White House apologizes to Asa Hutchinson for DNC joke about end of his campaign
President Biden’s administration reached out to former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to apologize for a joke made by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) about the end of his presidential campaign. Hutchinson’s decision to suspend his campaign drew mockery from the Democratic Party, who joked that they did not know he was still in the race. Read More
Which are the armed groups Iran and Pakistan have bombed — and why?
Iran and Pakistan have carried out air attacks on each other’s territories, targeting armed groups near their 900km-long (559-mile) volatile border, which they say were meant to ensure their respective national security. Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted an armed group in Panjgur town of Pakistan’s Balochistan province late on Tuesday, prompting Pakistan Read More
DR Congo’s shambolic election should be a wake-up call for the SADC
On January 9, the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi’s landslide victory in the hotly disputed December 20, 2023 election, but failed to pull the Central African nation out of its full-blown electoral crisis. According to the DRC’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) and highest court, Read More
What is the UK’s ‘Safety of Rwanda’ bill and why are MPs fighting over it?
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has succeeded in pushing his asylum and immigration bill through the House of Commons after an expected rebellion by Conservative Party MPs came to nothing. Some MPs from Sunak’s own party had threatened to vote against the “Safety of Rwanda” deportation bill on the grounds that government plans to send Read More
Six students died when picnic boat overturned in lake in Gujarat’s Vadodara
In the Harni Lake on the outskirts of Vadodara, Gujarat, a boat filled with schoolchildren on a picnic capsized.
Delhi-NCR: Ban on non-essential construction, plying of BS-III petrol, BS-IV diesel cars lifted as AQI improves
The Stage III restrictions under GRAP were activated on Sunday after air quality plummeted to ‘severe plus’ levels.
Gingrich tells House GOP to ‘stand firm’ as Senate negotiates border deal
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Wednesday he hopes House Republicans “stand firm” as their Senate counterparts negotiate a deal with Democrats on border security and Ukraine funding. “I hope the House Republicans stand firm and tell the Senate Republicans, ‘We want a real border bill or nothing. And we’re not going to pass Read More
Rep. Nancy Mace’s former chief of staff considering South Carolina Republican primary run against her: report
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., reportedly could face a primary challenge from her own former chief of staff, Dan Hanlon. Hanlon, who joined Mace’s office in 2021 and in 2022 rose to chief of staff, a role he held until a few weeks ago, has been meeting with potential donors and staffers while considering run against Read More
Maghazi residents left reeling after Israeli forces withdraw
Central Gaza Strip – Palestinians in Gaza’s smallest refugee camp have once again found themselves digging the bodies of their relatives out from under rubble, hours after Israeli forces announced their withdrawal from the area. Witnesses in the Maghazi refugee camp say many of the residents were shot at close range by Israeli soldiers “in Read More
Somalia rejects mediation with Ethiopia gov’t over Somaliland port deal
The Ethiopia-Somalia feud continues with Mogadishu claiming its territorial integrity has been violated by the deal. Somalia said on Thursday there was no room for mediation in a dispute with Ethiopia unless Addis Ababa cancelled a controversial deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Tensions in the Horn of Africa have escalated after landlocked Ethiopia Read More