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Int'l partners laud return to dialogue to resolve Somalia poll impasse

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed/Getty Images International partners have welcomed Saturday's decision by Somalia's Lower House to return to the September 17 2020 electoral agreemen

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EU hits Apple with music streaming charge in boost for Spotify

Margrethe Vestager, competition commissioner of the European Commission, speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, April 30, 2021. /CFP EU regulators on Friday accused Apple of dis

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WFP faces $86M shortfall in providing food for refugees in Uganda

KULUBA, UGANDA – A group of young South Sudanese seen sitting in front of the WOrld Food Program and Unicef logo. /Getty Images The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Thursday it is

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Putin pledges medical aid to India in phone call with Modi

Xinhua file photos of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi./Xinhua Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday held a phone conversation with Indian P

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English soccer agrees four-day social media blackout to tackle racism

English soccer clubs and authorities will join forces for a four-day social media blackout starting on April 30 in an effort to force online platforms to tackle racist abuse towards players.The Premi

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Four-astronaut crew welcomed to International Space Station

Click arrows to view gallery A four-astronaut team was welcomed Saturday to the International Space Station. They arrived aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavo

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China, Russia welcome intl cooperation for lunar station construction

The CNSA and Roscosmos issued a joint declaration on cooperation in the construction of the ISLS, April 23. /CFPThe lunar research station, which China and Russia will

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Semiconductor specialist Alphawave IP plans $4.5Bn London IPO and move to UK HQ

Alphawave IP is a global semiconductor IP company that focuses on the way semiconductors communicate — something which is going to be crucial as 5G data networks roll o

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IAEA chief says will closely monitor Japan wastewater developments

The logo of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is seen outside the IAEA headquarters, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. /Reuters The chief of the Interna

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Trump and Gaetz camps deny CNN report on spurned Mar-a-Lago meeting

A CNN report that said embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz was denied a meeting with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort is fake news, according to the congres

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Twitter to open first Africa office to tap fast-growing market

In this photo illustration the Twitter logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a computer screen displaying a Twitter logo on February 07, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Chesno

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Rwanda President receives report on France role in genocide

Skulls on the alter of the church at Ndera, Rwanda that is now a national monument to those who were murdered inside by Hutu militias during the 1994 genocide /Getty Images) Rwanda's President

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UN urges protection, investigation after latest clashes in West Darfur

A panoramic view of al Geneina in West Darfur, Sudan, where the inter-communal violence is reported to have started./UNAMID The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has urged authorities in Sudan to

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UK launches rollout of Moderna COVID vaccine as daily shots slow

Britain began using Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in Wales just as its rollout of other shots fell to their lowest level this year due to a supply crunch caus

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New batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Serbia

The fourth batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Serbia on Monday.Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Chen Bo welcomed the arrival of the shipment.The country

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UN chief welcomes revocation of U.S. sanctions against ICC officials

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the revocation by the United States of former President Donald Trump's executive order on sanctions against s

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Russia agrees deal with China for vaccine manufacture

03:23 Germany has said it would consider buying Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine as long as it was approved by European regulators.The comment came from a spokesman for Germany's Ch