U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will visit Saudi Arabia next week, his first trip to the kingdom attend Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) talks. Blinken is making his first trip, starting on June 6, since Tehran and Riyadh agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations. Beijing reportedly brokered the agreement. The Department of State said, on Friday, […]
Spain’s sexual and reproductive health law, which includes the right for women to take time off work when they have their period, came into effect on Thursday. The parliament approved the Gender Equality Ministry’s bill, put forward by the left-wing government in February. Since then, amendments were passed as part of the new law. Parliament has […]
One person died and five others sustained injuries in Cairo when a massive sandstorm hit several parts of Egypt on Thursday. The casualties resulted from a billboard’s collapse at the 6th October bridge in Cairo, according to local media reports. The country also recorded several road accidents, with some people wounded but no fatalities, said […]
One of Africa’s most celebrated authors and playwrights, Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo, died on Wednesday, aged 81. A renowned feminist, she depicted and celebrated the condition of African women in works such as ‘The Dilemma of a Ghost’, ‘Our Sister Killjoy’ and ‘Changes’. She opposed what she described as a “Western perception that the African […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved a law to stop the stealing of human organs and tissues, his health minister has said. Stealing of human organs and tissues is happening in a nation where they lured women into unnecessary surgeries. Local media recently reported cases of women recruited for domestic work in the Middle East […]
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, on Monday, it intercepted 726 migrants, including women and children, and returned them to Libya during the past week. “In the period of 21-27 May 2023, 726 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya,” IOM said in a statement. So far this year, the organisation has rescued 5,784 […]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Monday, agreed to “immediately” upgrade the diplomatic relations between the two countries. They will also exchange ambassadors, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. The move came during a phone call by al-Sisi to Erdogan to congratulate the Turkish president on his re-election for […]
The Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces, on Monday, agreed to a five-day extension of a cease-fire agreement they signed on May 20, Al Arabiya News reported. They reached the cease-fire agreement after negotiations in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. The two sides stressed commitment to allowing safe passage of all civilians from […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won re-election, in a tense run-off, according to the country’s Supreme Election Council and unofficial data from the state-run Anadolu Agency. The run-off followed Erdogan’s inability to secure over 50 per cent of votes in the first round on May 14. securing over 50 per cent of votes in […]
Russia has unleashed two waves of air attacks on Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killing at least one person and wounding another, according to officials. Kyiv’s air defence systems downed at least 40 drones. The drones were moving towards the city on Sunday morning, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Falling debris kill a 41-year-old man and wounding […]