By Richard Gowan, International Crisis Group, May 5, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres will make his case for a second five-year term to the UN...
FG blames Asians for Nigeria’s soaring unemployment, accused of breaking expatriate quota, scam marriages
Says expatriates fraudulently hawk vegetables, sell Ankara, work as bricklayers, painters and even high-end consorts The Nigerian government on Wednesday expressed worry that expatriates especially...
Iran “strongly” suspects “sabotage” as ‘accident’ hits Natanz nuclear site, day after start of advanced centrifuges
Israeli outlets say blackout at Iran’s Natanz plant a likely Israeli cyberattack; Western intelligence sources estimate it shut down entire sections of the facility State...
On its ‘National Nuclear Technology Day,’ Iran starts advanced centrifuges, steps up uranium enrichment
In open breach of nuclear deal, Rouhani inaugurates cascades of IR-6s and IR-5s at Natanz uranium enrichment plant, warns the West will be ‘big loser’...
Increase debt suspension arrangements for low-income and middle-income countries, UN, world leaders demand
Under the Debt Service Suspension Initiative, low-income countries had their paying down debt suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic Several heads of state and government, the...
By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) Times are getting tougher by the day for oil tanker owners. With too many vessels to haul fuel, losses for supertankers...
In ancient Ur, birthplace of Abraham, Pope Francis urges peace among monotheistic faiths
Sacred city in cradle of civilization served region’s peoples for thousands of years, but has gone largely unexplored; some experts believe its treasures could rival...
A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison...
Asharq Al-Awsat report says ‘secret clause’ has Israel funding purchase of Sputnik V doses for Assad regime as part of deal to return woman who...
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, said the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, had expressed readiness for his country to be part...