The United States Monday urged Beijing to scrap new aviation arrangements set up by its new air defense zone which Washington has denounced as confusing and likely to increase the risk of accidents. “Our general position as a US government is that we…
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The US military has begun outfitting a ship with special equipment that will be used to destroy part of Syria’s chemical arsenal, the Pentagon said Monday. A hydrolysis unit is being installed on the MV Cape Ray, a 650-foot (200 meters) cargo ship,…
The first full study of a snake’s genome has revealed the Burmese python to be one of the most evolutionarily advanced creatures on Earth, international researchers said Monday. The findings shed new light on how these southeast Asian natives have survived…
The Central African Republic needs foreign financial assistance as well as troops, its prime minister told AFP Monday as French forces deployed in a bid to halt spiralling violence. Speaking in Bangui before flying to Paris for a 40-nation France-Africa…
Syrian rebels, including jihadist groups, have captured the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. Rebels assaulted the town by rolling explosive-filled tyres down the hills onto regime…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the late Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adesida, as an important figure…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Center, wearing Green Cap); with Party faithful and Community Leaders, during a tour of…
Saudi Arabia is satisfied with current crude prices as well as global supply and demand levels, its oil minister said Monday, indicating OPEC will freeze its output ceiling. “The market is in the best position it can be,” Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister…
A least a million Syrians are going hungry, as fighting and checkpoints prevent aid deliveries, the international Red Cross warned on Monday. “A conservative estimate is a million people without food,” said Simon Eccleshall, crisis management chief…
Hong Kong on Tuesday confirmed its first human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, according to a report, in the latest sign of the virus spreading beyond mainland China. A 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper with a history of travelling to the mainland…
The White House said Monday that it did not consider peaceful demonstrations in Ukraine as attempts at a coup, and called violent suppression of protests by police unacceptable. “We certaintly don’t consider peaceful demonstrations coup attempts,” said…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan has identified the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) as an important institution in the…
Italian coastguards on Monday rescued around 120 mostly Syrian refugees from a packed fishing boat adrift off the coast of southern Italy in gale-force conditions. Coastguards exploited a brief lull in the weather to rescue the migrants, including some…
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Monday slammed street protests in Ukraine against the government’s decision not to sign a key agreement with the European Union and seek closer ties with the Kremlin. “The events in Ukraine seem more like a pogrom…
The prime minister of Somalia was ousted by parliament Monday amid a bitter power struggle within the internationally-backed government that could undermine efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation and tackle Islamist rebels. Abdi Farah Shirdon, prime…
Ukrainian protesters Monday blockaded administrative buildings and camped on Kiev’s central square in a bid to oust the government after police brutality and a row over an EU pact plunged the nation into its worst political crisis in a decade. European…
Rebels and government forces in Sudan’s South Kordofan state have clashed again south of a railway town the insurgents briefly occupied last month, both sides said on Monday. Fighting in the state has intensified since early November, at the start of…
OSLO, Norway, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Brende concerned about new Egyptian protest law“I am concerned…
Pygmies exhibited like animals before a gawping public. Forced labour with amputations to encourage productivity. Medical experiments used to justify Nazi theories of Aryan superiority. Even now, many of the horrors of colonial Africa are insufficiently…
NATO officials warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday that he must sign a US troop status accord or put at risk future military and development aid for his country. While planning continues for a post-2014 training and advisory mission after NATO…