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Number of asylum seekers fall in Germany

Nimot Sulaimon

7 years ago

The number of asylum seekers in Germany, relying on state support, fell to around 411,000 at the end of 2018,…

Groups raise concerns about raging forest fires

Nimot Sulaimon

7 years ago

Environmental groups urged Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday to take urgent action to put out forest fires that have…

City officials advise against eating dog meat

Nimot Sulaimon

7 years ago

Food safety officials in Ho Chi Minh City have urged locals to stop eating dog meat to improve the national…

Britain not blaming Iran for Saudi attacks

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Britain said it is not jumping to conclusions yet like America, that Iran was responsible for the drone attacks on…

Imminent attack on Iran as Trump says US ‘locked and loaded’

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Is a US attack on Iran imminent? U.S. President Donald Trump fuelled the speculations when he said on Sunday that…

Africa, disunite and perish

Ademola Adegbamigbe

7 years ago

Other things being equal, I am due to give a keynote lecture on the Fourth Industrial Revolution at an international…

Kim invites Trump to Pyongyang

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August,…

Tunisian outsiders claim runoff places in presidential poll

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Two anti-establishment candidates in Tunisia's divisive election claimed Sunday to have won through to a runoff, hours after polling closed…

‘Incredible Hulk’ Boris Johnson still eyes October no-deal Brexit

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the comic book character The Incredible Hulk in a newspaper interview where…

49,200 General Motors workers begin strike, first in 12 years

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Roughly 49,200 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. will go on strike Sunday night, halting production in US.…

Xenophobic attacks: Ramaphosa sends envoys to African countries

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

In an apparent move at damage control over recent escalation of xenophobic attacks by South Africans on African immigrants in…

For Old Bob, Let’s Render Mount Ephraim

Ademola Adegbamigbe

7 years ago

For Zimbabwe’s heroic anti-colonial fighter and former President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, 95, please join me to render the beautiful lines…

G5 Sahel backs AfDB initiative to boost solar energy

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

G5 Sahel Heads of State have expressed their support for “Desert to Power’’, an Africa Development Bank (AfDB) initiative designed…

Voting in Presidential election begins in Tunisia

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Tunisians began casting votes in an unpredictable presidential election on Sunday, where there is no overwhelming front-runner, with the young…

Iran accuses US of arresting stem cell scientist Soleimani on flimsy charge

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

The brother of Iranian stem cell scientist Professor Massoud Soleimani and the minister of science have accused the United States…

US accuses Iran of drone attack against Saudi oil facility

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has blamed Iran for attacks on a massive Saudi Aramco oil facility at Abqaiq,…

Arrested pastor forces two girls watch him rape each in turn

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

A preacher has been arrested after police claimed he repeatedly raped two young girls in his bedroom and forced them…

New Italian government allows migrants disembark from boat

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Italy on Saturday agreed to allow rescue ship Ocean Viking to disembark 82 migrants on southern islands Lampedusa after six…

African leaders, Zimbabweans say farewell to Mugabe

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Zimbabwe gave former leader Robert Mugabe a state funeral on Saturday with African leaders paying tribute to a man lauded…

India’s Prime Minister Modi auctions gifts to fund cleansing project

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has authorised the auctioning of all gifts received in the last six months to fund…

Final burial for Mugabe will be October: President Mnangagwa

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

The final burial for Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will be held at the National Heroes Acre sometime in October,…

Admission Scandal: Hollywood actress Felicity Huffman sent to jail

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

A US Federal judge in Boston has sentenced Hollywood actress Felicity Huffman to 14 days in prison after she pleaded…

Missing billionaire Dutchman’s body found in underground tank of his home

Taiwo Okanlawon

7 years ago

The body of missing billionaire Dutchman Tob Cohen has been recovered on Friday, says Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George…

US DoJ releases name of Saudi official to 9/11 victims

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

The Trump administration has decided to declassify a key name long sought by relatives of 9/11 victims who are suing…

London Stock Exchange rejects HKSE $37b bid

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

The London Stock Exchange's board on Friday said it unanimously rejected the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's $37 billion takeover bid,…

Update: Tunisian court keeps presidential candidate in detention

Nimot Sulaimon

7 years ago

A Tunisian appeals court on Friday rejected a request by presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be released from detention pending…

Manitoba Legislature: Nigeria’s Uzoma breaks 150-year-old record in Canada

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Nigeria's Uzoma Asagwara has become one of the three blacks to have ever been elected to the Manitoba Legislature in…

Trump Impeachment: US Reps committee vote to intensify probe

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to intensify its investigation of Republican President Donald Trump on Thursday,…

Avoid reckless sex with Commonwealth delegates – Uganda MPs warned

Taiwo Okanlawon

7 years ago

Uganda speaker, Rebecca Kadaga has told her Members of Parliament (MPs) to observe etiquette, respect the official dress code and…

7 years behind; Ethiopia enters New Year, 2012

Taiwo Okanlawon

7 years ago

Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year today which is the first day of Meskerem, an Ethiopian Orthodox calendar which falls…

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