Six people, including a police officer and two suspected gunmen, were killed in an hours-long shootout that unfolded on Tuesday afternoon near a cemetery and a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, police said. The two suspects killed acted alone, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly told a news conference hours later in […]
Captain Tiger Woods will lead from the front when the United States begin their Presidents Cup defence after Wednesday picking himself and Justin Thomas for the opening fourball match at Royal Melbourne. The 43-year-old Woods and world number four Thomas will tee off first on Thursday against Australian Marc Leishman and Chilean rookie Joaquin Niemann […]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called for the immediate release of two French nationals held in Iran, a festering issue that has complicated French efforts to defuse tension between Washington and Tehran. “On Human Rights Day, my thoughts go to Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal, our compatriots held in Iran, and their families,” Macron said on Twitter. […]
US President Donald Trump has once again accused Democrats of launching a “witch hunt” against him which he said would help him get re-elected. Trump made the remarks on Tuesday after the long-anticipated formal impeachment against him was announced by the Democrat-led House of Representatives. In the the two articles of impeachment, House Democrats accused […]
The plane that transported Vice President Dabney Yerima touched down at the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg yesterday at 9:45 am and he was welcomed by the newly elected leadership of the Ambazonian community in South Africa. Upon arrival, the exiled leader held a 7 hour meet the people tour of Johannesburg and Ekuhuleni […]
Concrete action is needed to make the humanitarian response to the crisis in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon more inclusive of people with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today on International Human Rights Day. In September 2019, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs made a commitment to make the humanitarian response more inclusive, but […]
A former Japanese defense minister has been shot in the leg near his home in northern Japan, Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing police sources. Tokuichiro Tamazawa, who is 81 years old, served as defense minister in the government of prime minister Tomiichi Murayama. His injuries are not life-threatening, Sankei said. A man thought to […]
Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has dismissed suggestions of potential ill health and lack of stamina as he heads towards the UK’s most important general election for generations. Speaking to BBC breakfast, he shrugged off the notion that he might under-perform as he’ll be the oldest first-time Prime Minister in 150 years, if he wins […]
Two former prime ministers of Algeria have been convicted and sentenced to prison for corruption-related charges in a landmark trial. Cheers rose from a crowd of pro-democracy activists who gathered outside the courthouse in Algiers Tuesday to hear the verdict against Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal. Ouyahia was sentenced to 15 years in prison and […]
Dozens of cheering Southern Cameroons supporters have welcomed Ambazonia’s Vice President Dabney Yerima on his arrival in South Africa after announcing his now famous Amba Bonds Project in defense of the Ambazonia homeland. Yerima flashed a victory sign as he met the jubilant supporters inside the Johannesburg airport. He is scheduled to meet Southern Cameroons […]
