Ethiopia Conflict Threat To Wider Regional Security: Blinken...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a civil society roundtable in Nairobi, Kenya
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Wednesday that the worsening conflict in Ethiopia risks “peace and stability” in the wider Horn of Africa.
Blinken ... Read More
Merkel: Germany Hit By Full Force Of Covid
Queues were reported as Germans responded to calls to get vaccinated
Germany is in the grip of a "dramatic" fourth Covid wave, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said on the eve of a crisis meeting with regional leaders.
Daily infections hit a new ... Read More
Danny Fenster: US Journalist Freed From Myanmar Jail
Danny Fenster
US journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar after he was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a military court three days ago.
His employer, English-language news site Frontier Myanmar, said he was on a flight ... Read More
Biden To Sign $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a ceremony Monday at the White House where he will sign a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill that earned final passage in Congress after months of negotiations.
The legislation calls for massive spending across ... Read More
Covid: Austria Introduces Lockdown For Unvaccinated
About 65% of Austria's population is fully vaccinated
About two million people who have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have been placed in lockdown in Austria as the country faces a surge in cases.
"We are not taking this step lightly, ... Read More
Annual German Carnival In Cologne Underway Despite Surging C...
Thousands of revelers celebrate the start of the carnival season in the streets of Cologne, Germany, Nov. 11, 2021, despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
Germany’s carnival season, a series of festivals among German Catholics, began Thursday but ... Read More
Danny Fenster: Myanmar Court Gives US Journalist 11 Years Ja...
Danny Fenster
A Myanmar military court has sentenced US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail.
Fenster was found guilty of breaching immigration law, unlawful association and encouraging dissent against the military.
He was earlier this week slapped with two additional charges ... Read More
COP26: Fear Of Failure As Climate Summit Enters Final Day
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is entering its final day, amid growing fears that the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is unlikely to be met.
UN Secretary General António Guterres bluntly told the Associated Press news agency that ... Read More
Number Of Migrants Crossing Channel To UK Hits New Daily Rec...
Around 1,000 people crossed the Channel by boat to reach the UK on Thursday, a new record for migrant Channel crossings in a single day.
Five lifeboats and four Border Force vessels escorted groups to Dover as a period of calm ... Read More
Western Nations Condemn Belarus At UN Security Council
The United States and European members of the U.N. Security Council condemned Belarus on Thursday for what they called the “cynical instrumentalization of migrants,” as tensions simmered along the Polish-Belarusian border.
“We … condemn the orchestrated instrumentalization of human beings whose ... Read More