Iran Guards chief vows to avenge victims killed in wedding strike
Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Ahmad Vahidi vowed on Thursday to avenge the four people killed at a wedding ceremony in the south, which Iran has blamed on the US.
EU gives Britain ’12 days’ to decide on Brexit
Boris Johnson has reportedly been given just 12 days to present the European Union with a viable Brexit deal or prepare for a No Deal Brexit. The Prime Minister has been given until September 30 to submit an alternative to the Irish border backstop in writing to Brussels. The ultimatum was hammered out at a […]
Uganda to partner Russia on nuclear technology
Uganda said on Wednesday it had signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Russia to help the East African country build capacity to exploit nuclear technology for energy, medical and other peaceful purposes. The government of President Yoweri Museveni has previously said it is eager to use the country’s uranium deposits to boost energy production capacity, […]
Trump, California disagrees on standards of clean cars
United States President Donald Trump and the state of California went to war on Wednesday over who should set the standards in the United States for vehicle emissions and electric cars, foreshadowing a legal battle over environmental policy issues that will affect the auto industry and consumers. Trump confirmed he would revoke California’s authority to […]
Rwandan Hutu militia leader killed in DR Congo
A Rwandan Hutu militia commander who was wanted for war crimes has been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the country’s military says. Sylvestre Mudacumura, who was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), led the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He was killed in Rutshuru in the east […]
Zimbabwe deploys military doctors amid medical workers strike
Zimbabwe’s government has deployed military doctors to state hospitals after medical workers went on strike across the country, local media report. On Tuesday, doctors boycotted work in protest at the alleged abduction of their union leader, Peter Magombeyi, BBC Africa reported. Dr Magombeyi had organised a series of strikes over poor pay and working conditions […]
Breaking: School fire kills many sleeping children in Liberia
A school fire believed to have broken out in the early hours of the morning when school students were sleeping in a building attached to a mosque near Monrovia, Liberia. Police have told the BBC that they are still looking for bodies in the ruins of the building. Mr George Weah, the president of Liberia […]
South Africa’s top court rules against smacking children
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the use of corporal punishment at home violates children’s rights. It ruled that the “reasonable and moderate chastisement” of children as a form of physical discipline is unconstitutional. The court said there were effective ways to discipline a child without the use of corporal punishment, BBC Africa reported. […]
Israel’s election ‘was too close call’, Netanyahu left teetering
Israel’s election was too close to call on Wednesday, with a partial vote tally showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tied with his main rival, former military chief Benny Gantz. An official result was still hours, perhaps days off. But with more than 63 per cent of votes counted, the Netanyahu-led right-wing bloc was, as expected, […]
Saudi Arabia promises evidence Iran behind oil attack
Saudi Arabia said it would produce evidence on Wednesday linking regional rival Tehran to an unprecedented attack on its oil industry that Washington believes originated from Iran in a dangerous escalation of Middle East frictions. But Tehran again denied involvement in the Sept. 14 attacks on oil plants, including the world’s biggest crude processing facility, […]
British man on benefits reveals ‘no intention’ of getting job
A United Kingdom (British) citizen who has three children and lives in a council house says he has ‘no intention’ of finding full-time work as it’s ‘not in his psyche’ but denies he’s abusing the UK’s social housing system. Matt Allen lives with his wife Adele and their three children, eight-year-old Ulysses, Ostara, four, and […]
Exit polls see Israel’s Netanyahu and rival Gantz neck-and-neck
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party were neck-and-neck in Israel’s general election, according to exit polls late Tuesday.
The views from UNGA 74th opening ceremony in New York
Vanguard’s photo journalist, Abayomi Adeshida, captures some exciting moments at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opening ceremony in New York. Vanguard
Migrant mothers, children sue US over asylum ban
More than 125 migrant mothers and children have sued the United States (US) government, claiming the Trump administration has violated the rights of asylum-seekers through the arbitrary and capricious implementation of a virtual asylum ban at the southern border. The lawsuit, filed late on Monday, was the first to challenge President Donald Trump over asylum […]
29 bodies found stuffed in 119 plastic bags in Mexico
Mexican forensics experts have found at least 29 bodies stuffed in 119 plastic bags that were dumped in the bottom of a well outside the western city of Guadalajara, officials said Tuesday. Other estimates put the body count at more than 40. Experts have been working to establish how many victims are in the mass […]
Jordan teachers strike, demand 50 per cent payment increase
More than 100,000 public schools teachers remain on strike in Jordan for a second week in a row demanding a 50 per cent pay rise to their near poverty-line salaries. They’re demanding the government honour its five-year-old promise to boost salaries 50 per cent since they, like most Jordanians, suffer high inflation, abysmal living conditions, […]
