Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jäger, has warned that Russia is waging a “shadow war” against Germany, describing a confrontation that he says has moved beyond conventional military and legal categories. His
CNN reported that the change in leadership in Brazil from Jair Bolsonaro to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has resulted in a 66 percent drop in deforestation in the Amazon in July 2023
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Gabon is seeking to replace $450 million in higher-priced debt with lower-priced borrowing and use the savings for conservation, reported Reuters. The country is the first in Africa to attempt a so-called “debt-for-nature
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Some jokes are bad. Some are tasteless. But to Malaysia’s government and large numbers of its social media users, comedian Jocelyn Chia’s jokes in June about the Southeast Asian country were beyond the pale.
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EXCLUSIVE by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a recent revelation, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has expressed profound dissatisfaction with Sri Lanka for failing to utilize the 100 million emergency fund
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Nigeria has announced the decision to close its land border with Niger due to the recent coup in Niger. Adewale Adeniyi, acting comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, said the decision
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Pakistan on Saturday verified that its population has reached 241.49 million after the country’s top body the Council of Common Interests (CCI) unanimously approved the 7th census conducted earlier this year, said
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Diving enthusiasts can now descend into the crystal waters of the Red Sea to flit about as Egypt’s first underwater military museum opened this week. “The new diving sites will embrace 15
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China will accelerate its development of deep-sea and far-sea mariculture as it makes efforts to safeguard the nation’s food security by filling up its “blue granary,” a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
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(Xinhua) — Amid the multiple global and domestic challenges that it faces, China is actively bolstering the recovery momentum of its economy, with efforts including an array of pragmatic policies and measures to
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Risks of geological disasters remain high in Beijing’s mountainous suburbs as weather authorities forecast thunderstorms in the Chinese capital on Friday and Saturday. The Beijing meteorological service has issued a yellow alert,
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The picturesque Bamyan province has been striving to retain its status as Afghanistan’s tourist hub, as hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Band-e-Amir in the province, a chain of six natural lakes
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El Salvador’s Congress passed a reform of the Law Against Organized Crime on July 26 that increases penalties for people named as leaders of criminal groups and also allows mass trials. It
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Just weeks ahead of Ecuador’s early general elections, the country is facing an unprecedented crisis due to a spike in violence and allegations of deals made between the government and criminal groups. Videos
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The military junta which took power in Niger warned on July 31 that France might militarily intervene with authorization from the ousted government’s foreign minister to restore Mohamed Bazoum to the presidency. Thousands have mobilized to
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The second Russia-Africa Summit for Peace, Security, and Development concluded in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on July 28. The two-day summit was attended by official delegations from 49 African countries
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