Zulu royal succession battle goes before South African court
One of the six widows of South Africa’s Zulu king launched a legal succession bid Tuesday arguing that she is the monarch’s only legitimate widow as they had a civil…
Will 2022 bring COVID-19 herd immunity or more lockdowns and travel bans?
For many, New Year’s Eve festivities were marred by concerns over the latest COVID-19 variant, omicron, and the resulting stresses of PCR tests, flight cancellations and uncertainty over possible lockdowns.…
UN presses Somali leaders to make good on election deal
MOGADISHU: The United Nations on Monday urged Somalia’s leaders to make good on their agreement for a new election timetable after repeated delays sparked a perilous political crisis. Under a…
Italy to take back tons of waste sent illegally to Tunisia
ROME: Italy is to take back hundreds of containers of mislabeled household and hospital waste that was sent to Tunisia last year and is being stored at the port of…
British beauty queen says she was denied US entry over Syrian roots
LONDON: A British beauty queen originally from Syria believes she was banned from entering the US because of the country of her birth. Leen Clive, a trainee doctor, was due…
German health minister wants to revamp COVID-19 vaccination strategy
FRANKFURT: Germany must revamp its COVID-19 vaccination strategy to tackle the omicron variant and to ensure it can develop a new vaccine rapidly if it faces a more deadly coronavirus…
Afghan Taliban turn blind eye to Pakistani militants
Each year on Jan. 17, Shahana bakes a cake and invites friends to her home in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. They sing happy birthday for her son, even light…
Philippines bans child marriage
MANILA: Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the…
Travel agent Tui agrees payout for families of Tunisia attack victims
Travel operator Tui has reached a settlement with the families of survivors and relatives of British tourists killed in the 2015 Tunisia beach terror attack, the company and lawyers representing…
Omicron may be less severe in young and old, but not ‘mild’ — WHO
The more infectious omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to produce less severe disease than the globally dominant Delta strain, but should not be categorized as “mild,” World Health Organization (WHO)…