The death toll in anti-government protests that have swept Iraq the past four days has soared to at least 44, security and medical sources say. The figure has nearly doubled in the past 24 hours, as clashes between protesters and police intensified. The military said “unidentified snipers” had killed four people in Baghdad, including two […]

By Temisan Amoye It is no secret that without air superiority, winning a conventional war will be virtually impossible. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery gave credence to that assertion when he said: “if we lose the war in the air, we lose the war, and we lose it quickly”. From World War II to the ongoing […]

Environmentalists are offering a €30,000 (N11.3 million) reward for information about the presumed death of a wolf in Belgium. Last year, the wolf named Naya became the first to be sighted in Belgium for a century, according to BBC report. But local nature agencies said neither she nor her cubs had been spotted since May, […]

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has praised a senior government official for caning a group of secondary school students who were accused of setting fire to their dormitories. A widely-shared video shows regional commissioner Albert Chalamila administering beatings to a group of students who were lying face down, BBC reported. Earlier, a Tanzanian government minister had […]

Protests over fuel subsidy cuts in Ecuador have halted transport and blocked streets around the country for a second day on Friday as 350 people were jailed for unrest triggered by President Lenin Moreno’s austerity measures. The 66-year-old president has set oil producer Ecuador on a centrist path after years of leftist rule under Rafael […]