A US judge on Tuesday heard arguments from lawyers representing the German government and indigenous groups from Namibia but deferred a decision on whether to hear a lawsuit demanding reparations for colonial genocide. US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain presided over the one-hour hearing in a New York federal court but concluded the session by ...
More than 100 wildlife rangers died on the job in Asia and central Africa over the last year, nearly half killed by poachers, the WWF reported Tuesday. Illegal hunters are decimating endangered wildlife to gather rhino horns and big cat body parts to sell in East Asia, as well as bush meat -- including gorillas, monkeys, lions and pangolins -- t ...
Three Russians carrying press cards have been killed in the troubled Central African Republic (CAR), security and religious sources said Tuesday. Their corpses were found on a road 23 kilometres (14 miles) from the central town of Sibut after apparently being killed at a roadblock by unidentified men, an investigator told AFP. The bodies have ...
Voters in Comoros overwhelmingly backed controversial constitutional reforms that would allow President Azali Assoumani to run for another term, an electoral official said Monday, following a referendum boycotted by the opposition. The Indian Ocean archipelago has a long history of instability and risks renewed unrest after Assoumani banned demo ...
The French NGO operating the rescue ship Aquarius, which precipitated a European political crisis in June after both Italy and Malta blocked it from docking with 630 migrants aboard, said Tuesday it would return to sea. As long as people are trying to cross the Mediterranean, the Aquarius is preparing to resume its rescue mission. Its departure ...
Comoros President Azali Assoumani appeared to be ahead as counting continued of votes cast in a referendum on proposals to radically extend his powers, the government said on Tuesday. The Indian Ocean archipelago has a long history of instability and risks renewed unrest after Assoumani banned demonstrations and the opposition called for a boyco ...
Since being plucked from a packed inflatable boat by Spanish rescuers in the Mediterranean on Friday, Glenn Alban has slept outdoors on a bed of flattened cardboard boxes in the port of Algeciras in southern Spain. The 18-year-old Cameroonian says he gets just two meals a day -- milk and a biscuit for breakfast and juice and a sandwich for dinne ...
BEIJING, July 30, (GNA/Xinhua) - President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing Sunday after state visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa. During his stay in South Africa, Xi attended the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg. He also paid a friendly visit to Mauritius during a stopover on his way back to Beijing. Xi ...
In the centuries-old Eritrean port of Massawa, the streets are so quiet that pedestrians' footsteps can be heard echoing off the buildings in its crumbling old town. Decades of conflict, sanctions and isolationist policies have seen trade shrivel up, with the harbour still lined with bombed-out buildings from Eritrea's war of independence from E ...
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