Young Marxists are going missing in China after protesting for workers

By CNN,

Fear is sweeping through the campuses of China  following a nationwide government crackdown aimed at silencing left-wing student activists, who had b...

china , China's Renmin University , Chinese President Xi Jingping , Communist Party

‘El Chapo’ Guzman trial begins under unprecedented security measures

By CNN,

While a US prosecutor painted for a jury the picture of Joaquin " El Chapo " Guzman Loera as the leader of a powerful and murderous drug cartel, his...

Felipe Calderón , Mexico , Sinaloa cartel , The United States of America

DP Ruto: There will be no friends in fight against corruption

By Ian Omondi,

Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday said the fight against theft of public resources will be thorough and relentless as the government seeks to...

Big four agenda , corruption , DP William Ruto , Open Government Partnership

USA lays barbed wire at border as migrant caravan draws closer

By Reuters,

Hundreds of Central American migrants planning to seek asylum in the United States of America (USA) moved toward the country’s border with Mexico on...

Baja , California , Central American migrants , Donald J Trump , Tijuana

Iran executes two men accused of economic crimes

By Reuters,

Iran executed two men accused of economic crimes on Wednesday, part of an effort to stem financial misconduct as the country faces an economic crisis ...

economic crimes , Iran , Iran execution

Brazil’s Bolsonaro picks army general as defense minister

By Reuters,

Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro appointed retired Army General Fernando Azevedo e Silva as defense minister on Tuesday, adding another former...

Army General Fernando Azevedo e Silva , Brazil , Brazil election , Jair Bolsonaro

Gaza militants fire dozens of rockets after botched Israeli raid

By CNN,

Palestinians in Gaza fired dozens of rockets at southern Israel on Monday, critically wounding one person in a strike on a bus, medical officials said...

Gaza , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , Palestinians , Rocket , southern Israel , World War One

Iran sentences two to death in fight against economic crimes

By Reuters,

Iranian special courts set up in a drive against economic crime have sentenced two people to death, state media said on Sunday, as the country faces r...

economic crimes , Iran

U.S. presses China to halt militarization of South China Sea

By Reuters,

Standing side by side, top U.S. officials urged their Chinese counterparts on Friday to halt militarization of the disputed South China Sea, drawing a...

Asia-Pacific waters , James Mattis , U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , Wei Fenghe , Xi Jinping , Yang Jiechi

Truck full of gas cylinders set on fire, three stabbed in Australia terror attack

By Reuters,

A Somali-born man set fire to a pickup truck laden with gas cylinders in the center of the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday and stabbed three pe...

Islamic state , Melbourne , Scott Morrison , Sydney

Cameroon Journalist Jailed in Anglophone Unrest

By Vincent Maruga,

A popular journalist from Cameroon's restive Anglophone region remains in jail after she was arrested and charged with propagating false information a...

Anglophone region , Boko Haram , Equinoxe broadcast , Libom Li Likeng , Mimi Mefo

Boy, 13, who sodomised four boys not fit to stand trial – psychiatrist

By Anthony Ndwiga,

A psychiatrist report on Thursday indicated that a 13-year old boy accused of sodomising four boys aged between five and seven years at Kiriari villag...

Dr.Thuo JN , Embu North Sub- County , Maxwell Gicheru

French Bishops launch ‘independent’ commission on sex abuse in Catholic Church

By CNN,

French Bishops have announced plans to establish an "independent" commission to look into the sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church dating...

Catholic churches , French bishops , Pope Francis , sex abuse , Vatican news

Macron stirs anger with WW1 tribute to Nazi collaborator Petain

By Reuters,

President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday it was “legitimate” to pay tribute to Marshal Philippe Petain, who led the French army to victory in W...

Emmanuel Macron , Marshal Philippe Petain , nazi , World war I

U.S. accuses China of violating bilateral anti-hacking agreement

By Reuters,

China has been violating an agreement with the United States aimed at stopping cyber espionage through the hacking of government and corporate data, a...

china , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping

KCSE students arrested for stealing mobile phones from invigilator, police

By Ann Ngige Nyamu,

Two Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates will serve a one year probation after a Thika court found them guilty of stealing mobil...

mobile phones , stealing , Thika

Syrian man sentenced in USA for making bomb parts

By Reuters,

A Syrian man accused in 2011 of designing and assembling electronic parts for radio-controlled roadside bombs for attacks on USA military forces in Ir...

Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah , Bomb , Interpol , Syria , USA

Fighting escalates in key Yemeni port city despite ceasefire call

By CNN,

Violence in Yemen's key port city of Hodeidah is at its worst in months, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator has warned, as a leader of the Ho...

Jeff Sessions out as attorney general

By CNN,

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "At your request I am submitting my resignation," Session...

JEFF SESSIONS

Facing new sanctions, Iranians vent anger at rich and powerful

By Reuters,

More Iranians are using social media to vent anger at what they see as the corruption and extravagance of a privileged few, while the majority struggl...

Iran , US sanctions