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Zimbabwe Police Arrest 25 Members of Opposition Party at Unsanctioned Meeting in Harare Amid Rising Political Tensions

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said. The arrests come after a wave of politically

January 14, 2023

Zimbabwe

Mnangagwa signs bill criminalizing healthcare worker strikes amid ongoing salary dispute

Strike action like this could now see health workers in Zimbabwe facing a fine or up to six months in jail. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is signing a bill into law on Tuesday that outlaws organized protests by healthcare workers. The new legislation

January 10, 2023

Breaking News·World

China’s Xi Jinping Clinches Third Term, Packs Leadership With Loyalists

China’s Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Shanghai Communist Party chief Li Qiang followed Xi onto the stage at

October 23, 2022

Kenya

Kenyan opposition leader Odinga says he still believes he won election, but will respect court ruling

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is contesting his loss in this month’s presidential election in the Supreme Court, said he will respect the court’s ruling – but still believes he won. This is Odinga’s fifth run at the presidency, blaming previous

August 29, 2022

Featured

US Judge Plans to Appoint Special Master in Donald Trump Records Case

A US judge says it is her “preliminary intent” to grant former president Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to oversee a review of materials seized from his Florida home during an FBI raid. US District Judge Aileen M. Cannon,

August 28, 2022

United States

United States to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing war

The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, two sources familiar with the forthcoming announcement told Reuters. The expected announcement comes as US President Joe Biden meets with European leaders on Thursday to coordinate Western nations’

March 24, 2022

Breaking News·Europe

North Korea fires multiple-rocket launcher, South Korea says

North Korea appeared to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, amid heightened military tensions on the peninsula after a spate of larger missile launches by the nuclear-armed North. While they garner much less attention than

March 20, 2022

Breaking News·South Africa

SA President Ramaphosa: NATO to blame for Russia’s war in Ukraine

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has blamed NATO for the war in Ukraine and said he would resist calls to condemn Russia, in comments that cast doubt over whether he would be accepted by Ukraine or the West as a mediator. Ramaphosa,

March 18, 2022

Breaking News·Russia

Russia could take full control of major Ukrainian cities : Kremlin spokesperson

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian forces could take full control of major Ukrainian cities and it had sufficient military clout to fulfil all of its aims in Ukraine without any help from China. The United States and its European allies

March 14, 2022

Ukrainian and Russian flags are seen on a table before the talks between officials of the two countries in the Brest region, Belarus March 3, 2022.

Europe

Russia says West’s sanctions create a ‘problem’ for Iran nuclear deal

Russia’s demand for written guarantees from the United States that sanctions on Moscow would not damage its cooperation with Iran is “not constructive” for talks between Tehran and global powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, a senior Iranian official told Reuters

March 5, 2022

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