Hong Kong residents have been gathering across the city on weekends and in lunch breaks to write Christmas cards to injured protesters and those in detention as anti-government demonstrations grind on through the holiday season. “I don’t even want to celebrate because so many people are seriously injured,” said office worker Felix Wong, 35, choking […]

The South African cabinet on Tuesday called for a speedy resolution of the electricity problems in the country to ensure energy certainty. The Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu made the plea at a press briefing in Pretoria about the outcome of the Cabinet meeting on Dec. 13. He said the cabinet mandated the Public […]

Estonia’s opposition called for interior minister Mart Helme to resign on Tuesday after he labelled Finland’s new prime minister a “shop girl”. Helme said on Sunday that the new Finnish government was trying to destroy its own country, comments that opposition leader Kaja Kallas said were humiliating to Estonia. Estonia’s president has already apologised to […]

Violent clashes erupted late on Monday between riot police and followers of Hezbollah and the Amal movement in central Beirut after a social media posting critical of the Shiite community and leadership emerged. The video shows a man insulting the Shiite community in Lebanon, Shia Imams and leaders of Hezbollah and the Amal movement. Local […]

With the United States House of Representatives racing toward an impeachment vote this week, President Donald Trump will likely become the third president to face a Senate trial to determine whether he should be removed from office,. The examples of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, who were both acquitted, offer insight into the process that Trump would face. […]