An Ethiopian spokesman on Tuesday said that the country’s forces fired on a UN team, claiming they ignored instructions and drove through government checkpoints in the northern region of Tigray. The shooting came as the UN and aid agencies are continuing to seek access to northern Ethiopia, more than a week after fighting there was […]
Here’s a head-scratcher: The use of cash has been declining for years in Britain, but demand for banknotes is skyrocketing. Nobody is quite sure where the money is going. A group of UK lawmakers said on Friday as much as £50 billion ($67.4 billion) in cash was “missing,” and it urged the Bank of England […]
A 43 year-old maid faces up to a year in jail for mixing her employer’s family food with her urine and menstrual blood. The good news is that the family ate the food, with no deleterious side effect. Filipino Canares Rowena Ola, who lives in Sengkang, Singapore, allegedly tainted the food in December 2018. She […]
Debretsion Gebremichael told AFP by phone he was determined to remain in Tigray and fight “as long as these invaders are on our land,” raising the spectre of extended hostilities. Abiy, winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, this month ordered military operations against Debretsion and other leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday urged Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to end fighting, voicing concern as a military offensive pursued the Tigray region’ s dissident leaders . Pompeo in a phone call with Abiy “ called for a complete end to the fighting and constructive dialogue to resolve the crisis , […]
A Chinese court jailed 53 people on Monday after convicting them on charges including bribery and negligence over a massive chemical factory explosion in eastern China last year that killed 78 people. The blast in Jiangsu province in March 2019 was one of the worst industrial accidents in the country in recent years and led […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday that Tigray region’ s dissident leaders had fled west of the regional capital after weeks of fighting but said federal forces were monitoring them closely. Abiy, winner of last year ’ s Nobel Peace Prize , this month ordered military operations against leaders of Tigray’ s ruling party, […]
The Ethiopian army has seized control over the northern provincial capital of Mekelle in Tigray region and freed some of its officers held hostage during the three-weeklong military assault, Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy announced in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on Saturday. “The Federal Government is fully in control of Mekelle with the full command […]
A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 30 security personnel , officials said , in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months . The attack occurred on the outskirts of Ghazni city, capital of the eastern province of Ghazni , which has seen regular fighting between […]
Ethiopia’s army said Saturday it was in control of the capital of the Tigray region, and was hunting for its dissident leaders. The announcement came after heavy shelling was reported in Mekele, a city of half a million people, as it braced for a military offensive against Tigray’s ruling party. “The Ethiopian Defence Force has […]
