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Sisters Areej and Ashwaq Hamoud packed their belongings and left the house where they grew up in Saudi Arabia to board a plane to what they hoped would be a better life [@cooglea/Twitter] On February 8 2017, Areej and Ashwaq Hamoud packed their belongings and left the house where they grew up in Saudi Arabia […]

Donald Trump speaks at press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 14.  China on Wednesday threatened to retaliate with sanctions after US President Donald Trump signed an order to end preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong.”In order to safeguard its legitimate interests, China will provide the necessary response and impose […]

People wave Sudanese national flags as they rally at a mass demonstration near the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on 12 September, 2019 [EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images]  JThe abolition of the apostasy laws and the relaxation of rules allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol is unlikely to have any real impact on the day […]

Narok Peace Ambassador Joshua Kaputa (left), Maji Moto chief Rimoine Maiyone and the 12-year-old girl, who was rescued after being forcefully married off in Narok. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard] A 12-year-old girl has been rescued by authorities after she was married off to two men in a span of one month in Maji Moto village, Narok […]

The headquarters of Turkey’s Foreign Ministry in Ankara. (File Photo) Ankara on Tuesday strongly condemned the burning of Turkey’s flag in front of the Turkish Consulate in occupied east Jerusalem. “We strongly condemn the burning of our flag during a demonstration held near the Consulate General of Turkey in Jerusalem on July 13, 2020,” the […]

A doctor in protective gear prepares her equipment before testing a patient for Covid 19. PHOTO: MOEKETSI MAMANE Coronavirus cases in South Africa are growing at a higher rate than any other country in the world when compared by infections per 100 000 people. As the global death toll continues to rise, SA’s Covid-19 mortality […]

The WHO headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland. [Photo/Agencies] The World Health Organization has warned on Monday that many countries are heading in the wrong direction in the fight against the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes, with sharp rises in their caseloads. The organization, which is also known as the WHO, received reports of […]

Donald Trump speaks at press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 14.   –   Copyright  Evan Vucci/Associated Press  China on Wednesday threatened to retaliate with sanctions after US President Donald Trump signed an order to end preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong. “In order to safeguard its legitimate interests, China will provide the necessary […]

Beledweyne Airport An aircraft from Djibouti carrying humanitarian aid crashed at an airport in central Somalia on Tuesday, leaving a thick black smoke visible for miles. The plane crashed at Beledweyne Airport, also known as Haaji-shiekh hamud hasan Airport, in the area of Hiran. “The plane crashed just as it landed. We managed to rescue […]

US murderer Daniel Lewis Lee has been put to death, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the first executions of federal inmates in 17 years. US murderer Daniel Lewis Lee has been put to death, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the first executions of federal inmates in 17 years. Several executions were initially delayed […]