Libyan Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, Mabrouka Toghi, on Sunday, met with Iraqi Charge d’Affaires to Libya Ahmad al-Sahhaf in the capital Tripoli. They discussed cultural cooperation between the two countries. “During the meeting, the two officials discussed prospects for cultural cooperation between the two brotherly countries. They also discussed ways to support and […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde As the war on Gaza approaches its five-month mark, Gazan women continue to suffer its devastating impact, the ‘UN Women’ has said in a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith at the weekend. “While this war spares no one, UN Women data shows that it kills and injures women in unprecedented ways. “As UN […]
From Our Correspondent Abdullah Abu Shawesh, the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, has raised the alarm over the looming famine and outbreak of epidemics in the occupied Palestinian land with the ceaseless attacks by the Israeli Occupied Forces (IOF). Shawesh raised the alarm at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the lives […]
The New Zealand government has approved an open ocean aquaculture project to grow aquaculture into a multibillion-dollar industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister, Shane Jones, said on Friday. The New Zealand King Salmon’s Blue Endeavour open ocean aquaculture project is expected to produce 10,000 tonnes of harvested salmon annually. The project will generate export revenue of […]
Eight migrants drowned off Morocco’s Mediterranean coasts while attempting to cross to Spain in a flimsy boat, local authorities of the northeastern province of Nador said on Wednesday. The victims were among a group of unidentified irregular migrants, who boarded the boat, on Tuesday evening. They were attempting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar from […]
A 60-year-old father, a 54-year-old mother and their two sons, aged 14 and 12, died in a fire that gutted over a dozen houses in Cebu City in the central Philippines, a city firefighter said Wednesday. Wendell Villanueva of the city fire office said the victims were sleeping when the fire broke out. The incident […]
The Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS), on Tuesday, in Dubai featured panel discussions on Media Representation, Marketing and Storytelling and Nurturing Future Leaders – Empowering Black Youth for Excellence. The sessions provided insight into the role of media and education in advancing inclusivity worldwide. During the media discussion, speakers explored the impact of representation on […]
A US serviceman, Aaron Bushnell, on Sunday, set fire to himself outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC in protest against the genocide of Palestinians. Shortly before committing the suicide, Bushnell said he was protesting against the genocide of Palestinians. He later died from his injuries in hospital. In an apparent protest against the ongoing Israel-Hamas […]
A High Court Division bench in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, has banned gender detection of the fetus in a mother’s womb. Also, the High Court bench consisting of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque, on Sunday, ordered diagnostic centres to strictly follow the policy in this regard. The court issued the rule during the […]
Former U.S. President, Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that Trump lied about his wealth. This is as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency. The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal, on Monday, asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn […]