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Kenya’s top TV stations still off the air amid crackdown
February 2, 2018
Kenya’s top TV stations still off the air amid crackdown
Kenya’s three leading TV stations were off the air for a fourth day Friday as police prevented the delivery of…
Eritrean migrants shot in massive Calais brawl
February 2, 2018
Eritrean migrants shot in massive Calais brawl
At least four people have been shot after a fight involving more than 100 Eritreans and Afghans erupted in Calais.…
Morality push may outlaw sex outside marriage in Indonesia
February 2, 2018
Morality push may outlaw sex outside marriage in Indonesia
Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia’s Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major…
Fidel Castro’s eldest son ‘Fidelito’ commits suicide
February 2, 2018
Fidel Castro’s eldest son ‘Fidelito’ commits suicide
The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday aged 68 after…
Duterte bent on rewriting Philippine constitution
February 1, 2018
Duterte bent on rewriting Philippine constitution
President Rodrigo Duterte is determined to carry out his campaign promise to amend the constitution and turn the Philippines into a federal state. The shift…
Facebook soothes market nerves with user experience promise
February 1, 2018
Facebook soothes market nerves with user experience promise
Shares in Facebook Inc (FB.O) jumped 2.4 percent to a record high in premarket trade on Thursday, an almost 50…
UN official says Rohingya crisis has ‘hallmarks of genocide’
February 1, 2018
UN official says Rohingya crisis has ‘hallmarks of genocide’
The UN special envoy on human rights in Myanmar said Thursday that the Myanmar military’s violent operations against Rohingya Muslims…
Hassan al-Banna’s grandson held on rape charges
February 1, 2018
Hassan al-Banna’s grandson held on rape charges
Swiss-Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who is the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna, was apprehended and taken…
Kenya investigating Odinga ‘inauguration’
February 1, 2018
Kenya investigating Odinga ‘inauguration’
Kenyan police on Wednesday arrested opposition legislator and lawyer T.J. Kajwang after he attended opposition leader Raila Odinga’s fake swearing-in…
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont admits defeat, vows to fight on
February 1, 2018
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont admits defeat, vows to fight on
Catalonia’s Carles Puigdemont said he was “sacrificed by our own” in an exchange with fellow fugitive lawmaker and former Catalan minister…