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January 23, 2021 (GADAREF) – Sudanese army troops patrolling the border came under mortar fire on Sunday from the Ethiopian federal army on the other side of the border. Both Sudan and Ethiopia declared that they did not want to enter into a war, but Khartoum rejected Addis Ababa’s request to hold negotiations on the […]

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has consistently been leading the polls prior to election day   –   Copyright  Armando Franca/AP Portugal’s centre-right president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was re-elected on Sunday in an election marked by record abstention blamed on the pandemic. Rebelo de Sousa secured 60.70 per cent of the ballot, easily clearing the 51 per cent threshold needed to […]

Both sides have claimed victory but people in the town said fighting continued and some people had begun to flee [FILE: Abdiqani Hassan/Reuters] Heavy fighting has broken out in the town of Bulo Hawo between Somali forces and those from the federal territory of Jubbaland, which borders Kenya, ahead of general elections slated for next […]

Protests against a curfew to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the Netherlands degenerated into clashes with police and looting in cities across the country Sunday, authorities and reports said. Police used water cannon and dogs in Amsterdam, public television NOS reported, after hundreds gathered to protest the curfew which is set to last until February 10 […]

Turkey has intensified efforts to recover the crew after 15 seamen were abducted by pirates near the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe Armed pirates attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the West African coast, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one, officials said Sunday as Turkey launched efforts to recover the captured crew. Illustration of […]

 January 24, 2020, is burned into the memory of French doctor Denis Malvy — it’s the day a man under his care tested positive for COVID-19 and became Europe’s “patient zero”.Head of tropical diseases at Pellegrin University Hospital (CHU) in Bordeaux, Professor Malvy told Euronews about how he and his team recognised the telltale symptoms […]

Russians nationwide are taking to the streets of at least 85 cities in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was jailed this week upon his defiant return to Russia. Navalny, who had been recovering in Germany from what Western scientists determined to be poisoning by the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, asked his supporters to […]

  TEHRAN – Iran has allocated funds for the payment of its dues to the UN but the United States prevented Iran from paying the money, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. Commenting on the suspension of Iran’s voting rights at the UN over unpaid membership fees, Zarif told states news IRNA that […]