Building excellence in Rwanda’s journalism education (UNESCO - United Nations...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) They swapped experiences in lively exchanges at a seminar held in Kigali on 28 January, sponsored by the Fojo Media...
View Article[Translate to francais:] Director-General denounces killing of journalist...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) [Translate to francais:] 'I condemn the murder of Marcos Hernández Bautista,' the Director-General said. 'I call on...
View ArticleItalian women's football team of club Sporting Locri plays on despite mafia...
Locri, Italy: This seaside town in Italy's deep south has long been a hotbed for the Calabrian mafia, which uses threats and violence to extort virtually every businessman, from the pizzerias to the...
View ArticleOregon occupiers stay holed up after FBI shows LaVoy Finicum shooting video
Burns, Oregon: Four armed anti-government protesters held their ground at a remote US wildlife refuge in Oregon on Friday, a day after the FBI released a video of the fatal shooting of one of the...
View ArticleHow Jeb Bush blew through his war chest
New York: There were stays at boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs and fundraisers at the Four Seasons, the St Regis and the Mandarin Oriental....
View ArticleFrance to recognise Palestinian state unless deadlock with Israel broken
Paris: France will recognise a Palestinian state if a final push that Paris plans to lead for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians fails, its foreign minister said on Friday. US-led...
View ArticleSatellite images of Burundi show mass graves, rights group says
Nairobi: Satellite imagery of the outskirts of Burundi's capital supports emerging accounts of graves holding at least 50 people who died during political violence last month, Amnesty International...
View ArticleUN forces accused of sex abuse in Central African Republic
Geneva: Twelve more children in the Central African Republic have accused European soldiers and UN peacekeepers of sexual abuse, the UN says, one senior official saying such abuse was "rampant" there....
View ArticleSyria peace talks off to shaky start as opposition bloc stays away
Geneva: Talks to end five years of war in Syria got off to an inauspicious start on Friday as the main Saudi-backed opposition group stayed away, restating its demand that airstrikes against its forces...
View ArticleTroubles resurface for Malaysia's Najib in Europe
A case involving allegations of high-level bribery, blackmail, betrayal and the murder of a glamorous Mongolian socialite in Malaysia has resurfaced in France, only days after Malaysia's prime minister...
View ArticleRace for Zika vaccine gathers momentum as virus spreads
Companies and scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine as concern grows over the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to severe birth defects and is spreading quickly through the Americas....
View ArticleUS warship sails near island claimed by China in South China Sea
Washington: A US Navy destroyer sailed within 20 nautical kilometres of an island claimed by China and two other states in the South China Sea on Saturday to counter efforts to limit freedom of...
View ArticleDenver Coliseum shooting: One person dead, many injured at motorbike expo
One person is dead and others wounded after violence broke out at a motorcycle expo in Denver, Colorado in the United States, according to reports. There were multiple...
View ArticleStage is set for Syria peace talks as opposition arrives in Geneva
Geneva: A delegation from Syria's main opposition group arrived in Geneva on Saturday to join mediated peace talks, demanding President Bashar al-Assad's government be made to comply with a UN...
View ArticleFemale chauffeurs win damages from Saudi prince
Minneapolis: A US federal judge has awarded damages to three women who sued after they were dismissed from their chauffeur jobs in the US because a Saudi prince wanted only male drivers. US District...
View ArticleDozens of people killed in Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria
Maiduguri, Nigeria: At least 65 people were killed during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri on Saturday, a Reuters reporter said after...
View ArticleEx-Australian student arrested over alleged Indonesian cyanide murder
Jakarta: A young Indonesian woman has been arrested over the suspected poisoning murder of her friend with whom she studied in Australia. Wayan Mirna Salihin, 27, died in Jakarta earlier this month...
View ArticleHer father shot her in the head as an honour killing but she lived to ...
Whether it wins or not, the Oscar nominee with the greatest impact - saving the lives of perhaps thousands of girls - may be one you've never heard of. It stars not Leonardo DiCaprio but a real-life...
View ArticleUS father arrested, found not guilty after taking away daughter's iPhone
She was 12 and, her mother said, she was not fitting in with her father's new family. She grabbed her camo-coloured iPhone 4s and shot a text to a friend - roughly: I don't like his ratchet girlfriend...
View ArticleOperation Diablo Express busts El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel
Mexico City: Twenty-two members of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel have been arrested and two were killed in a police raid near the US-Mexico border where authorities seized assault-type weapons,...
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