South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Friday abandoned her bid to become head of the World Trade Organization, Seoul said, clearing the way for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the global body’s first woman and first African director-general. Yoo had consulted with the United States — her prime backer — and other major countries […]

Hundreds of South Sudanese politicians have been kicked out of hotels where they have been staying during the country’s peace process, over some $50 million dollars in unpaid bills, a hotel association said late Thursday. Some 300 politicians from different opposition groups, the ruling party and the military, have been staying in more than 18 […]

US President, Joe Biden, on Thursday announced his intention to massively increase the cap on annual refugee admissions to the United States, which fell to a historical low under Donald Trump. In line with a campaign promise, Biden said he would set at 125,000 the cap on admissions as part of the country’s refugee resettlement […]

Former president of the United States (US), Donald Trump, refused Thursday to testify in his looming impeachment trial after being called by House prosecutors to give evidence, branding the process “unconstitutional.” Trump’s lawyers ridiculed the request in a letter by lead House prosecutor Jamie Raskin to answer questions over the January 6 attack on the […]

The leader of Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate has been under arrest for several months, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday. The document said Khalid Batarfi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) for just under a year, was arrested and his deputy, Saad Atef al-Awlaqi, died during an “operation in Ghayda […]