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This photograph taken on August 5, 2021 shows trees burning as a fire spreads around the village of Afidnes, some 30 kilometres north of Athens. © AFP – Louisa Gouliamaki  Thousands of residents fled to safety from a wildfire that burned for a fourth day north of Athens early Friday, during an overnight battle to stop […]

image captionThe rock-hewn churches of Lalibela are a Unesco world heritage site Rebels from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, a Unesco world heritage site in neighbouring Amhara region. Lalibela, home to 13th Century churches hewn from rock, is a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians. Residents have […]

August 4, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan is preparing to launch a mediation between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), with the support of the international community. The Sudan Tribune learned that Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is in contact with the Ethiopian government and the TPLF leaders to bring the two parties […]

Movement of tankers from a Russian base in Tajikistan to the border with Afghanistan. July 20, 2021Video screen grab. Russian Defence Ministry / TASS The Russian military’s chief of staff arrived in Central Asia Thursday as Russia held military drills in two ex-Soviet countries bordering Afghanistan where Kabul is struggling to contain a ferocious Taliban […]

The first vehicle body assembled under the TOGG brand in a factory in Gebze, northwestern Turkey, July 12, 2021. (Courtesy of TOGG)  The first models of Turkey’s domestic and fully electric vehicle, produced by Turkey’s Automobile Enterprise Group (TOGG), will come off the mass production lines at the end of 2022 and are to be […]

The Israeli airstrikes were the most severe since 2006 and came after the IDF fired some 100 artillery shells towards south Lebanon. The Israeli airstrikes were the most severe since 2006 and came after the IDF fired some 100 artillery shells towards south Lebanon. The Israeli Air Force struck southern Lebanon early Thursday morning in […]

The UK’s vaccine rollout will be extended to all teenagers aged between the ages of 16 and 17 ‘within weeks’, it has been confirmed. All children within this age group can now legally consent to having the jab and will not need their parents’ permission to do so. Until now, only 16 to 17-year-olds with […]

The blaze seen near the Kemerköy Thermal Power Plant in the Milas district, Muğla, Turkey, Aug. 4, 2021. (AA Photo)  Amassive blaze near the main power plant in the Milas district in Turkey’s southwestern Muğla province has been contained early Thursday, reports said. The blaze encircled the Kemerköy Thermal Power Plant, coming within just 1 […]