Day: January 4, 2019
Oxfam forced to suspend Ebola response in DR Congo following pre-election violence
Oxfam has been forced to suspend its work in the Ebola ravaged areas of Beni and Butembo, due to vio..
Gaza’s water crisis is ‘a ticking time bomb’
Reporter Sandy Tolan – In the Middle East’s Gaza Strip, a narrow piece of contested land where three..
The dangers of Turkey’s deepening relations with Russia
Relations between Turkey and Russia have, until recently, involved diplomatic fluctuations and tensi..
UN condemns ‘stoning attack by Israeli settlers’ on Palestinian PM
Two of Hamadallah's bodyguards were injured, a Palestinian government spokesman said (AFP) The..
Iran health minister quits over budget cuts as US sanctions bite
Hashemi, widely seen as the key official behind the 2014 launch of an ambitious plan for universal m..
Houthis aborting talks on Hodeidah; Griffiths to visit Yemen, Riyadh tomorrow
The UN head of truce monitoring committee, retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert, has concluded the..
Infighting among Assad opponents escalates in northwest Syria
Clashes among rival Syrian rebel factions have spread across northwest Syria, rebels and residents s..
Knifeman goes on Sydney car rampage before killing himself
An Australian man rammed his four-wheel drive into a Sydney police car, hijacked a supermarket deliv..
The secret drink recipe used to cure royals
(CNN) — Whether you find yourself in a no-frills kocsma filled with beer-swilling old timers, an ele..
Google routed $23bn to Bermuda in ‘legal’ tax avoidance scheme
US tech giant Google moved some $23 billion in profits to a Bermuda tax haven in 2017, an increase o..