MADRID— International tourist arrivals doubled in 2022 over the previous year, and should reach near pre-pandemic levels in 2023 thanks to the lifting of travel restrictions, especially in China, the UN’s tourism body said.There were 917 million global…
CONAKRY— Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the head of Guinea’s military junta, said Saturday he had opted for a 39-month transitional period before a return to civilian rule.He made the announcement in a speech broadcast on television, saying the National Tra…
LUXEMBOURG— The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of the family of late Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and confirmed the unfreezing of assets blocked over a decade ago.The European Union had decided in March last year to end sanctions it had …
Further to the press release issued on 15 February 2022, the Court Hearing for two people facing criminal prosecution for alleged offences under the Public Health (Prevention of Formidable Diseases) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 has been adjourned to …
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week to determine whether it has jurisdiction to judge if atrocities committed by the Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims constituted a genocide.The West African nation of Gambia f…
MOGADISHU, The Somali National Army (SNA) killed seven al-Shabaab terrorists in a security operation in the country’s southern state of Jubbaland on Sunday, local media reported.The special forces also destroyed the militant group’s hideouts in four vi…
TRIPOLI, Nearly 900 illegal immigrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya in the past week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced.From Jan 23 to 29, 872 migrants were rescued or intercepted at sea and returne…
BLANTYRE — Cyclone Ana has killed at least 34 people in Madagascar, two in Mozambique and four in Malawi, where thousands were left homeless.Malawi, which also lost power for two days, has deployed search and rescue teams to help people feared trapped …
On December 31, Iraqi security forces killed 20 people from a single family in a raid on a home in Jableh district in Babil governorate, south of Baghdad. Security forces carried out the raid after reportedly receiving false information about a suspect…
Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi group on the capital Sanaa killed at least 20 people overnight, including civilians, Houthi media and residents said, in one of its deadliest attacks since 2019.Around 14 people were killed…
