India wants to ensure the furore over the arrest and strip-search of a female diplomat in New York does not do lasting harm to its “valuable relationship” with the US, its foreign minister said Thursday. “I can’t believe that either side wants to put…
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The US envoy to the United Nations Samantha Power flew into Central African Republic Thursday on a surprise visit to urge its leaders to help end the violence, warning the people there were “in profound danger.” Power is the highest-level US official…
South Sudan risks sliding into all-out civil war, analysts warned Thursday, after days of battles between rival army factions that began in the capital spread to other volatile regions. Fighting was sparked by what President Salva Kiir says was a coup…
An Egyptian court has acquitted Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister and presidential candidate, and two sons of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, of corruption charges. Shafiq fled to the United Arab Emirates shortly after he narrowly lost to the Islamist…
Ready for a little bit of change, Spotify users? The popular music streaming service is getting ready to release a new, totally refreshed desktop application for Mac and Windows users in the very near future. According to a report by The Verge, who…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue “developing” settlements following reports of US pressure ahead of a fresh round of Palestinian prisoner releases due later this month. “We will not stop, even for a moment, building our…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is urgently appealing to the…
Ado Ekiti at Night The urban renewal efforts of Governor Kayode Fayemi-led administration in Ekiti State have peaked faster than…
Governments in the remaining 35 States of the country have been advised to replicate the Homeowners’ Charter programme recently…
Commissioners of Agriculture in Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo States have held a meeting in Abeokuta where they draw…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted one Suleiman Abdul for illegal dealing in Petroleum product. Justice…
18 December 2013 – The Security Council today extended the mandates of judges at the United Nations tribunal set up…
Though familiar faces at the FIFA Club World Cup with extensive experience in the competition, Al-Ahly SC and CF Monterrey…
The governor of Tokyo resigned Thursday after he admitted receiving $500,000 from a hospital tycoon ahead of his election in what he claimed was an interest-free, personal loan. Naoki Inose, who was elected head of one of the world’s biggest cities…
The Central African Republic’s mostly Muslim ex-rebels killed nearly 1,000 people in the capital Bangui two weeks ago in a rampage avenging deadly Christian militia attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. The death toll was significantly…
Brazil’s northern Amazonia state ruled Wednesday that work could resume fully at the World Cup stadium in Manaus where a worker fell to his death over the weekend, media reports said. Construction at the site partially resumed on Monday, although not…
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday slammed rights abuses in Syria, whose UN envoy launched a furious onslaught against Saudi Arabia for pressing the initiative. A resolution that has become an annual event since the start of Syria’s civil…
Prioritising sanitation can be hard for decision-makers in developing countries but little investment in infrastructure, billing and collection goes a long way
Home Office says measure should help an extra 1,500 slavery victims a year in Britain
A drone strike on a wedding convoy in Yemen killed 17 people, mostly civilians, medical and security sources said Friday, adding grist to mounting criticism of the US drone war. “Some” of the dead in Thursday’s strike near the central town of Radaa…