Thousands March In Pakistan Shiite Procession As Virus Cases Soar
Thousands of Shiite Muslim devotees –- many not wearing masks — gathered in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore for a religious procession on Tuesday, fanning fears about the spread of…
COVID-19: Kenyan Anti-Vaccine Campaigner Is Dead
Stephen Karanja, a Kenyan doctor, who became a vocal anti-vaccine campaigner, has died after contracting COVID-19. Karanja died on Thursday in a high-dependency unit of a private hospital in Nairobi,…
Iran Nuclear Talks To Resume In Vienna
Parties to the Iran nuclear agreement are to resume Saturday the third round of negotiations in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the accord. The deal, which…
Racism: Prince William Joins Social Media Boycott
Britain’s Prince William said on Friday he would join a weekend boycott of social media announced by football clubs and the sport’s overseer bodies, in protest at racist abuse of…
Ecuador Court Decriminalizes Abortion In Rape Cases
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion in cases of rape, the country’s human rights ombudsman announced, a major step in Catholic-majority Latin America where termination of pregnancy is largely…
Colombians Protest Tax Reform Proposal Amid Pandemic
Tens of thousands of people marched in Colombia Wednesday against a proposed tax reform they say will leave them poorer as the country battles its deadliest phase yet of the…
Relentless New Wave Sends India Covid Death Toll Past 200,000
India’s coronavirus death toll crossed 200,000 Wednesday as a relentless wave of new cases swamped hospitals and sent desperate families out into the streets of the capital in search of…
Michael Jackson: Accuser Loses Claim Against Late Singer’s Estate
A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Mark A. Young has on Monday dismissed a suit instituted by Wade Robson against the late singer, Michael Jackson’s estate, Fox New states.…
Insecurity: Buba Galadima Urges FG To Seeks Foreign Help
Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, has advised the federal government to recruit mercenaries to assist Nigerian troops in fighting insurgency. Speaking when he featured on one…
Libya Military Court Trials Sentence 22 To Death- Amnesty
Amnesty International says the Eastern Libyan military courts have sentenced at least 22 people to death and jailed hundreds more since 2018 in “sham, torture-tainted” trials to exert control, l…
