World

By Ebi Kesiena At least 20 people were trapped after an explosion on Friday caused a building housing a government staff canteen to collapse in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, according to state media. The...

By Ebi Kesiena The Taliban appealed on Friday for emergency humanitarian aid without “political bias”, saying recent snow and flooding had worsened the plight of the Afghan people. Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in...

By Ebi Kesiena The Speaker of Tanzania’s Parliament quit on Thursday after a public falling out with President Samia Suluhu Hassan, exacerbating divisions within the ruling party. Job Ndugai, who is no stranger to controversy, had...

By Ebi Kesiena Sri Lanka imposed electricity rationing on Friday with the main power utility unable to buy fuel oil for its power stations as a result of the island’s worsening dollar crisis. Oil normally accounts...

By Emmanuel Nduka Employees and schoolchildren in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) juggled work and studies with weekly Muslim prayers on the first-ever working Friday, as the Gulf country formally switched to a Saturday-Sunday weekend. While...

By Emmanuel Nduka President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the arrest of unvaccinated people found outdoor. The Government is clamping down on those who violate stay-at-home orders aimed at curbing “galloping” coronavirus infections...