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Kenya’s top TV stations still off the air amid crackdown

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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’

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

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…
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