A total of 30 Islamic State (IS) terrorists were killed in Turkish military operations in al-Bab of northern Syria in the last 24 hours, the Turkish General Staff said on Tuesday. The army shelled 207 targets belonging to the terrorists, destroying hideouts, defense positions, command centers, weapons and vehicles, it said in a statement. A […]
The Bangladeshi government has asked the relevant state bodies to reserve 30 percent space in the country’s economic and export-processing zones for women entrepreneurs, an official said on Tuesday. The Industries Ministry official who declined to be named said Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Office made the decision at a meeting. Also at the meeting, relevant government […]
The following are news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Tuesday. — A last-minute change of the agenda and the refusal by Uganda, Djibouti, Tanzania and Burundi to vote for Kenya were on Monday blamed for the defeat of the country’s Foreign Affairs secretary Amina Mohammed in the race to become chairperson of African Union […]
The following are news highlights in Zambia’s major media outlets on Monday. — German lawmakers have pledged to continue allocating more money towards mitigating effects of deforestation and supporting the agriculture sector in Zambia. The lawmakers, who are members of a budget committee for that country’s Ministry of Agriculture and on a visit to Zambia […]
Today there is no need to say that climate change issue is becoming more and more of a pressing challenge which needs complex and efficient response. Landmark COP 21 and COP 22 summits have set a major goal and strategy to limit the rise in global mean temperatures to 2°C, which will be impossible without […]
Namibia’s Ministry of Finance is offering an incentive program for writing off a portion of the interest charged on outstanding tax, as well as penalties. The Ministry on Tuesday said, this will only come into play in the event that all taxes (the full outstanding tax amount) are paid and 20 percent of the interest […]
Kazakhstan intelligence agencies prevented 12 violent extremist acts in 2016, Sergei Shveikin, deputy chief of the anti-terrorist center of the Kazakh National Security Committee, said on Tuesday. “Last year we faced a difficult situation — the so-called single-Jihad. In 2016, 12 violent extremist acts were prevented at the early stage of preparation and 182 people […]
Citizens of the Gambia are rejoicing over the exit of former President Yahya Jammeh after 22 years of rule. The Point Newspaper Editor Ousman Kargbo told host of Yen Nsem Pa Bright Kwesi Asempa on Monday morning that there were wild jubilations among the citizenry when the Ex-President of the smallest country in West Africa […]
Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona go head to head in the Vicente Calderon in the first leg of their King’s Cup semi-final on Wednesday night with both sides knowing the competition is their best chance of winning silverware this season. Two consecutive draws for Atletico in the Liga Santander have seen Diego Simeone’s side slip […]
A total of 105 individuals have been named as China’s “Good Samaritans” for January, after online recommendation and evaluation by Internet users nationwide. They include cobbler Meng Guangbin, a resident of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, who has been mending shoes for others free of charge for about twenty years, and Xu Jiren, a resident of […]
Scientists have discovered a tiny creature that dates back 535 million years and believe it may be the oldest known ancestor of a vast group of species, including humans. The research was conducted by China’s Northwest University, Cambridge University, and other institutions. The finding was published by “Nature” online Monday. The animal is probably the […]
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who returned to his home country earlier this month, on Tuesday proposed a constitutional amendment before the South Korean presidential election expected to be held earlier than scheduled. Ban told a press conference at his office in Seoul that he offers to push the constitutional revision before the presidential election […]
Kojo Antwi Maverick broadcaster, media, culture and tourism expert Kwesi Kyei Darkwa, popularly known as KKD has declared Maestro highlife Kojo Antwi as the best song writer in Africa. .As an arbiter of culture, he opines that the only person who beats Kojo Antwi to it is Nana Kwame Ampadu . In an interview with […]
Two crew members aboard a Saudi frigate were killed and three other injured in a Houthi attack off western Yemen, Saudi Press Agency has reported. The suicide attack involved three boats, a Saudi-led coalition against Houthi militias in Yemen said late Monday. The coalition said one of the boats collided with the Saudi warship and […]
The Nigerian Navy said it has arrested nine suspected oil thieves in the southern Delta state in its ongoing “Operation Water Sweet” . About 42 illegal refining camps, 3,000 metric tons of suspected stolen crude oil and 1,000 metric tons of illegally refined diesel were destroyed during the operation, Mohammed Garba, the navy’s commanding officer, […]
At least nine people were killed after inhaling poisonous gas at an oil mill in western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday. The workers were cleaning a chemical tank of the oil mill at Latur industrial area, about 472 km east of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. “Nine workers were killed inside […]
Crews of attack helicopters Mi-24 from the “Tolmachevo” airbase carried out mock an air combat on the training ground in the Novosibirsk region, the Russian news agency TASS Thursday cited the Russia’s Central Military District (CVO) representative as saying. “Pilots performed complex aerobatics maneuvers to be in advantageous angles of attack and hit the air […]
Barely 24-hours after a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Sylvester Mensah disclosed that he was unaware of presidential campaign posters making the rounds and calling the public to disregard them, the group behind the posters has come public. The group calling itself Believers in Sly (BIS) comprising members […]
South Korean prosecutors independently probing the scandal involving President Park Geun-hye are talking with the presidential office to interrogate the impeached leader next week, local newspaper Donga Ilbo reported on Tuesday. The independent counsel team had requested a face-to-face interrogation of President Park next Monday or Tuesday, but the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae wanted […]
The Electoral Commission has begun the payment of allowances to individuals who were engaged for the 2016 elections by the commission. According to the Director of Public Affairs of the EC, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, the ministry has “now released the budget so payment has started”. Some 200,000 poll officers contracted by the Electoral Commission for the […]
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