South Africa’s Jacob Zuma: From revolutionary to the president to jail
Jacob Zuma has achieved political ignominy because the primary former president of an African country to be sent to prison. His life as a free man – who enjoyed the…
Cairn Energy gets the right to seize Indian assets in tax row UK oil firm Cairn Energy
gained the proper to seize Indian state assets in France worth quite €20m (£17m) as a part of a long-running tax row. A French tribunal ordered a freeze on about…
Narendra Modi: India PM announces his biggest cabinet reshuffle
Narendra Modi: India PM announces his biggest cabinet reshuffle Indian PM Narendra Modi has inducted 36 new ministers into his government within the largest cabinet reshuffle since he came to…
Echoes of 1989 as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan Thousands of activists
Echoes of 1989 as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan Thousands of activists, political leaders, and Indian citizens have taken to social media to pay tributes to jailed tribal rights activist…
Hong Kong defends privacy law after Big Tech raises concerns
Hong Kong defends privacy law after Big Tech raises concerns Hong Kong has defended planned changes to privacy laws, disregarding concerns raised by a technology industry body. The new law…
Covid-19: Germany lifts ban on tourists from UK and Portugal
Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and 4 other variant-hit countries. The restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India, and Nepal,…
Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam
shooting A prominent Dutch crime journalist has been seriously wounded after being shot on a street in Amsterdam. Police said Peter R de Vries was taken to hospital during a…
Mary Simon: Trudeau names indigenous leader in ‘historic’
first Canadian Prime Minister has named Mary Simon as governor, the primary indigenous person to carry the post. The former diplomat and advocate for Inuit rights will represent Canada’s head…
El Chapo’s former asylum to be raffled off in Mexico
A house from which boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled as security forces moved in to arrest him in 2014 is going to be raffled off in Mexico. The home…
Bagram: Last US and Nato forces leave key Afghanistan base The last US and Nato forces have left Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase
the center of the war against militants for a few 20 years, US officials say. The pull-out could signal that the whole withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan is imminent.…