Pelosi: U.S. has no appetite to go to war with Iran

By Reuters,

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the United States has no appetite to go to war with Iran, after Tehran shot down a...

House of Representatives , Iran , military , Speaker Nancy Pelosi , U.S , war

Trump says immigration roundup will start next week

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated on Tuesday that immigration authorities would next week target migrants in the country illegally in large-scale a...

Donald Trump , United States of America

Kenyan immigrant spends a decade fighting deportation

By VOA,

Sylvester Owino is a small business owner in San Diego, California. His family owns Rafikiz Foodz — an authentic African food vendor offering "Kenya...

asylum , Immigrant , kenya , United States

6yr old dies after crossing US-Mexico border, more Indians making that journey

By CNN,

On the day she died, the little girl was thousands of miles away from the country where she was born. US Border Patrol agents found her remains thi...

6-year-old from India died , after crossing the US-Mexico border

Brazil Supreme Court rules homophobia a crime

By Reuters,

The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that homophobia should be criminalized under existing legislation until Congress creates a specific law ...

Trump loses loyalist Sarah Sanders in another White House departure

By Reuters,

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, a fierce loyalist of President Donald Trump, will leave her job at the end of the month. This for a possible...

Kanze Dena , Sarah Sanders

Venezuela adds bigger bank notes due to hyperinflation

By Reuters,

Venezuela is releasing new bank notes for the second time in less than a year, the central bank said on Wednesday, after hyperinflation eroded the eff...

Venezuela , Venezuela New Currency , Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro

Rand slips on investigation into Ramaphosa campaign donation

By Reuters,

South Africa’s rand slipped on Thursday, as investors were unnerved by an investigation into a donation for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2017 campa...

Cyril Ramaphosa , South Africa rand

House panel to vote Wednesday on whether two Trump officials are in contempt of Congress

By Reuters,

The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee plans to vote on Wednesday on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secreta...

congress , Donald Trump , General William Barr

Trump urges appeals court to block subpoena for his accounting records

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling that his accounting firm must turn over his financial records from b...

accounting records , court , subpoena , Trump

Rwanda reopens border with Uganda to trucks for 12 days

By Reuters,

Rwanda said on Monday it would re-open its busiest border post with Uganda to cargo trucks for 12 days, more than three months after it was closed ami...

Gatuna border , Rwanda , Rwanda National Congress , uganda

White House seeks delay on Huawei ban for contractors

By Reuters,

The White House Office of Management and Budget has asked the U.S. Congress for more time to phase in a ban on federal contracts with companies that d...

china , Donald Trump , Huawei , USA , White House

ANC wants political parties tribunal chairperson out of MP Osotsi case

By Dzuya Walter,

The Amani National Congress (ANC) Party now wants the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal chair Kyalo Mbombu to recuse himself from hearing embattled ...

ANC , Geoffrey Osotsi

Infantino re-elected FIFA president at Paris congress

By Reuters,

Gianni Infantino was re-elected FIFA president unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body in Paris on Wednesday as he claimed to h...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino

Jay Z becomes the first billionaire rapper

By CNN,

Jay Z once rapped "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man." Turns out he was right. The superstar rapper is also a fashion trendsetter, a strea...

Jay Z , Roc Nation , Tidal

China warns students: Be careful if studying in the US

By CNN,

The Chinese Ministry of Education has warned students to be careful if studying in the United States -- the latest sign of deteriorating relations bet...

china

South Africa makes history as women make up half of cabinet for first time

By CNN,

Women will now make up half of South Africa's new cabinet for the first time in the country's history. President Cyril Ramaphosa who announced the ...

south africa , Women in Leadership

US draws Eritrea closer with removal from terror list

By VOA,

The United States has removed Eritrea from a terror list, the latest in a series of diplomatic victories for the East African nation. The U.S. Stat...

terror list

Trump vows rapid, high tariffs on Mexico unless illegal immigration ends

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to a surge of illegal immigrants across the southern border, vowed on Thursday to impose a tariff on all goods...

Central America and Mexico migrants , Crackdown on illegal immigrants , Donald Trump , U.S-Mexico border wall , US

Trump says impeachment is ‘dirty, filthy, disgusting word’

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday scornfully rejected ‘disgusting’ talk among Democrats about launching an impeachment inquiry against him i...

impeachment , President Donald Trump , russia , White House