployment of armed soldiers and a telecommunications blackout. They demonstrated against an October 25 coup launched by military leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, shouting “power to the people” and demanding a return of the “military to […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said – West will have to unite against China
Ottawa – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Chinese leadership of using the West against each other, saying the West must unite to counter it. In a recent interview with Canadian TV network Global TV, Trudeau said like-minded countries should form a unified front against China’s “coercive diplomacy”. Trudeau said, “We have to come […]
Sudan: Security forces disperse anti-coup protesters near presidential palace
Sudan: Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Khartoum on Saturday as demonstrators once again took to the streets in the country’s capital and elsewhere to denounce the October military coup. Authorities had warned protesters against approaching “sovereign and strategic” sites in central Khartoum – a reference to main government buildings and […]
US embassy says Houthi attacks pose threat to Saudi people, American expats in kingdom
RIYADH: The US Embassy in Riyadh on Saturday strongly condemned an attack by the Houthi militia in Yemen on Jazan, southern Saudi Arabia, which killed two people and injured seven. The embassy tweeted that such Houthi attacks not only extend the conflict but also “prolong the suffering of Yemen people, expose the lives of Saudi […]
Russia fines Google nearly $100mn, FB’s parent company Meta $27 mn for content violations
In the latest legal spat over Moscow’s controversial social media regulation laws, a Russian court on Friday slapped Google and Facebook parent company, Meta, with a cumulative $127 million fine for failing to delete content deemed illegal by Moscow. On Friday, the Tagansky District Court ruled that Google is ordered to pay about 7.2 million […]
Bangladesh launch fire kills 38 people
DHAKA – At least 38 people have died in Bangladesh after a deadly fire swept through a launch on the Sugandha River in Bangladesh, an official said on Friday. “We have recovered 38 bodies so far,” Kalam Hossain Bhuiyan, a senior fire service official in the southern district of Jhalakathi, where the accident happened at […]
Biden signs bill banning goods from China’s Xinjiang over forced labor
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law legislation that bans imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, the White House said, provoking an angry Chinese condemnation. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is part of the U.S. pushback against Beijing’s treatment of the China’s Uyghur Muslim minority, which […]
Air strikes kill at least 28 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
ETHIOPIA: Drone and air strikes have killed at least 28 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Footage showed by Tigray Tv, controlled by the TPLF rebels shows images of dead bodies on the streets and the injured being carried away. The target was a market in the town of Alamata. “Drones attacked the market and killed […]
At least 49 people, mostly migrants, killed in Mexico trailer road accident
Mexico,- At least 49 people, most of them migrants from Central America, died in a trailer crash in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said on Thursday, in one of the worst road accidents to hit the country in recent years. The accident occurred when a large trailer overturned on a dangerous curve outside […]