:COVID-19: U.S Secretary Blinken Tests Positive for COVID-19
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only…
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid
Official portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid and PCR tests. She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to…
12 injured, 3 people detained after shooting at South Carolina mall, police say
Twelve people were injured and three people have been detained following a shooting at a Columbia, South Carolina, mall on Saturday afternoon, police said. The incident occurred on the premises…
Cameroon: Arbitrarily detained person dies of cholera in Douala, other detainees at risk
According to official data, 125 infections were recorded at Douala Central Prison between 21 and 31 March, where the overcrowding rate is said to be at least 300% LONDON, United…
:ISRAEL: PM Bennett’s remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting
Israel Cabinet meeting (archive). Photo: GPO/Haom Zach. PM Bennett: The State of Israel has gone on offense. We are active in various enemy sectors both near and far, night and…
New assessment confirms deteriorating food security across South Sudan; UN agencies urge scale up in assistance to stave off hunger
New assessment confirms deteriorating food security across South Sudan; UN agencies urge scale up in assistance to stave off hunger UN organizations are renewing the call for more humanitarian and…
Sub-Saharan Africa under threat from multiple humanitarian crises
WFP Ethiopia, World Food Programme (WFP) convoys loaded with relief and nutritious foods stand by to deliver to communities in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Afar NEW YORK, United States of America,…
15 Million People Face Humanitarian Crisis Due to Drought in the Horn of Africa
In Somalia, water trucking, distribution of hygiene kits, and construction and rehabilitation of boreholes and shallow wells are underway to support drought-affected populations across 103 locations in Gedo, Galmudug, Lower…
Slovakia sent its S-300 air defence system to Ukraine
The Ministry of Defence confirms that the Slovak Republic provided Ukraine with the S-300 air-defence system. This comes in reaction to the request of Ukraine for assistance in its exercise…
UN General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council
The resolution received a two-thirds majority of those voting, minus abstentions, in the 193-member Assembly, with 93 nations voting in favour and 24 against. Fifty-eight abstained from the process. Russia,…