Muhamad Yehia JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thethiwe Mahlangu woke early on a chilly morning and walked through her busy South African township, where minibuses hooted to pick up commuters and smoke from sidewalk breakfast stalls hung in the air. Her eyes had been troubling her. But instead of going to her …
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Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital
Muhamad Yehia TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg, in the latest attempt by the self-governing island republic to push back against Chinese moves to diplomatically isolate it. …
Read More »The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic
MuhamadYehia BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked, turning for help to his foe in the West. Officials from Central African Republic, where some 1,500 of Prigozhin’s shadowy Wagner Group mercenaries were stationed, wrote a letter …
Read More »Muhamad Yehia BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked, turning for help to his foe in the West. Officials from Central African Republic, where some 1,500 of Prigozhin’s shadowy Wagner Group mercenaries were stationed, wrote a …
Read More »One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is replaced
Muhamad Yehia THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The presiding judge of an International Criminal Court panel considering a request to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders has been replaced on medical grounds. The court published a decision Friday granting a request by …
Read More »One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is replaced
Muhamad Yehia THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The presiding judge of an International Criminal Court panel considering a request to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders has been replaced on medical grounds. The court published a decision Friday granting a request by …
Read More »One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is replaced
Muhamad Yehia THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Netherlands of an International Criminal Court panel considering a request to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders has been replaced on medical grounds. The court published a decision Friday granting a request by Romanian …
Read More »Arab Youth Media Creativity Summit will kick off tomorrow
Wagdy Abdel Aziz The activities of the first edition of the Arab Youth Media Creativity Summit will kick off tomorrow, Sunday, organized by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, under the slogan “Media that inspires… Youth that innovates” , under the auspices of the League of Arab …
Read More »The first edition of the Tomorrow.. Launch of the first edition of the Arab Youth Media Creativity Summit under the title “Media that Inspires.. Youth that Creates”Youth Media Creativity Summit will kick off tomorrow, Sunday, organized by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, under the slogan “Media …
Read More »An Israeli airstrike killed journalists covering the war in Lebanon as they slept
Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — An early morning Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon on Friday, one of the deadliest attacks on the media since hostilities broke out across the border a year ago. It was a rare airstrike on an area …
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