Tue, 21-Oct-2025

We cannot give up on people of Syria: UN chief

UN Secretary-General  urges Security Council to extend authorisation of relief delivery from Turkey to Syria’s opposition-controlled northwest. Russia and China have proposed that more aid be given from within the country prompting opposition fears food and other aid will be seized by the government. “We cannot give up on the people of Syria,” UN Secretary-General … Read more

Nigeria struggles to tame banditry ravaging northwest

Nigeria

When dozens of gunmen raided Abubakar Aliyu’s village in vital Nigeria two weeks in the past, they stormed in on motorbikes, every wearing one or attackers who opened fire and chased down residents. By the time security forces arrived, more than one hundred villagers have been useless and ratings of homes were destroyed after gunmen … Read more

Prison guard killed in Turkey ‘terror’ attack

Turkey

An explosion in northwest Turkey on Wednesday killed a jail guard and injured numerous others, in an incident branded a “terrorist assault” by using authorities. A remote-controlled homemade explosive detonated in Bursa province as a commute sporting approximately 30 humans, by and large, prison guards, was passing through, consistent with the Anadolu information company. “Unfortunately, … Read more

Four prison officials killed in anglophone Cameroon

anglophone

Four members of Cameroon’s prisons department, including a regional manager, were allegedly killed in an ambush by armed men in a troubled anglophone region, a senior official told Wednesday. Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest districts are populated chiefly by anglophones, some of whom feel excluded by the nation’s French-talking greater part. Since 2017, separatists seeking self-rule … Read more

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s economic potential to be tapped through SEZs: official

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s economic

ISLAMABAD: The authorities in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province are determined to tap the economic potential of the province through the development of special economic zones (SEZs), chief executive officer of the KP Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) has said. The investment-friendly policies of the provincial government and efforts of the KPEZDMC have enabled … Read more

Man City’s Mendy in court charged with two more rape charges

Mendy

LONDON: Manchester City and France international Benjamin Mendy on Wednesday appeared in court charged with two additional counts of rape. The 27-year-old defender is facing six allegations of rape and one of sexual assault after the new charges were added on Tuesday. The offences are alleged to have been committed on four women over the … Read more