Inside so-called ‘safe zones’ in Gaza, displaced Palestinians live without food, shelter and water
An Israeli airstrike that killed 14 people – the majority of them young children – in al-Mawasi on January 4 was a grim reminder that nowhere in Gaza, including Israeli-designated safe zones, is actually safe, according to Save the Children.
US, Britain launch air and sea strikes against Houthi as rebels vow to hit Israel-bound ships
Iran, which supports the Houthis, strongly condemned the attacks. A spokesperson for the Houthis said there was no justification for the attacks and that the group will continue targeting ships heading towards Israel.
Burundi shuts border with Rwanda over suspicion Kigali hosts, trains rebel group
Burundi has said the December attack claimed the lives of 20 people while Red Tabara said on social media platform X that it only killed nine soldiers and a police officer.
Who was the revered rabbi whose New York synagogue was the scene of a brawl over an illegal tunnel?
Even before his death, some followers regarded Schneerson as a messianic figure, and some believe now that he hasn’t really died or that he will be resurrected to complete his work. The Chabad movement disavows any teaching that Schneerson is the messiah. Still, his memory is honoured throughout the movement and beyond and his grave in Queens receives about 400,000 visitors per year, according to Chabad.
Top European clubs clash again with national teams in this years Cup of Nations over players
The Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Abidjan on Saturday, is being held mid-season and Fifa rules mean clubs must give up their players for the continental championship even if they then miss crucial domestic games over the next weeks.
Kenyan shilling’s haemorrhage against US dollar runs on as Ghana, Zambia’s come under pressure
Ghana’s cedi is expected to come under pressure due to increased demand from the manufacturing and energy sectors amid low dollar supplies, traders said.
Spike in violence rattles Ecuador as nightclub arson kills two, false bomb sparks evacuation
Ecuadoreans worry that violence will only escalate in a country where a presidential candidate was assassinated last year.
‘Visa by another name’, travellers to Kenya tetchy over $30 Electronic Traveller Authorisation fee
The government said the new system was in line with the country’s “security and other strategic interests” and was intended to “boost tourism and attract more foreign investment to Kenya.”
Medics warn of huge Covid surge currently as daily infections in America rise to two million
Seemingly everyone has come down with at least one bout of illness this winter: sniffles that theoretically pass as “just some bug” if you don’t test for Covid. But there’s a solid chance, with or without a test, that those sniffles were Covid after all. We’re in the midst of...
WHO says virulent variant of Covid killed 10,000 people in 50 countries fuelled by December holidays
While bouts of coughs, sniffling, fever and fatigue in the winter are nothing new, Van Kerkhove said this year in particular, “we are seeing co-circulation of many different types of pathogens.”
