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Germany Merkel sacks official over far-right fiasco
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer informed leaders of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union on Monday that she will begin the process of organizing a leadership contest in the summer. Among the names now being bandied around as possible party leaders are Spahn, Merz and Armin Laschet, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state. [Full Article...]
Sudan's government agrees to hand Omar al-Bashir over to ICC
Prosecutors in Sudan have also charged him with the killing of protesters during the demonstrations that led to him being ousted. Bashir is primarily wanted over actions taken during the conflict in Darfur. Al-Bashir was long seen as a poster boy for impunity in Africa and out of reach of the ICC. Despite global arrest warrants issued by the ICC he regularly flew to visit leaders around the wo... [Full Article...]
At least 30 killed, women, children abducted in Borno State
The governor, who was visibly shaken when he saw the charred bodies of the victims of the attack, who were burnt by the fire from burnt vehicles, requested the military authorities to dismantle the Auno gate from its present position and move it further away from the village so that it will be more hard for insurgents to gain access into the village. [Full Article...]
Iran Increasing its Militant Forces to Prevent War
The Zafar's scheduled launch comes days before the 41th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and crucial parliamentary elections in Iran. Iran and the United States stormed to the sting of conflict in early January when Tehran's most distinguished common, Qassem Soleimani , was killed in a USA drone strike on his convoy in Baghdad. [Full Article...]
SC issues notice to Centre, Delhi on pleas against Shaheen Bagh protests
However, the Bench refused to pass orders to remove protesters at this juncture. The protest march was stopped midway and police lathi charged protesters, injuring over two dozen students, including female students, of Jamia. Bobde said: "We do not want people to use this platform to further create problems.We are not considering CAA, NRC (National Register of Citizens) or youth behaviour in schoo... [Full Article...]
Modi's BJP defeated in Delhi state election amid outcry against divisive laws
Riding on its development agenda, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP ) was on Tuesday set for a resounding victory in the Delhi Assembly elections to retain power for a third term. Thank you for your feedback. It came up with muscular nationalism ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and succeeded. As much as 62.59 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Delhi on February 8, when t... [Full Article...]
Young locusts in Somalia 'next wave' of a plague
But their time will come. David Mwangi, head of plant protection at Kenya's ministry of agriculture, said: "Every country wants an aircraft, but we only have five at the moment and they can only be in one location at one time". The locust density in East Africa was so high that even normal drier weather would still fail to inhibit another breeding generation, said Burgeon. [Full Article...]
At least 14 Rohingya refugees die after boat sinks off Bangladesh
As of now, 70 Rohingyas have been rescued and given primary treatment. All of the dead bodies recovered are reportedly of women and children. More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar to flee a harsh crackdown by Myanmar's military since August 2017. [Full Article...]