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British Prime Minister apologises to Queen after House of Commons suspension

British Prime Minister apologises to Queen after House of Commons suspension

By Rasheed Sobowale The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has personally apologised to Queen for asking her to approve the suspension of the House of Commons, a decision which was later ruled by the country’s Supreme Court as unlawful. The news which was reported by The Times of London on Sunday stated that royal […]

Protests break out across Egypt demanding president’s resignation

Protests break out across Egypt demanding president’s resignation

Protests have broken out in parts of Egypt with demonstrators calling for the departure of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi amid a high-security alert. Following Friday prayers in the Warraq area in Giza governorate, demonstrators chanted slogans calling for the resignation of el-Sisi and raised slogans condemning the deterioration of living conditions in the country as […]

Afghans set to vote in presidential polls as Taliban threat looms

Afghans set to vote in presidential polls as Taliban threat looms

Millions of Afghan voters are set to elect a new leader in the fourth presidential election since the Taliban armed group was thrown out of power in a United States-led invasion in 2001. Polls will open 7 am local time (02:30 GMT) on Saturday and are scheduled to close by 5 pm (12:30 GMT). Preliminary […]

United States judge blocks Trump rule on migrant child detention

United States judge blocks Trump rule on migrant child detention

A United States judge on Friday blocked a Trump administration rule that would have allowed indefinite detention of migrant families, saying it was inconsistent with a decades-old court settlement that governs conditions for migrant children in U.S. custody. The 1997 settlement agreement, which originated in 1985 with a complaint brought on behalf of 15-year-old Salvadoran […]

Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets ― Sources

Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets ― Sources

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from United States stock exchanges, three sources briefed on the matter said on Friday, in what would be a radical escalation of US-China trade tensions. The move would be part of a broader effort to limit US investment in Chinese companies, two of the sources said. […]