International News
Kenya declares national drought disaster
Kenya’s president has declared the drought, which has affected as much as half the country, a national disaster.
Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for international aid and...
World’s largest refugee camp to remain open
The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government’s bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world.
A directive to shut the Dadaab...
Chinese hospital infects five with HIV by reusing equipment
A Chinese hospital has admitted accidentally infecting five people with HIV because a staff member reused medical equipment that should have been discarded.
Officials said...
Bolivia declares emergency over locust plague
The Bolivian government has declared a state of emergency in a vast agricultural area affected by a plague of locusts.
President Evo Morales has announced...
Russian opposition leader found guilty of embezzlement
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence.
It bars him from running for president...
UN launches $2.1 Billion appeal for Yemen aid amine famine threat
The United Nations (UN) has appealed for $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in war-torn Yemen who it says face...
Tough questions being asked at US Travel ban hearing
A US appeals court has posed tough questions at those challenging and defending President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.
The order banned entry for all...
US Justice Department defends ‘Lawful Trump Travel Ban’
The US justice department has defended President Donald Trump’s travel ban and urged an appeals court to reinstate it in the interests of national...
House Speaker strongly opposed to US president addressing UK Parliament during his State visit
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he would be “strongly opposed” to US President Donald Trump addressing the Houses of Parliament during...
States urge retention of Temporary Block of president Trump’s travel Ban
Restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven mainly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again”, lawyers for two US states argue.
According to BBC...
