At least 13 killed after deadly landslide in southern Ethiopia/in /by
“Children are among the dead," said Fola. “We have now evacuated more than 300 people as a precaution and in anticipation of yet another likely major landslide."
Iran and Russia discuss key issues during Shoigu’s visit/in /by
Iran's state news agency, IRNA, reports that Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, arrived in Tehran on Monday to discuss various bilateral and international matters.
Joint efforts by Egypt and Turkey to address Gaza crisis/in /by
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan stated during a joint news conference in Cairo on Monday that their leaders are exploring every possible option to stop Israel's war in Gaza from escalating into a larger regional conflict.
In Lebanon, life goes on even as the region teeters on the edge of all-out war/in /by
In the southern Beirut neighbourhood of Dahiyeh, businesses opened and traffic jams continued as normal, even next to the building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike last week that killed Fouad Shukur, the Hezbollah commander, and six other people.
Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest intensifies/in /by
Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule.
Nigerians return to the streets despite President’s plea/in /by
In a TV address Sunday, President Tinubu whose policies have been blamed for rampant inflation appealed to protestors offered no concessions. Organizers have vowed to carry on with rallies until their demands are met
Old-time skateboarder rolls into the Olympics/in /by
Of the 10,500 athletes at the Paris Olympics, skateboarder Dallas Oberholzer is surely the only one to have crossed paths with dragons on his four-wheeled round-the-world odyssey to the 2024 Games.
IOC says testing imposed on Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting was flawed/in /by
Olympics organizers said Sunday that arbitrary testing imposed on boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting that led to a storm of vitriol misidentifying the women as transgender or men was “so flawed that it's impossible to engage with it.”
UK: Starmer condemns far-right riots/in /by
The British Prime Minister has condemned the riots that have rocked the country following a knife attack that left three children dead.
Mourad Merzouki brings hip-hop dance to Olympics as ‘Dance of the Games’ creator/in /by
The renowned French-Algerian choreographer and his dance troupe will take center stage near the Eiffel Towel in Paris, debuting the official dance of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games