Russian coastguard said on Friday that it detained more than 400 North Korean fishermen in September on allegations of illegal operation in Russian territorial waters. Russia’s coastguard announced that 262 fishermen were detained between sept. 23 to 27, 2019 with about 30,000 allegedly poached squids seized in the round-up. “The sailors were detained for poaching […]

Saudi Arabia will open its doors to international tourists for the first time under a new visa regime to be announced Friday evening, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage said. The move is part of the kingdom’s efforts to boost tourism. Riyadh aims to increase international and domestic visits to 100 million a […]

Footage has emerged of a man alleged to have killed 10 pedestrians in Toronto, telling police that he was part of an online group for sexually frustrated men. Alek Minassian, 26, said that he was part of the involuntary celibates (incel) forum on 4chan. ALSO READ: Women’s’ diseases men suffer He is now facing 10 […]

Pakistan on Friday closed all border crossings with Afghanistan in a bid to improve security ahead of presidential elections in the war-battered country after the insurgent Taliban threatened to disrupt the polls. The crossings are to remain closed to the cross-border movement of people and trade lorries on Friday and during polling in Afghanistan on […]

The 11th Edition of Global Investigative Journalism Conference tagged GIJC19, has opened in Hamburg, Germany. Welcoming delegates to the conference, the Executive Director of Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), Mr David Kaplan, said it was designed to sharpen the skills of more journalists in promoting accountability and good governance across the world. ALSO READ: Kenya […]

The Trump administration said on Thursday it plans to allow only 18,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest number in the history of the modern refugee program. In a move immediately decried by immigrant advocates as an affront to the nation’s humanitarian commitments, the administration said it […]

The body of Robert Mugabe will be buried in his home town, following a final twist in a row over the former Zimbabwean leader’s resting place. Mugabe died this month aged 95 and a funeral was held in the capital Harare. The government had resisted his family’s wish for him to be buried in his […]

Twelve people were rescued on Thursday and no one was killed after a three-story building under construction collapsed in Sierra Leone. The incident occurred in the southern city of Bo, the second-largest city in the West African country after the capital, Freetown. Four of the rescued were hospitalised and released and eight others were still […]

Iran President Hassan Rouhani challenged countries who accused Iran of carrying out this month’s attack on a Saudia Arabian oil facility to provide evidence. “Those who make the allegations must provide the needed proof. What is your evidence?” he told reporters in New York, a day after addressing the UN General Assembly, according to Aljazeera […]

The United States Trump administration has released the much-anticipated transcript summary of Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky after Mr Trump authorised publishing the transcript. A memo summarising the call shows that the president urged Zelensky to probe Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, who sat on the board of a […]